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July 4, 1776: Declaration of Independence signed
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Civil War/Reconstruction
1869: Transcontinental Railroad Completed 13th Amendment: abolished slavery
14th Amendment: citizenship & due process
15th Amendment: voting for all male citizensPlessy v. Ferguson: legalized segregation, established “separate but equal” -
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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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1945: United Nations formed
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Early Cold War
Containment- Stop the spead of communism
Arms Race/Space Race- to get to the moon
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics-Russia
Communism -Government honorship
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1948: Berlin Airlift
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1949: NATO established
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1949: NATO established
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Civil Rights Era
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Vietnam War
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End of the Cold War
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1990s-21st Century