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Cuban Missile crisis
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Early American History
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Declaration of Independence signed
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Constitution written
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Bill of Rights ratified
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Civil War/ Reconstruction
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13th Amendment
Abolished slavery -
Transcontinental Railroad Completed
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Telephone invented by Alexander Graham Bell
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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 1
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Roaring Twenties
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Great Depression
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World War 2
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Early Cold War
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Civil Rights Era
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Vietnam War
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (1964): begins undeclared war in Vietnam -
Medicare and medicaid established
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Tet offensive
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Tinker v. Des Moines
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
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Pentagon papers leaked
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26th Amendment
26th Amendment: moved the voting age from 21 years old to 18 years old -
War Powers Act
War Powers Act (1973): law limited the President’s right to send troops to battle without Congressional approval -
Watergate Scandal
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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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1990's - 21st Century