U.S. History: 1877-2008

By Lauryn.Bender
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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 I

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    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: Prevents communism spreading
    2) Arms Race/Space Race: Race between USSR and US for technology for space and weapons.
    3) The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: Federal socialist state
    4) Communism: A classless political view with little government
    5) Domino Theory: Countries could all fall to communism

  • 22nd Amendment

    Prohibits any president elected twice from being elected again.

  • Truman Doctrine

    Gave other countries that were threatened by communism military and economic aid from the US.

  • Berlin Airlift

  • Marshall Plan

    Helped European countries rebuild after World War II.

  • NATO Established

  • Korean War Started

  • Sweatt v. Painter

    Ruled the law school at the University of Texas failed to qualify as "separate but equal".
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    Civil Rights Era

  • Rosenbergs Trial

  • First H-Bomb detonated by the United States

  • Korean War Ended

  • 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

  • Jonas Salk invents the Polio Vaccine

  • Montgomery Bus Boycott after Rosa Parks' arrest

  • USSR launches Sputnik

  • Little Rock Nine integrated into an 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

  • 24th Amendment

    Got rid of the poll tax.

  • 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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Tinker v. Des Moines

    Established the First Amendment rights for students in US Public Schools.

  • First Man on the Moon

  • Kent State University Shooting

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    End of the Cold War

  • Pentagon Papers leaked

  • 26th Amendment

    Changed the voting age from 21 years to 18 years.

  • Title IX

    Protects people from discrimination based on gender in education programs.

  • War Powers Act

    Limited the President's power to send troops to battle without Congressional agreement

  • Watergate Scandal; Nixon's Resignation

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

  • Camp David Accords

  • Iran Hostage Crisis Began

  • Three Mile Island Disaster

  • Iran Hostage Crisis Ended

  • Iran Contra Affair Began

  • Iran Contra Affair Ended

  • Persian Gulf War (Operation Desert Storm)

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    1990s-21st Century

    1) Barak Obama: The first African American president of the USA
    2) al-Qaeda: The terroristic group responsible for 9/11
    3) No Child Left Behind: An act focusing on fixing issues with minorities in the school system.
    4) President Clinton's Impeachment: Caused by lying about an affair on the stand
    5) Presidential Election of 2000: The election between Bush and Gore, eventually had to be called by the Supreme Court due to hanging chads.

  • Fall of the USSR - Official end of the Cold War

  • NAFTA created free trade between Mexico, the United States, and Canada

  • Attack on World Trade Center and Pentagon

  • USA PATRIOT Act

    Tightened the national security, particularly as it related to foreign terrorism.

  • Hurricane Katrina