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Early American History (1776-1860)
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Civil War/Reconstruction (1860-1877)
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The Gilded Age (1877-1900)
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The Progressive Era (1890-1920)
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Imperialism (1898-1910)
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World War I (1914-1918)
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18th Amendment
prohibition is enacted and alcohol is illegal -
19th Amendment
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Roaring Twenties (1920-1929)
Social Darwinism: the theory that individuals, groups, and peoples are subject to the same Darwinian laws of natural selection as plants and animals.
The Red Scare: A Red Scare is the promotion of a widespread fear of a potential rise of communism.
Assembly Line: An assembly line is a manufacturing process in which parts are added as the assembly moves from workstation to workstation
Return to Normalcy: campaign slogan
Harlem Renaissance: movement -
Teapot Dome Scandal uncovered by the Wall Street Journal
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American Indian Citizenship Act
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Scopes Monkey Trial
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Charles Lindbergh makes history by making a nonstop solo flight from New York to Paris
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Stock Market Crash
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Great Depression (1929-1939)
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Franklin D. Roosevelt elected
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Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) established
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20th Amendment
adjusted the dates of the presidential terms -
21st Amendment
repeals the 18th Amendment and prohibition ends -
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) established
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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) established
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Works Progress Administration (WPA) established
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Social Security Act
established the Social Security Administration, which provides unemployment insurance, aid to the disabled, old age pensions, and insurance for families -
Dust Bowl
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Adolf Hitler invades Poland, starting WWII
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World War II (1939-1945)
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Attack on Pearl Harbor
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Battle of Midway
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Bataan Death March
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Executive Order 9066
incarceration of Japanese Americans for the duration of WWII -
“D-Day” - Invasion of Normandy
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G.I. Bill
gives military veterans financial and educational benefits -
The atomic bomb, “Little Boy” is dropped in Hiroshima, Japan (August 6)
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The atomic bomb, “Fat Man” is dropped in Nagasaki, Japan, ending World War II (August 9)
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United Nations formed
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Early Cold War (1945-1960)
- Containment
- Arms Race/Space race
- USSR
- Communism
- Domino Theory
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Truman Doctrine
U.S. policy that gave military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism -
The Berlin Airlift
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Marshall Plan
program to help European countries rebuild after World War II -
NATO established
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Civil Rights Era (1950-1970)
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Rosenbergs trial
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22nd amendment
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First H-Bomb detonated by the United States
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korean war
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Vietnam War (1954-1976)
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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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Interstate Highway Act
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USSR launches Sputnik
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Little Rock Nine integrated into an all-white school in Little Rock, AR
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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
begins undeclared war in Vietnam -
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
defined the First Amendment rights for students in the United States Public Schools -
First Man on the Moon
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Kent State University shooting
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End of the Cold War (1970-1991)
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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
law limited the President’s right to send troops to battle without Congressional approval -
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 Contra Affair
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1990s-21st Century (1990-2008)