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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
1) Containment: Prevents communism spreading
2) Arms Race/Space Race: Race between USSR and US for technology for space and weapons.
3) The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: Federal socialist state
4) Communism: A classless political view with little government
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22nd Amendment
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Truman Doctrine
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Berlin Airlift
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Marshall Plan
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NATO Established
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Korean War Started
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Sweatt v. Painter
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Civil Rights Era
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Rosenbergs Trial
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First H-Bomb detonated by the United States
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Korean War Ended
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
Overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and mandated desegregation. -
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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24th Amendment
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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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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. -
Tinker v. Des Moines
Established the First Amendment rights for students in US Public Schools. -
First Man on the Moon
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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
Changed the voting age from 21 years to 18 years. -
Title IX
Protects people from discrimination based on gender in education programs. -
War Powers Act
Limited the President's power to send troops to battle without Congressional agreement -
Watergate Scandal; 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 Began
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Three Mile Island Disaster
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Iran Hostage Crisis Ended
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Iran Contra Affair Began
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Iran Contra Affair Ended
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Persian Gulf War (Operation Desert Storm)
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1990s-21st Century
1) Barak Obama: The first African American president of the USA
2) al-Qaeda: The terroristic group responsible for 9/11
3) No Child Left Behind: An act focusing on fixing issues with minorities in the school system.
4) President Clinton's Impeachment: Caused by lying about an affair on the stand
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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 related to foreign terrorism. -
Hurricane Katrina