U.S. History: 1887-2008

By anthony.renard
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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)

    1. Containment
    2. Arms Race/Space Race
    3. USSR
    4. Communism
    5. Domino Theory

  • 22nd Amendment (1947)

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

  • 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)

  • 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)

  • First H-Bomb detonated by the United States (1952)

  • Korean War (1950-1953)

  • Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)

    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)

  • Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)

  • 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

  • Medicare and Medicaid established (1965)

  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Eliminated literacy tests for voters

  • Tet Offensive (1968

  • Tinker v. Des Moines (1968)

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

  • Martin Luther King is assassinated (1968)

  • Civil Rights Act of 1968

    prohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of housing

  • First Man on the Moon (1969)

  • Kent State University shooting (1970)

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    End of the Cold War (1970-1991)

  • Pentagon Papers leaked (1971)

  • 26th Amendment (1971)

    moved the voting age from 21 years old to 18 years old

  • Title IX (1972)

    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)

  • Fall of Saigon, marks the end of the Vietnam War (1975)

  • 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)