Syllabus For The Subject HISTORY OF USA UP TO 2000

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AMERICAN HISTORY - NATURE AND SCOPE IN THE CONTEXT OF 20TH CENTURY -

IMPORTANCE OF THE STUDY - SOURCES AND CONTRIBUTORS

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AMERICA IN THE BEGINNING OF 20TH CENTURY - ROLE IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR -

POLICY TOWARDS AXIS POWERS - WILSON`S FOURTEEN POINTS - LEAGUE OF NATIONS

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AMERICA BETWEEN THE WARS - THE GREAT DEPRESSION - RECONSTRUCTION UNDER

ROOSEVELT ADMINISTRATION

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NEW DEAL MEASURES - LEGISLATURE VS JUDICIARY OVER NEW DEAL MEASURES -

DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN POLICY OF F.D. ROOSEVELT

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AMERICA IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR - CONFLICT WITH JAPAN - AMERICA AND ALLIED

VICTORY - EMERGENCE OF SUPER POWERS - AMERICA AND UNO

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TRUMAN - DROP OF ATOM BOMB - FAIR DEAL - EISENHOWER - MODERN REPUBLICATION

- VIETNAM WAR

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JOHN F. KENNEDY - DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN POLICY - LYNDON JOHNSON - VIETNAM

WAR - NIXON - WATERGATE SCANDAL

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CARTER - DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN POLICY - REAGAN - PRIVATIZATION - DISARMAMENT

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BUSH - DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN POLICIES - BILL CLINTON - DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN

POLICIES - PROBLEM OF TERRORISM

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WOMEN IN AMERICAN SOCIETY FROM 1919 TO THE PRESENT DAY - WOMEN MOVEMENT

TO COMBAT MALE CHAUVINISM - CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENTS FROM MARTIN LUTHER

KING TO JESSE JACKSON

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TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS - SCIENTIFIC INNOVATIONS - MILITARY - NUCLEAR AND

SPACE PROGRAMMES

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COLD WAR POLICIES - SANCTIONS - INVASION OF KUWAIT - END OF COLD WAR -

EMERGING ISSUES