US History:1887-2008

By Daphne.gyasi
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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 One

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    Roaring Twenties

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    Great Depression

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    World War 2

  • United Nations Formed

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    Early Cold War

    1.Containment- keeping communism from spreading to non-communist countries
    2. Arms Race/Space Race-Us and USSR both built up their nuclear weapons supply
    3. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics- the other super power during the Cold War
    4.Communism- Total government control with no input from the people
    5.Domino Theory- something happening in one country can spread and happen in a neighboring country

  • Truman Doctrine

    U.S. policy that gave military and economic aid to countries
    threatened by communism.

  • 22nd Amendment

    prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being
    elected again

  • Berlin Airlift

  • Marshall Plan

    program to help European countries rebuild after World War II.

  • NATO established

  • Korean War

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    Civil Rights Era

  • Sweatt v. Painter

    ruled the separate law school at the University of Texas failed to qualify as “separate but equal”

  • Rosenburg Trials

  • First H-Bomb detonated by the United States

  • Hernandez v. Texas

    Mexican Americans and all other races provided equal protection under the 14th Amendment
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    Vietnam War

  • Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

    overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and mandated desegregation

  • Jonas Salk invents the Polio Vaccine

  • Montgomery Bus Boycott after Rosa Parks’ arrest

  • USSR launches Sputnik

  • Little Rock Nine integrated into an all-white school in Little Rock, AK

  • Bay of Pigs Invasion in Cuba

  • Berlin Wall built to prevent people from leaving communist East Berlin

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

  • Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream Speech” at the March on Washington

  • John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, TX

  • Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    begins undeclared war in Vietnam

  • 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

  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Eliminated literacy tests for voters

  • Tet Offensive

  • Martin Luther King is assassinated

  • Civil Rights Act of 1968

    prohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of housing

  • First Man on the Moon

  • Tinker v. Des Moines

    Defined the First Amendment rights for students in the United States Public Schools.

  • Kent State University shooting

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    End Of The Cold War

  • Pentagon Papers leaked

  • 26th Amendment

    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

    law limited the President’s right to send troops to battle without Congressional approval.

  • Watergate Scandal, which leads to Nixon’s Resignation

  • Fall of Saigon, marks the end of the Vietnam War

  • Camp David Accords

  • Iran Hostage Crisis

  • Three Mile Island Disaster

  • Iran Hostage Crisis ended

  • Iran Contra Affair

  • Iran Contra Affair ends

  • Persian Gulf War (Operation Desert Storm)

  • 1990's to 21st century

    1.Barack Obama the 44th president of the U.S first black president
    2.Al-Qaeda a group of Islamic extremists and Salafist jihadists responsible for about 3,000 deaths on 9/11
    3.No Child Left Behind U.S Act of Congress that reauthorized the Elementary&Secondary Education Act held schools accountable for how kids learned
    4.President Clinton’s Impeachment impeached by the House of Representatives
    5.Presidential Election of 2000- the 54th election,race between George W. Bush & Vice President Al Gore
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    1900s To 21st Century

  • Fall of the USSR - Official end of the Cold War

  • NAFTA created free trade between Mexico, the United States, and Canada

  • Attack on World Trade Center and Pentagon

  • USA Patriot Act

    tightened the national security, particularly as it was related to foreign terrorism

  • Hurricane Katrina