U.S. History: 1877-2008

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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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    Great Depression

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    World War II

  • United Nations Formed

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    Early Cold War

    Containment- The act of keeping hostile forces from expanding further into allies territory; The US exercised this to keep the spread of communism at bay.
    Arms Race/Space Race- A race to the moon between the US and USSR; This race was big during the cold war as it keep both countries in constant production of more evolved technology.
    The Union Of Soviet Socialist Republics- A federal socialist state in Northern Eurasia; This was known as the Soviet Union
    Communism- A political view
  • Berlin Airlift

  • NATO established

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    Civil Rights Era

  • Rosenberg Trials

  • First H-Bomb Detonated by United States

  • Korean War

    war spanned from 1950-1953
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    Vietnam War

  • Jonas Salk invents Polio Vaccine

  • USSR launches Spudnik

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    End Of The Cold War

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    1990's-21st Century