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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
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United Nations formed
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Early Cold War
- Containment-American policy of resisting further expansion of communism
- Arms Race/Space- competition for supremacy in nuclear warfare and space technology 3.The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics- A communism treaty which was comprised of the Soviet Union, Belorussia, Ukraine, and the Transcaucasian Federation 4.Communism- where all property and people are owned by gov.
- Domino Theory- The theory that a political event in one country will cause similar events in neighboring countries,
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22nd Amendment
prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being elected again -
Truman Doctrine
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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Korean War
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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
- Great Society- domestic programs in the United States launched by Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson
- Thurgood Marshall- the first Black U.S. Supreme Court justice
- Black Panthers- was a Black Power political organization founded by college students Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton
- Non-Violent Protesters/Civil Disobedience- the act of voicing your opinions and promoting change without violence.
- Cesar Chavez- helped with working conditions for farmers
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Rosenbergs trial
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First H-Bomb detonated by the United States
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Hernandez v. Texas
Mexican Americans and all other races provided equal protection under the 14th Amendment -
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Vietnam War
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
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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 -
Tinker v. Des Moines
defined the First Amendment rights for students in the United States Public Schools -
First Man on the Moon
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Kent State University shooting
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End of the Cold War
- OPEC- coordinate and unify the petroleum policies of its Member Countries
- Sandra Day O’Connor- first woman associate justice of the Supreme Court
- Community Reinvestment Act of 1977- encourage financial institutions to help meet the credit needs of the communities in which they do business
- AIDS Epidemic- a disease in which there is a severe loss of the body's cellular immunity
- Star Wars- U.S. strategic defensive system against potential nuclear attacks
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Pentagon Papers leaked
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26th Amendment
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Title IX
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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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Iran Hostage Crisis
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Three Mile Island Disaster
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Iran Contra Affair
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1990s-21st Century