U.S. History: 1877-2008

By JaydenTurner
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    Early American History

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    Civil War/Reconstruction

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    The Glided 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

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    Early Cold War

  • Sweatt v. Painter

    Separate but Equal
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    Civil Rights Era

  • Brown v. Board of Education Topeka

    Overturned Plessy v. Ferguson

  • Hernandez v. Texas

    Mexican Americans protected under 14A
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    Vietnam War

  • Montgomery Bus Boycott after Rosa Parks´ arrest

  • Little Rock Nine integrated into all-white school

  • Bay of Pigs invasion in Cuba

  • Berlin Wall built to prevent East Berlin residents from leaving

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

  • Martin Luther King´s ¨I Have A Dream¨ Speech

  • John F. Kennedy assassination

  • Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    Undeclared war in Vietnam

  • 24th Amendment ratification

    Abolishes poll tax

  • CRA of 64

    Makes racial and religious discrimination illegal in public and work places

  • Medicare & Medicaid established

  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Prohibits racial discrimination against voters

  • Tet Offensive

  • Martin Luther King assassinated

  • CRA of 68

    Prohibits racial discrimination for renters and homeowners

  • First human to make footfall on Lunar surface

  • Tinker v. Des Moines

    Ensured that public school students could exercise their 1st amendment rights

  • KSU shooting

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    End of the Cold War

  • Pentagon Papers leaked

  • 26th Amendment ratification

    Ratification of the 26th amendment which changed the legal voting age from 21 to 18

  • Title IX

    Prohibits sex-based discrimination in public education facilities

  • War Powers Act

    Limited presidential power to send troops to battle without congressional approval

  • Watergate Scandal

    Nixon´s resignation

  • Fall of Saigon marks the end of the Vietnam War

  • Camp David Accords

  • Three Mile Island disaster

  • Iran Hostage Crisis

  • Iran-Contra Affair

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    1990s-2000s