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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 1
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roaring twenties
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great depression
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world war 2
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War Powers Act
law limited the presidents right to send troops to battle without congressional approval -
united nations formed
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early cold war
containment-the action of keeping something harmful under control or within limits.
arms race-a competition between nations for superiority in the development and accumulation of weapons.
communism-society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs
domino theory-one country in a region came under the influence of communism, then the surrounding countries would follow in a domino effect. -
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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koren war
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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
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Rosenburg trials
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22nd Amendment
prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being elected again -
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and mandated desegregation -
First H-Bomb detonated by the United States
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Hernandez v. Texas
Mexican Americans and all other races provided equal protection under the 14th Amendment -
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Vietnam war
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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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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 -
Gulf of tonkin resolution
begins undeclared war in Vietnam -
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 cold war
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Pentagon Papers leaked
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26th Amendment
moved the voting age to 18 years old -
Title IX
protects people from discrimination based on gender in education programs -
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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Three Mile Island Disaster
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Iran Hostage Crisis
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Iran Contra Affair
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1990s-21st century