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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 I
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Roaring Twenties
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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
Containment: US policy that attempted to prevent the spread of communism
Arms Race/Space Race: Competition between the US and the Soviet Union to develop stronger weapons and reach outer space
The USSR: Union consisting of several socialist nations, including Russia
Communism: Form of government in which all property is owned by the state and is distrubuted to the people as needed
Domino Theory: Theory that a political event in one country will lead to similar events in other nearby countries -
22nd Amendment
Prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being elected again -
Truman Doctrine
U.S. policy that gave military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism -
Berlin Airlift
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Marshall Plan
Program to help European countries rebuild after World War II -
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” -
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Civil Rights Era
Great Society: Series of policies put in place by Lyndon B. Johnson which were meant to improve the quality of life in the US
Thurgood Marshall: Civil rights activist who served as the Supreme Court's first African American justice
Black Panthers: Revolutionary group who called for African Americans to fight against oppression
Civil Disobedience: Peacefully protesting by refusing to comply with certain laws
Cesar Chavez: Civil rights activist who co-founded the National Farm Workers Association -
Rosenbergs Trial
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First H-Bomb detonated by the United States
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Hernandez v. Texas
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Vietnam War
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
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Jonas Salk invents the Polio Vaccine
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Montgomery Bus Boycott after Rosa Parks' Arrest (1955-1956)
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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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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 -
24th Amendment
Abolishes the poll tax -
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 -
Medicare and Medicaid established
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Voting Rights Act of 1965
Eliminated literacy tests for voters -
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 -
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
OPEC: An organization of 13 countries that exports a large amount of petroleum
Sandra Day O'Connor: First woman to become an associate justice of the Supreme Court
Community Reinvestment Act of 1977: Law meant to encourage banks to help meet the needs of lower income communities
AIDS Epidemic: Deadly outbreak of HIV/AIDS throughout the world
Star Wars: Proposed missile defense system meant to protect the US from nuclear weapons -
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
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, marks the end of the Vietnam War
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Camp David Accords
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Iran Hostage Crisis (Ended 1981)
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Three Mile Island Disaster
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Iran Contra Affair (Ended 1987)
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1990's - 21st Century