U.S. History: 1877-2008

By MARIANA.PELAEZ
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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 2

  • United Nations formed

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    Early Cold War

    -Containment: Strategy used by the United States.
    -Arms Race/Space Race: Competition between by the US and the Soviet Union.
    -The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: Soviet Union
    -Communism: Ideology
    -Domino Theory: A domino effect of the influence of communism.

  • Truman Doctrine

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

  • Berlin Airlift

  • Marshall Plan

    Program to help European countries rebuild after World War 2.

  • NATO established

  • 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

  • Rosenbergs trial

  • 22nd Amendment

    Prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being elected again.

  • First H-Bomb detonated by the United States

  • 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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    Civil Rights Era

    Great Society: Domestic programs created by Lyndon B. Johnson. Thurgood Marshall: First African American to serve on the supreme court justice. Black Panthers: Revolutionary organization against police brutality. Non-Violent Protests/Civil Disobedience: Non-Violent action with goals of achieving social change. Cesar Chavez: Worked to gain better working conditions for farm workers.

  • Jonas Salk invents the polio Vaccine

  • Montgomery Bus Boycott after Rosa Parks' arrest

  • USSR launches Sputnik

  • Little Rock Nine integrated into and all-white school in Little Rock, Ak

  • Bay of Pigs Invasion in Cuba

  • Berlin Wall built to prevent room leaving communist East Berlin

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

  • Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream Speech" at the March on Washington

  • John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, TX

  • Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    Begins undeclared war in Vietnam.

  • 24th Amendment

    Abolishes the poll tax

  • 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.
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    Great Society

    Domestic programs created by Lyndon B. Johnson.

  • Medicare and Medicaid established

  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Eliminated literacy tests for voters.

  • Tet Offensive

  • Martin Luther King 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

  • 26th Amendment

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

  • Tittle IX

    Protects people from discrimination based on gender in education programs.

  • Wars Powers Act

    Law limited the President's right to send troops to battle without Congressional approval.

  • Watergate Scandal, which leads to Nixon's Resignation

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

  • Camp David Accords

  • Iran Hostage Crisis

    1979-1981

  • Three Island Disaster

  • Iran Hostage Crisis

    1970-1981

  • Iran Contra Affair

    1985-1987
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    1990s-21st Century

  • End of the Cold War

    OPEC: Organization of the Petroleum Countries Sandra Day O'Connor: First woman associate justice of the Supreme Court of the U.S. Community Reinvestment Act of 1977: Try to encourage Institutions to give to the community. AIDS Epidemic: People were afraid of AIDS because not much information was known about it. Star Wars: Strategic Defense Initiative