U.S. History: 1877-2008

By emma.vu
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    Early American History (1776-1860)

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    Civil War/Reconstruction (1860-1877)

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    The Gilded Age (1877-1900)

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    The Progressive Era (1890-1920)

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    Imperialism (1898-1910)

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    World War I (1914-1918)

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    Roaring Twenties (1920-1929)

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    Great Depression (1929-1939)

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    World War II (1939-1945)

  • United Nations formed

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    Early Cold War (1945-1960)

    Containment: keep something in limits so it doesn't grow or spread. US try to prevent spread of communism
    Arms/Space Race: The ongoing competition between US & USSR for superior weaponry & ability of space travel
    The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: Former socialist state, major power, conflict w/ US
    Communism: idea of common ownership "leading" to absence of social class
    Domino Theory: Theory that an event in a country causes similar events in other countries

  • 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 (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 (1950-1970)

  • Rosenberg Trial

  • 22nd Amendment

    prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being elected again

  • First H-Bomb detonated by the United States

  • Hernandez v. Texas:

    Mexican Americans and all other races provided equal protection under the 14th Amendment
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    Vietnam War (1954-1976)

  • Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka:

    overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and mandated desegregation

  • 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

  • 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

  • Medicare and Medicaid established

  • Voters 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 (1970-1991)

    OPEC: Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries coordinates petroleum policies
    Sandra Day O'Connor: first woman associate justice of the Supreme Court
    Community Reinvestment Act of 1977: federal law enacted1977 encouraged institutions to meet credit needs of low-moderate income neighborhoods
    AIDS Epidemic: spread rapidly in US and global along w/ concern over prevention and cure
    Star Wars: Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) proposed defensive system against potential nuclear attacks

  • Pentagon Papers leaked

  • 26th Amendment

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

  • Title 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 Mile Island Disaster

  • Iran Contra Affair

    1985-1987

  • Persian Gulf War (Operation Desert Storm)

    1990-1991
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    1990s-21st Century (1990-2008)

    Barack Obama: 44th president and 1st African American Pres
    al-Qaeda: international terrorist group with religious and political aims
    No Child Left Behind: law providing money for educational assistance of poor children return for improvements in their academic progress
    Pres. Clinton’s Impeachment: impeached by House of Reps. on charges: perjury & obstruction of justice (Dec 19 1998)
    Presidential Election of 2000: Al Gore lost election to George W. Bush after controversial vote recount in Florida

  • 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 was related to foreign terrorism

  • Hurricane Katrina