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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 Progression 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
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United Nations Formed
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Early Cold War
-Containment: The process made by the US the stop the spread of communism around Europe and Asia.
-Arms Race/Space Race: A competition between the USSR and the US to out perform the other by technological advancements.
-The Union of Soviet Socialists Republicans: The new government in charge of Russia.
-Communism: The economic system adopted by the USSR, placing the power in the government.
-Domino Theory: The idea that if one country falls to communism, soon many important countries will too. -
Truman Doctrine
U.S. policy that gave military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism -
22nd Amendment
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Berlin Airlift
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Marshal Plan
Program to help European countries rebuild after World War II -
NATO established
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Sweatt vs. Painter
Ruled the separate law school at the University of Texas failed to qualify for "separate but equal" -
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Civil Rights Era
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Korean War
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Rosenbergs Trials
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First H-Bomb detonated by the US
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Hernandez V. Texas
Mexican Americans and all other races are provided equal protection under the 14th Amendment -
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Vietnam War
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Brown V. Board of Education of Topeka
Overturned Plessy V. Ferguison and mandated segregation -
Jonas Salk invents the Polio Vaccine
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Montgomery Bus Boycotts after Rosa Park's 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 Invation
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Berlin Wall Built
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" Speech at Washington
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John F. Kennedy is Assassinated in Dallas, TX
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
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Civil Rights Act of 1964
Prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin -
24th Amendment
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Medicare and Medicaid established
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Voting Rights Act of 1965
Eliminated the literacy test at voting centers -
Tet Offensive
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Voting Rights Act of 1968
Prohibits discrimination in sale or rental of housing -
First Man on the Moon
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Tinker v. Des Moines
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Kent State University Shooting
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End of Cold War
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Pentagon Papers Leaked
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26th Amendment
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Title XI
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War Powers Act
Law limited the President's right to send troops to battle without Congressional approval. -
Watergate Scandal, witch leads to Nixon's Resignation
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Fall of Saigon, 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