U.S History 1877-2008 By cassis aparicio Period: 1776 to 1806 Early American History Jul 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence Period: 1860 to 1877 Civil War/Reconstruction Period: 1877 to 1900 The Gilded Age Period: 1890 to 1920 The Progressive Era Period: 1898 to 1910 Imperialism Period: 1914 to 1918 World War I Period: 1920 to 1929 Roaring twenties 1922 Teapot Dome Scandal uncovered by the Wall Street Journal 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial 1927 Charles Lindbergh makes history by making a nonstop solo flight from New York to Paris 1929 Stock Market Crash Period: 1929 to 1939 Great Depression 1930 Dust-Bowl 1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt elected 1932 Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) established Period: 1939 to 1945 World War 2 Period: 1945 to 1960 Early Cold War Period: 1950 to 1970 Civil Rights Era Period: 1954 to 1976 Vietnam War 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis 1965 Medicare and Medicaid established 1968 Tet Offensive Period: 1970 to 1991 End of the Cold War 1971 Pentagon Papers leaked 1975 Fall of Saigon, marks the end of the Vietnam War Period: 1990 to 2008 1990s-21st Century