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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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Non-Violent Protests/Civil Disobedience
A peaceful movement to fight for what's right (gave the right to free speech and the ability to stand up for themselves) -
Thurgood Marshall
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World War II
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United Nations formed
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Early Cold War
-Containment: A military policy to stop expansion of communsim
-Arms Race: A race where the US and the Soviet Union competed to increase the size and quality of nuclear weapons to gain military superiority over 1 another
-USSR: This country had the world's 2nd largest economy and standing military
-Communism: Gov't gave people things according to their needs
-Domino Theory: The Southeast Asian nations were like rows of dominos, the fall of 1 communism would lead to the fall of its neighbors -
22nd Amendment
Prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being elected again -
Truman Doctrine
US policy that gave military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism -
Berlin Airlift
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Marshall Plan
A program to help European countries rebuild after WWll -
NATO established
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Korean War *1950-1953*
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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
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Rosenbergs Trial
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1st 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
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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
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OPEC
(Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries): used to stabilization of oil markets to ensure an efficient supply of oil to the consumers -
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
It began an undeclared war in Vietnam -
Great Society
Social reforms to eliminate racial injustice and poverty -
24th Amendment
Abolishes the poll tax -
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 -
Black Panthers
A social movement organization to fight and protest for equality and use violence when necessary -
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
It 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 Cold War
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Pentagon Papers leaked
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26th Amendment
It moved the voting age from 21 years old to 18 years old -
Title IX
Protects people from discrimination based on gender in education programs -
War Powers Act
It was a law that 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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Community Reinvestment Act of 1977
CRA helped financial institutions to meet the credits of the communities in businesses and the LMI (low-and moderate-income) neighborhoods -
Camp David Accords
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Iran Hostage Crisis
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Three Mile Island Disaster
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Sandra Day O'Connor
Sandra Day O'Connor was the first woman to serve as a justice on the U.S. Supreme Court -
AIDS Epidemic
AIDS Epidemic affected the economic growth of nations and several countries were affected, suffering from diseases and other serious health conditions -
Star Wars
Ronald Reagan developed a strategic defense initiative where lasers were used to defend the U.S. against incoming nuclear missiles -
Cesar Chavez
Chavez is an American civil rights activist that fought to gain better working conditions for farmers -
Iran Contra Affair
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1990s-21st Century