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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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The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
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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
Containment-U.S trying to contain communism
Arms Race/Space Race-U.S and Russia racing to be 1st on the moon
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Truman Doctrine
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22nd Amendment
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Berlin Airlift
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Marshall Plan
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NATO established
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Civil Rights Era
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Korean War
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Rosenbergs trial
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First H-Bomb detonated by the United States
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Vietnam War
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Jonas Salk invents the Polio Vaccine
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USSR launches Sputnik
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Kent State University shooting
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End of the Cold War
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Watergate Scandal, which leads to Nixon’s Resignation
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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