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American Civil War
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13th Amendment
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Reconstruction
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14th Amendment
Granted citizenship to all persons born in the United States -
15th Amendment
The right of citizens of the United States to vote wont be denied. -
Jim Crow Laws Start in South
Law enforcing racial segregation. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
Supreme Court case in favor of legal segregation. -
Arab-Israeli War Begins
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Rosa Parks Arrested
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
Boycott of busses after Rosa Park was arrested. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
Voting Rights of Act is a federal law. -
Little Rock Nine
9 African American kids were prevented from attending school. -
Chicano Mural Movement Begins
Supported Mexican-American culture by painting walls of buildings. -
Affirmative Action
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Sam Walton Opens First Walmart
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George Wallace Blocks University of Alabama Entrance
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The Feminine Mystique
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March on Washington
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Civil Rights Act of 1964
A law that ended segregation in 1964. -
24th Amendment
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Israeli-Palestine Conflict Begins
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Malcom X Assassinated
Thomas Hagan assassinated Malcom X in 1965. -
United Farm Worker’s California Delano Grape Strike
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Voting Rights Act of 1965
Voting Rights of Act is a federal law. -
Thurgood Marshall Appointed to Supreme Court
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Six Day War
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Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated
the most visible leader in the American civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination. -
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
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Policy of Détente Begins
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Jimmy Carter
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Title IX
Law that prohibits discrimination of gender. -
Nixon Visits Communist China
China's entry to trade with United States. -
Watergate Scandal
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Roe v. Wade
Texas laws that criminalized abortion. -
Engaged Species Act
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OPEC Oil Embargo
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First Cell Phones
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United States v. Nixon
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Ford Pardons Nixon
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Gerald Ford
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Bill Gates Starts Microsoft
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National Rifle Associate (NRA) Lobbying Begins
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Steve Jobs Starts Apple
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Community Reinvestment Act of 1977
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Camp David Accords
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Iran Hostage Crisis
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Conservative Resurgence
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“Trickle Down Economics”
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AIDS Epidemic
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• Sandra Day O’Connor Appointed to U.S. Supreme Court
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Ronald Reagan
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Marines in Lebanon
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War on Drugs
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Iran-Contra Affair
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The Oprah Winfrey Show First Airs
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“Mr. Gorbachev, Tear Down This Wall!”
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End of Cold War
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Berlin Wall Falls
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George H. W. Bush
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Germany Reunification
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• Iraq Invades Kuwait
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Persian Gulf War
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Soviet Union Collapses
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Operation Desert Storm
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NAFTA Founded