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Declaration of Independence
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Early American History (1776 - 1860)
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Civil War/Reconstruction (1860-1877)
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Texas Secession
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Homestead act of 1862
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The Gilded Age (1877-1900)
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Panama Canal
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The Progressive Era (1890-1920)
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Imperialism (1898-1910)
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Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders
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Teddy Roosevelt President
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World War I (1914-1918)
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19th amendment
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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)
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Berlin Airlift
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NATO established
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Korean War 1950-1953
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Sweatt v. Painter
ruled the separate law school at the University of Texas failed to qualify as “separate but equal” , settled in 1950 -
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Civil Rights Era (1950-1970)
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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
overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and mandated desegregation, settled in 1954. -
Hernandez v. Texas
Mexican Americans and all other races provided equal protection under the 14th Amendment, settled in 1954. -
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Vietnam War (1954-1976)
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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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USSR launches Sputnik
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Little Rock Nine integrated into an all-white school in Little Rock, AK
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Bay of Pigs Invasion in Cuba
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Berlin Wall built to prevent people from leaving communist East Berlin
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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24th Amendment
This amendment abolishes the poll tax and passed 1962 -
Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream Speech” at the March on Washington
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John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, TX
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
begins undeclared war in Vietnam -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
This act was passed on August 7th, 1964. The act begins undeclared war in Vietnam. -
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 , passed in 1964 -
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 passed 1965 -
Tet Offensive
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Tet Offensive
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Martin Luther King is assassinated
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Civil Rights Act of 1968
prohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of housing , passed in 1968 -
Tinker v. Des Moines
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Tinker v. Des Moines
This amendment defined the First Amendment rights for students in the United States Public Schools, ratified in 1969. -
First Man on the Moon
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Kent State University shooting
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End of the Cold War (1970-1991)
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Pentagon Papers leaked
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26th Ammendment
moved the voting age from 21 years old to 18 years old. Ratified July 1st 1971 -
Pentagon Papers leaked
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26th Amendment
This amendment was ratified July 1ST , 1971. this amendment moved the voting age from 21 to 18 years old. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
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Title IX
protects people from discrimination based on gender in education programs, passed 1972. -
War Powers Act
aw limited the President’s right to send troops to battle without Congressional approval -
War Powers Act
This act law limited the President’s right to send troops to battle without Congressional approval. This act passed on November 7th, 1973. -
Watergate Scandal, which leads to Nixon’s Resignation
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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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Camp David Accords
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Iran Hostage Crisis
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Three Mile Island Disaster
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Iran Contra Affair
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1990s-21st Century (1990-2008)