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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)
Containment- United States policy using strategies to prevent the spread of communism
Arms Race/Space Race- 20th-century competition between the Soviet Union, and the United States
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics- is established, comprising a confederation of Russia, Belorussia, Ukraine, etc.
Communism- seeks to create a classless society where the major means of production
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The Progressive Era (1890-1920)
Containment- United States policy using strategies to prevent the spread of communism
Arms Race/Space Race- 20th-century competition between the Soviet Union, and the United States
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics- is established, comprising a confederation of Russia, Belorussia, Ukraine, etc.
Communism- seeks to create a classless society where the major means of production
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Imperialism (1898-1910)
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World War I (1914-1918)
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Roaring Twenties
Containment- United States policy using strategies to prevent the spread of communism
Arms Race/Space Race- 20th-century competition between the Soviet Union, and the United States
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics- is established, comprising a confederation of Russia, Belorussia, Ukraine, etc.
Communism- seeks to create a classless society where the major means of production
Domino Theory- the theory that one country will cause similar events in neighboring countries -
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Great Depression
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World War II
Containment- United States policy using strategies to prevent the spread of communism
Arms Race/Space Race- 20th-century competition between the Soviet Union, and the United States
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics- is established, comprising a confederation of Russia, Belorussia, Ukraine, etc.
Communism- seeks to create a classless society where the major means of production
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United Nations formed
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Early Cold War
Containment- United States policy using strategies to prevent the spread of communism
Arms Race/Space Race- 20th-century competition between the Soviet Union, and the United States
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics- is established, comprising a confederation of Russia, Belorussia, Ukraine, etc.
Communism- seeks to create a classless society where the major means of production
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22nd Amendment
prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being elected again -
Truman Doctorine
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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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
Containment- United States policy using strategies to prevent the spread of communism
Arms Race/Space Race- 20th-century competition between the Soviet Union, and the United States
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics- is established, comprising a confederation of Russia, Belorussia, Ukraine, etc.
Communism- seeks to create a classless society where the major means of production
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Korean War
Containment- United States policy using strategies to prevent the spread of communism
Arms Race/Space Race- 20th-century competition between the Soviet Union, and the United States
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics- is established, comprising a confederation of Russia, Belorussia, Ukraine, etc.
Communism- seeks to create a classless society where the major means of production
Domino Theory- the theory that one country will cause similar events in neighboring countries -
Rosenbergs trial
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First H-Bomb detonated by the United States
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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
Containment- United States policy using strategies to prevent the spread of communism
Arms Race/Space Race- 20th-century competition between the Soviet Union, and the United States
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics- is established, comprising a confederation of Russia, Belorussia, Ukraine, etc.
Communism- seeks to create a classless society where the major means of production
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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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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
begins undeclared war in Vietnam -
24th amendment
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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 -
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 the Cold War
Containment- United States policy using strategies to prevent the spread of communism
Arms Race/Space Race- 20th-century competition between the Soviet Union, and the United States
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics- is established, comprising a confederation of Russia, Belorussia, Ukraine, etc.
Communism- seeks to create a classless society where the major means of production
Domino Theory- the theory that one country will cause similar events in neighboring countries -
Pentagon Papers leaked
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26th Amendment
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Title IX
protects people from discrimination based on gender in education programs -
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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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
Containment- United States policy using strategies to prevent the spread of communism
Arms Race/Space Race- 20th-century competition between the Soviet Union, and the United States
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics- is established, comprising a confederation of Russia, Belorussia, Ukraine, etc.
Communism- seeks to create a classless society where the major means of production
Domino Theory- the theory that one country will cause similar events in neighboring countries