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Early American History (1776-1860)
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Civil War/Reconstruction (1860-1877)
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The Gilded Age (1877-1900)
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The Progressive Era (1890-1920)
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Imperialism (1898-1910)
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World War I (1914-1918)
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Roaring Twenties (1920-1929)
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Great Depression (1929-1939)
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World War II (1939-1945)
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United Nations formed
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Early Cold War (1945-1960)
Containment-was a foreign policy of the United States of America, aimed at stopping the spread of Communism.
Arms Race/Space Race- The competition between the soviet union and the US to get into space first.
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics- were the ethnically based proto-states of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Communism- A system of government that is classless.
Domino Theory- that a political event in one country will cause similar events in neighboring countries, -
Truman Doctrine (1947)
U.S. policy that gave military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism -
Berlin Airlift
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Marshall Plan (1948)
program to help European countries rebuild after World War II -
NATO established
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1950-1953: Korean War
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Sweatt v. Painter:
ruled the separate law school at the University of Texas failed to qualify as “separate but equal” -
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Civil Rights Era (1950-1970)
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1951: Rosenbergs trial
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22nd Amendment:
prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being elected again -
1952: First H-Bomb detonated by the United States
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka:
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Vietnam War (1954-1976)
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Hernandez v. Texas:
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1955: Jonas Salk invents the Polio Vaccine
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1955-1956: Montgomery Bus Boycott after Rosa Parks’ arrest
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1957: USSR launches Sputnik
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1957: Little Rock Nine integrated into an all-white school in Little Rock, AK
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1961: Bay of Pigs Invasion in Cuba
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1961: Berlin Wall built to prevent people from leaving communist East Berlin
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1962: Cuban Missile Crisis
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1962: Cuban Missile Crisis
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1963: Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream Speech” at the March on Washington
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1963: John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, TX
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (1964):
Begins undeclared war in Vietnam -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (1964):
begins undeclared war in Vietnam -
24th Amendment: Abolishes the poll tax
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Civil Rights Act of 1964:
Made discrimination based on race, religion, or national origin in public places illegal and required employers to hire on an equal opportunity basis -
1965: Medicare and Medicaid established
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Medicare and Medicaid established
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Voting Rights Act of 1965:
Eliminated literacy tests for voters -
1968: Tet Offensive
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Tet Offensive
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Tinker v. Des Moines:
defined the First Amendment rights for students in the United States Public Schools -
1968: Martin Luther King is assassinated
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Civil Rights Act of 1968:
prohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of housing -
Tinker v. Des Moines:
Defined the First Amendment rights for students in the United States Public Schools -
1969: First Man on the Moon
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End of the Cold War (1970-1991)
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1971: Pentagon Papers leaked
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26th Amendment
Moved the voting age from 21 years old to 18 years old -
Pentagon Papers leaked
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26th Amendment:
moved the voting age from 21 years old to 18 years old -
Title IX:
protects people from discrimination based on gender in education programs -
War Powers Act (1973):
Law limited the President’s right to send troops to battle without Congressional approval -
War Powers Act (1973):
law limited the President’s right to send troops to battle without Congressional approval -
1975: Fall of Saigon, marks the end of the Vietnam War
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Fall of Saigon, marks the end of the Vietnam War
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1990s-21st Century (1990-2008)