U.S History: 1877-2008

By Connor.McGee
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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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    WW I

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    Roaring Twenties

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    Great Depression

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    WW II

  • United Nations formed

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    Early Cold War

    Containment- to stop the spread of sirtent beliefs.
    Arms Race/Space Race-a race to gear up past each other
    The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics- a collection of states that followed communist beliefs.
    Communism- at its best it shode be a country controlled by the direct people and everything is shared.
    Domino Theory- a political event in one country will spread to the other country.

  • 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 II

  • NATO established

  • Korean War start

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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

  • Korean War seace fire

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    Vietnam War

  • Jonas Salk invents the Polio Vaccine

  • USSR launches Sputnik

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

  • Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    begins the undeclared war in Vietnam

  • Medicare and Medicaid established

  • Tet Offensive

  • 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

    OPCE-it is a confederation of oil-producing countries
    Sandra day o'connor-first woman on the court
    community reinvestment act of 1977-to help stabilize the economy
    aids epidemic- it is a virus that is a problem
    star wars- was a plan to set-up satellites to defend the USA from booms.

  • Pentagon Papers leaked

  • 26th amendment

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

  • War 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, makes the end of the Vietnam War

  • camp david accords

  • Start of Iran Hostage Crisis

  • Three Mile Island Disaster

  • End of The Iran Hostage Crisis

  • Start of Iran Contra Affair

  • End of Iran Contra Affair

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    1990s-21st Century