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Early American History
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Civil War/Reconstruction
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The Gilded Age
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The Progressive Era
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Imperialism
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World War 1
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Communism
I did this in terms of when Communism started and ended in Russia. I wasn't sure if "Communism" meant the idea of it, because if that's the case, communism technically still exists Communism is a political theory by Karl Marx where no property is privately owned. Everyone is paid the same instead of by the importance and efficiency of their abilities/jobs (ex: doctors are more important than shoe shiners so doctors are paid moreover. With a Communist govt. they would be paid the same -
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Roaring Twenties
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The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
a confederation of Russia, Belorussia, Ukraine, and the Transcaucasian Federation (divided in 1936 into the Georgian, Azerbaijan, and Armenian republics). They were all Communist/Socialist -
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Great Depression
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World War II
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United Nations Formed
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Early Cold War
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Truman Doctorine
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Containment
The United States tried to prevent the spread of Communism "at all costs" -
22nd Amendment
prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being elected again -
Berlin Airlift
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Marshall Plan
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NATO Established
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Arms Race/Space Race
The United States and The Soviet Union competed to have the best and most deadly/dangerous arms to have the higher ground in the Cold War. The two nations also raced to see who could reach space first; spoiler alert, it was the USSR -
Sweatt v. Painter
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Civil Rights Era
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Korean War
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Domino Theory
The theory that a political event in one country will cause similar events in neighboring countries Couldn't fine a clear start and end date -
Rosenbergs Trial
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First H-Bomb detonated by the United States
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
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Hernandez v. Texas
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Vietnam War
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Jonas Salk invents the Polio Vaccine
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Montgomery Bus Boycott after Rosa Parks’ arrest
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Jonas Salk invents the Polio Vaccine
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USSR launches Sputnik
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Little Rock Nine integrated into an all-white school in Little Rock, AK
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Berlin Wall built to prevent people from leaving communist East Berlin
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Bay of Pigs Invasion in Cuba
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, TX
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Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream Speech” at the March on Washington
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Civil Rights Act of 1964
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24th Amendment
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
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Medicare and Medicaid established
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Voting Rights Act of 1965
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Tet Offensive
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Civil Rights Act of 1968
prohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of housing -
Martin Luther King is assassinated
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First Man on the Moon
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Tinker v. Des Moines
defined the First Amendment rights for students in the United States Public Schools -
Kent State University shooting
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End of the Cold War
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Pentagon Papers Leaked
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26th Amendment
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Title IX
protects people from discrimination based on gender in education programs -
War Powers Act
law limited the President’s right to send troops to battle without Congressional approval -
Watergate Scandal, which leads to Nixon’s Resignation
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Fall of Saigon, end of Vietnam War
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Camp David Accords
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Three Mile Island Disaster
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Iran Hostage Crisis
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Iran Contra Affair
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Persian Gulf War (Operation Desert Storm)
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1990s-21st Century
Barack Obama- president from 09-17
al-Qaeda- terrorist organization that bombed the world trade center
No Child Left Behind Act- states are required to test students in reading and math in grades 3–8 and once in high school
President Clinton's Impeachment- Clinton was impeached by the House of Representatives on December 19, 1998, on grounds of perjury to a grand jury and obstruction of justice
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Fall of the USSR - Official end of the Cold War
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NAFTA created free trade between Mexico, the United States, and Canada
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Attack on World Trade Center and Pentagon
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USA Patriot Act
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Hurricane Katrina