Timeline: U.S.History:1877-2008 | Timetoast

Period: 1776 to 1860

Early American History (1776-1860)

https://usa.usembassy.de/etexts/history/ch1.htm
Period: 1860 to 1877

Civil War/Reconstruction (1860-1877)

https://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/civilwarrecon.html
Period: 1877 to 1900

The Gilded Age (1877-1900)

https://ap.gilderlehrman.org/essays/rise-industrial-america-1877-1900
Period: 1890 to 1920

The Progressive Era (1890-1920)

https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-history/rise-to-world-power/age-of-empire/a/the-progressive-era
Period: 1898 to 1910

Imperialism (1898-1910)

https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-ushistory/chapter/american-imperialism/
Period: 1914 to 1918

World War I (1914-1918)

https://www.jstor.org/stable/985472
Period: 1920 to 1929

Roaring Twenties (1920-1929)

https://libguides.southernct.edu/c.php?g=200161&p=1316544
Period: 1929 to 1939

Great Depression (1929-1939)

The Great Depression (article) | Khan Academywww.khanacademy.org
Period: 1939 to 1945

World War II (1939-1945)

https://www2.gwu.edu/~erpapers/teachinger/glossary/world-war-2.cfm
Period: 1945 to 1960

Early Cold War (1945-1960)

Containment -strategic foreign policy pursued by the United States beginning in the late 1940s in order to check the expansionist policy of the Soviet Union. The term was suggested by the principal framer of the policy, the U.S. diplomat George F.
Arms race/ space race-
Period: 1950 to 1970

Civil Rights Era (1950-1970)

https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/civil-rights-act/civil-rights-era.html
Period: 1954 to 1976

Vietnam War (1954-1976)

https://www.britannica.com/event/Vietnam-War
Period: 1970 to 1991

End of the Cold War (1970-1991)

https://www.sydenham.lewisham.sch.uk/fs/resource-manager/view/87103db1-3ead-42ee-ace7-96cc16568066
Period: 1990 to 2008

1990s-21st Century (1990-2008)

https://www.icj.org/history/part-three-from-the-1990s-into-the-21st-century/