U.S. History: 1887-2008

By RyanRutledge
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    Early American History (1776-1860)

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    Civil War/Reconstruction (1860-1877)

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    The Gilded Age (1877-1900)

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    The Progressive Era (1890-1920)

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    Imperialism (1898-1910)

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    World War I (1914-1918)

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    Roaring Twenties (1920-1929)

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    Great Depression (1929-1939)

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    World War II (1939-1945)

  • United Nations formed 1945

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    Early Cold War (1945-1960)

    Containment policy numerous strategies to prevent the spread of communism
    Space Race was an arms race competition for supremacy in nuclear warfare between the United States and the Soviet Union
    The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics The Soviet Union was a federal socialist state in Northern Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991.
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    Early Cold War (1945-1960)

    Communism political theory advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.
    Domino Theory a political event in one country will cause similar events in neighboring countries

  • Truman Doctrine (1947)

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

  • Berlin Airlift 1948

  • Marshall Plan (1948)

    program to help European countries rebuild after World War II

  • NATO established 1949

  • Korean War 1950-1953

  • 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 (1950-1970)

  • Rosenbergs trial 1951

  • 22nd amendment 1951

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

  • First H-Bomb detonated by the United States 1952

  • 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 (1954-1976)

  • Jonas Salk invents the Polio Vaccine 1955

  • Montgomery Bus Boycott after Rosa Parks’ arrest 1955-1956

  • USSR launches Sputnik 1957

  • Little Rock Nine integrated into an all-white school in Little Rock, AK 1957

  • Bay of Pigs Invasion in Cuba 1961

  • Berlin Wall built to prevent people from leaving communist East Berlin 1961

  • 24th Amendment 1962

    Abolishes the poll tax

  • Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream Speech” at the March on Washington 1963

  • John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, TX 1963

  • Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (1964)

    begins undeclared war in Vietnam

  • 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

  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Eliminated literacy tests for voters

  • Martin Luther King is assassinated 1968

  • Civil Rights Act of 1968

    prohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of housing

  • Tinker v. Des Moines

    defined the First Amendment rights for students in the United States Public Schools

  • First Man on the Moon 1969

  • Kent State University shooting 1970

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    End of the Cold War (1970-1991)

  • 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 (1973)

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

  • Watergate Scandal, which leads to Nixon’s Resignation 1974

  • Camp David Accords 1978

  • Iran Hostage Crisis 1979-1981

  • Three Mile Island Disaster 1979

  • Iran Contra Affair 1985-1987

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    1990s-21st Century (1990-2008)