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Destroyers for Bases Deal
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Smith Act
finger printing of aliens -
Selective Training and Service Act
Peace time draft -
Period: to
20th Century
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Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
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Lend Lease
Lend Materials for war -
US enters WWII
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Relocation Camps for Japanese
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Congress of Racial Equality
Prevented segregation and discrimination -
Revenue Act of 1942
Effort to increase tax revenues to cover the cost of WWII -
Office of Price Administration seals prices, rations food
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Detroit Race Riots
government does nothing -
Casablanca Conference
FDR and Churchill met in Morocco to settle the future strategy of the Allies -
Cairo Conference
conference of the Allied leaders to seek Japan's unconditional surrender -
Tehran Conference
FDR, Stalin, Churchill to discuss strategy against Germany -
GI Bill
benefits for veterans – money for education, mortgage – creates middle class -
US joins the United Nations
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D-Day
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Yalta Conference
Allies meet to decide on final war plans -
Battle of Bulge
Last German offensive -
Okinawa
deadly military campaign on Pacific island -
-Nationwide strikes due to inflation
OPA disbanded -
A-Bomb dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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Germany and Japan surrender ending World War II
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Roosevelt Dies
Truman VP -
Potsdam Conference
Truman, Churchill, and Stalin meet in Germany to set up zones -
Kennan containment
prevent spread of communism -
Employment Act
goal to have full employment -
Atomic Energy Act
establish Atomic Energy Commission develop better bombs -
President’s commission on Civil Rights
Advocate Rights -
Philippines get independence
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Churchill's "Iron Curton" speech in response to Russian aggression
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The Marshall Plan
economic aid to Europe after WWII -
Taft–Hartley Act
80 cooling period not to strike - labor leaders must sign Non Communist oath -
Truman Doctorine
financial commitment to nations fighting Communism -
Federal Employee Loyalty Program
anti-communistic oaths -
National Security Act
–created CIA -
Jackie Robinson breaks color barrier
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Election of 1848
Truman defeats Dewey and Thurman (DixiCrat) -
Truman desegregates armed forces
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Berlin Blockade
Berlin Airlift -
OAS
Alliance of North America and South America -
Alger Hiss Case
Convicted of Purgery -
Nuremberg trials
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NATO formed
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Communistic Victory in China
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Russia’s 1st A-Bomb
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Department of Defense created
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West and East Germany created
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Fair Deal
most don’t pass; Housing Act (construction increases); minimum wage increases -
Orwell, Ninteen Eighty-Four
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Korean War Begins
Containment of Communism -
McCarren Internal Security Act
illegal to contribute to Communism -
McCarthyism
fear of communism wide spread -
National Security Council Memo 68
beginning of massive defense spending -
22nd Amendment
President can only serve 2 terms or 10 years -
Denis vs. United States
upheld Smith Act under “clear and present danger clause” -
Catcher in the Rye
Salinger -
bases put into Japan
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ANZUS
Australia, New Zealand, and US ally -
MacArthur fired by Truman
invades China -
Election of 1952: Eisenhower (Will end war) vs. Stevenson
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Rosenbergs executed
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terminate reservations for N.A.
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Armistice in Korea–38th parallel
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Shah of Iran returns to power in coup–to keep Iran from going Communistic
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Krushchev in control of Russia
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McCarthy hearings - Army
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Brown vs. Board of Education
Seperate but equal != -
SEATO
Turkey, US,Iraq, Iran alliance -
Fall of Dien Bien Phu
French lose in Vietnam -
Geneva Conference
reduction of nuclear weapons, divide Vietnam along 17th parallel elections in a
year -
Mao bombs Taiwan
Eisenhower threatens to send troops in and the A bomb brinkmanship -
China bombs Taiwan
Eisenhower sends in troops China backs off -
Montgomery bus boycott begins
Rosa parks -
AFL and the CIO merge
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Warsaw Pact
USSR and Eastern European allies unite to counter NATO -
Election of 1956: Eisenhower re-elected: ended Korean “War” and balanced budget
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Suez Crisis
Egyptian President nationalizes canal -
Howl by Allen Ginsberg
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Interstat Highway Act
building federal roads; movement into rural area; creation of suburbs -
Hungarian Revolution
Rebel against Communism -
US puts Diem in power in South Vietnam
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Election 1956: Eisenhower defeats Stevenson again
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Eisenhower Doctrine
extends to Truman Doctrine to Middle East -
Domino Theory
if one country fell to Communism, it would undermine another that one would fall,
producing a domino effect -
Baby Boom Peaks
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Civil Rights Act
supervise voting -
Little Rock School desegregation
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Russians Launch Sputnik
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1st Nuclear Power Plant
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On the Road–Jack Kerouac
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National Defense Education Act
funding to math, science, and language programs -
NASA formed
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Cuban Revolution
Castro invades -
Labor Reform Act
Protects employees -
Alaska and Hawaii admitted as states
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U-2 incident
US spy plane goes down in USSR convert operation discovered -
Greensboro sit in
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Civil rights Act
federal government registers black voters -
Election 1960: Kennedy (Dem) defeats Nixon (Rep)–1st TV debate
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National Liberation Front
Viet Cong formed -
Trade Embargo on Cuba
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Bay of Pigs
Attempt to overthrow castro - fails -
Alliance for Progress
to build up Third World nations to the point where they could manage their own affairs -
Berlin wall built
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Peace corps
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Coup regime in Vietnam
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OPEC founded
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Cuban missile crisis
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Baker vs. Carr
end of gerrymandering -
Engel v. Vitale
pr
ayer in public schools were banned on violation the First Amendment -
Silent Spring Rachel Carson
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Students for a democratic Society
condemned anti-Democratic tendencies of large
corporations, racism and poverty -
Test Ban Treaty
No testing in atmosphere or ocean -
Kennedyassassinated by Oswald–Johnson becomes President
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March of Washington
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The Feminine Mystique
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24th Amendment–outlaws poll tax
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US enters Vietnam War
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
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War Powers Act
restrained president’s ability to commit troops overseas -
Economic Opportunity Act:
Job Core for youth training; Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA);
Office of Economic Opportunity establish Equal Opportunity Laws -
Civil Rights Act
Desegregation of public spaces -
Tax reduction
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Great Society
Platform for LBJ's campaign, -
Medicare and Medicade
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Higher Education Act
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Ralph Nadar's Unsafe at any Speed
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Watts, Detroit race riots
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Voting Rights Act
it allowed for supervisors to register Blacks t
o vote in places where they had
notbeen allowed to vote before. -
Department of Housing and Urban Development established
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Department of Transportation created
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National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act
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Miranda vs. Arzona
Miranda Rights -
National Organization for Women (NOW)
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25th Amendment–Allowed VP who becomes Pres. to pick a new VP
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Election of 1968–JFK shot; Nixon elected
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Nixon's "New Federalism"-returning power to the states
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Vietnamization begins
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TET
Viet Cong attacks during Vietnamese holiday -
War extended to Laos and Cambodia
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Cival Rights Act
equal opprotunity housing -
Nixon Doctorine
reducing number of troops abroad by helping nations economically and militarily -
Armstrong walks on the freakin moon
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Warren E. Burger appointed
a conserv
ative to fill Earl Warren's liberal spot -
U.S. bombed North Vietnamese positions in Cambodia and Laos
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Vietnamization begins
slow withdrawal of troops from Vietnam -
Kent State war protest
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Reed vs. Reed
outlawed sextual discrimination -
Desegregation
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New Economic Policy
Wage and prices controls -
Election of 1972: Nixon re-elected defeating McGovern in largest landslide victory
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Nixon visits Red China and Russia
Eases tensions -
SALT1
Limitations to nuclear arms -
Watergate Scandle
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Equal RIghts Amendment
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Treaty of Paris: ends Vietnam
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Gideon vs. Wainwright
court decide
d that state and local courts must provide counsel for defendants
in felony cases -
Roe vs. Wade.
restricting abortion is unconstitiunal -
VP Agnue resigns Ford replaces him
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Vietnam becomes Communistic
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Kaher roge
ruthless regime est
ablished in Cambodia -
Ford Pardons Nixon
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Nixon resigns
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US ship Mayaquez attacked by Cambodia
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Election of 1975: Carter defeats Ford
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US gives up rights to Panama Canal
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China and Us Agree to establish diplomatic relations
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Fuel shortage
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SALT II
Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty with Russia -
Three Mile Island
power plant failure emits radiation in Pennsylvania -
Create Department of Energy and Department of Education
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Camp David Accords
Isreal vs Egypt