U.S. History 1817-2008

By Morgan T.
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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 1

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    Roaring Twenties

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    Great Depression

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    World War II

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    Early Cold War

  • 22nd Amendment

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

  • 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

  • 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

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    Montgomery Bus Boycott after Rosa Parks' Arrest

  • Boy of Pigs Invasion in Cuba

  • Little Rock Nne Intergated into a All White school in Little Rock, AK

  • Burlin Wall Built to Prevent People from leaving communist East Berlin

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

  • Martin Luther King "I Have a Dream" speech at the march on Washington

  • JFK assassination in Dallas, Tx

  • 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

  • 24 Amendment

    Abolishes Poll Tax

  • Medicare and Medicaid established

  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Eliminated literacy tests for voters

  • Tet Offensive

  • Martin Luther King Jr. 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

  • Title IX

    protects people from discrimination based on gender in education programs

  • Watergate Scandal, which leads to Nixon’s Resignation

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

  • Camp David Accords

  • Three Mile Island Disaster

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    Iran Hostage Crisis

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    Iran Contra Affair

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    1990s-21 Century