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48 Cards in this Set
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Japenese attack Pearl Harbor; US enters World War II
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1941
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D-Day invasion of France
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1944
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FDR dies; Harry Truman becomes president
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1945
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First use of atomic bomb; end of World War II
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1945
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First meeting of the General Assembly of the UN
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1946
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Cold War Begins
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1946
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Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan
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1947
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Berlin blocade and airlift
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1948
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Formation of Organization of American States (OAS)
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1948
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Formation of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
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1949
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Korean Conflict
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1950-1953
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Dwight Eisenhower elected president
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1952
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Brown v. Board rules segregation unconstitutional
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1954
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Rosa Parks - bus boycott
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1955
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Federal Highway Act
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1956
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USSR launches Sputnik
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1957
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Eisenhower sends federal troops to Little Rock, AK to ensure peaceful desegregation
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1957
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U-2 spy plane incident
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1960
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JFK elected president
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1960
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Bay of Pigs invasion
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1961
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Alan Shepard becomes first American in space
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1961
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Berlin Wall constructed
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1961
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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1962
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Betty Friedan publishes THE FEMININE MYSTIQUE
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1963
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Kennedy assassinated; LBJ becomes president
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1963
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
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1964
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US troops engage in combat in Vietnam
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1965
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Miranda v. Arizona guarantees right to remain silent and right to a lawyer
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1966
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MLK JR. and Robert F. Kennedy assassinated
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1968
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Riots at Democratic party convention in Chicago
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1968
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Richard Nixon elected president
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1968
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US troops invade Cambodia; 4 students killed at Kent State
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1970
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the Pentagon Papers published
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1971
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Watergate complex break-in
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1972
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American combat toops leave Vietnam
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1973
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Nixon resigns and Gerald Ford becomes president
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1974
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Bicentennial Celebration - carter elected president
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1976
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Camp David Accords between Israel and Egypt
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1978
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Bakke v. Board of Regents of California restricts use of racial quotas in higer edu.
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1978
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Americans taken hostage in revolution in Iran
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1979
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Ronald Regan elected president
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1980
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US governments begin aiding rebels in El Salvador and Nicaragua
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1981
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STAR WARS project to develop strategic defense weapons announced
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1983
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Iran-Contra scandal unfolds
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1986
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GWB elected president
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1988
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USSR collapses - end of Cold War
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1991
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Persian Gulf War
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1991
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Clinton elected president
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1992
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