U.S. History: 1877-2008

By Sui.Ly
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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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    Progressive Era

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    Imerpialism

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    World War I

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    The Roaring Twenties

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    Great Depression

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    World War II

  • United Nations Formed

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    Early Cold War

    1.Containment - The American policy of containing the spread of communism around the world.
    2 Arm Race/Space Race - The competition between the Us and USSR for superior space travel and weaponry
    3. USSR - A Communist socialist state within the Northern Eurasia region and was one of the major causes of the Cold War.
    4. Communism - A system of government in which property is shared equally
    5. Domino Theory - Theory that an event occurring in a country will cause similar events in nearby countries

  • Trumane Doctrine

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

  • The 22nd Amendment

    An amendment that prohibited anyone who had been elected president twice from being elected for a third term.

  • Berlin Airlift

  • Marshall Plan

    A program created to help European countries rebuild after World War II.

  • Nato Established

  • Sweatt vs. Painter

    The case ruled that the separate law school at the University of Texas failed to qualify as "separate but equal"

  • Korean War

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    Civil Rights Era

  • Rosenberg's Trial

  • First H-Bomb detonated by the United States

  • Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka

    Overruled the Plessy vs. Ferguson ruling and mandated desegregation.

  • Hernandez vs. Texas

    Ruled that Mexican Americans and all other races would be provided equal protection as stated under the 14th Amendment.
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    Vietnam War

  • Jonas Salk invents the Polio Vaccine

  • Montgomery Bus Boycott after Rosa Parks' arrest

  • USSR Launches the Sputnik

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

  • Bay of Pigs Invasion in Cuba

  • Berlin Wall built to prevent people from 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

  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

    Stated that any discrimination based on race, religion, or national origin in public places was illegal and required employers to hire based on an equal opportunity basis

  • Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    This was the beginning of an undeclared war in Vietnam.

  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Removed the requirement for a literacy test for voting.

  • Medicare and Medicaid established

  • Civil Rights Act of 1968

  • Martin Luther King is assassinated

  • Tet Offensive

  • Tinker vs. Des Moines

  • First Man on the Moon

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    End of the Cold War

    OPEC - An org. consisting of 12 member countries whose goal was to stabilize the oil market by balancing supply and demand of oil
    Sandra Day O'Connor - The First woman to become a Justice.
    Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 - Federal law enacted to help meet credit needs of low-moderate income communities.
    AIDS Epidemic- A disease that spread quickly through the world and the US
    Star Wars - A Strategic Defense Initiative that was designed to protect against potential nuclear attacks

  • 24th Amendment

    An Amendment that abolished poll taxes.

  • Pentagon Papers leaked

  • 26th Amendment

    An Amendment that shifted the voting age of 21 years old down to 18 years old.

  • Title IX

    This was created to protect people from discrimination based on gender in educational programs.

  • War Powers Act

    A Law that limited the President's right and power to send troops to battle without Congressional approval.

  • 1975

    Fall of Saigon, marks the end of the Vietnam War
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    1990s-21st Century