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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 One
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Roaring Twenties
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Great Depression
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World War 2
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United Nations Formed
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Early Cold War
1.Containment- keeping communism from spreading to non-communist countries
2. Arms Race/Space Race-Us and USSR both built up their nuclear weapons supply
3. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics- the other super power during the Cold War
4.Communism- Total government control with no input from the people
5.Domino Theory- something happening in one country can spread and happen in a neighboring country -
Truman Doctrine
U.S. policy that gave military and economic aid to countries
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22nd Amendment
prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being
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Berlin Airlift
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Marshall Plan
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NATO established
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Korean War
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Civil Rights Era
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Sweatt v. Painter
ruled the separate law school at the University of Texas failed to qualify as “separate but equal” -
Rosenburg Trials
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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
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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
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24th Amendment
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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 -
Medicare and Medicaid established
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Voting Rights Act of 1965
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Tet Offensive
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Martin Luther King is assassinated
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Civil Rights Act of 1968
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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
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Pentagon Papers leaked
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26th Amendment
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Title IX
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War Powers Act
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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
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Three Mile Island Disaster
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Iran Hostage Crisis ended
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Iran Contra Affair
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Iran Contra Affair ends
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Persian Gulf War (Operation Desert Storm)
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1990's to 21st century
1.Barack Obama the 44th president of the U.S first black president
2.Al-Qaeda a group of Islamic extremists and Salafist jihadists responsible for about 3,000 deaths on 9/11
3.No Child Left Behind U.S Act of Congress that reauthorized the Elementary&Secondary Education Act held schools accountable for how kids learned
4.President Clinton’s Impeachment impeached by the House of Representatives
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1900s To 21st Century
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Fall of the USSR - Official end of the Cold War
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NAFTA created free trade between Mexico, the United States, and Canada
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Attack on World Trade Center and Pentagon
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USA Patriot Act
tightened the national security, particularly as it was related to foreign terrorism -
Hurricane Katrina