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American Foundation
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Gilded Age / American Imperialism
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Plessy V Ferguson
April 13, 1896: Homer A. Plessy v. Ferguson was argued in the Supreme Court of the United States. May 18, 1896: In a 7 to 1 decision the "separate but equal" provision of public accommodations by state governments was found to be constitutional under the Equal Protection Clause. -
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Progressive Era
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World War I
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The Roaring Twenties
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The Great Depression
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Wolrd War II
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Attack on Pearl Harbor
The Japanese attacked pearl harbor in hopes of stopping America from becoming involved in WWII. -
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The Cold War
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President Truman desegrates the amrmed forces.
In the year 1948 President Truman ordered that the military be desegregated meaning that in the military blacks, whites and all races would be treated equally. -
Berlin Airlift
The Berlin blockade (24 June 1948;– 12 May 1949) was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. During the multinational occupation of post–World War II Germany, the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under allied control -
NATO formation
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), 1949 The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created in 1949 by the United States, Canada, and several Western European nations to provide collective security against the Soviet Union. -
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Modern Civil Rights
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Sweatt V Painter
This Texas case that forced the University of Texas to accept a black man inot the law school in the universtiy. This decision begins to erode the Seperate but equal clause. -
Korean War
Korean War, conflict between Communist and non-Communist forces in Korea from June 25, 1950, to July 27, 1953. -
Brown v Board of Education
This court case overturned Plessy V Ferguson and made "Seperate but Equal" Un Constitutional. The Supreme court ended segregation in all public schools. -
Space Race
In October, 1957, the Soviet Union launched the first satellite — named Sputnik — to be hurled into orbit around the Earth. -
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The Sixties
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Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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American Crisis and Resurgance
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Modern AMerica
