U.S. History: 1877-2008

By Will.Garcia

  • Cuban Missile crisis

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    Early American History

  • Declaration of Independence signed

  • Constitution written

  • Bill of Rights ratified

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    Civil War/ Reconstruction

  • 13th Amendment

    Abolished slavery

  • Transcontinental Railroad Completed

  • Telephone invented by Alexander Graham Bell

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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 1

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    Roaring Twenties

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    Great Depression

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    World War 2

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    Early Cold War

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    Civil Rights Era

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    Vietnam War

  • Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (1964): begins undeclared war in Vietnam

  • Medicare and medicaid established

  • Tet offensive

  • Tinker v. Des Moines

    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

  • Pentagon papers leaked

  • 26th Amendment

    26th Amendment: moved the voting age from 21 years old to 18 years old

  • War Powers Act

    War Powers Act (1973): law limited the President’s right to send troops to battle without Congressional approval

  • Watergate Scandal

  • Fall of saigon, marks the end of the vietnam war

  • Camp David Accords

  • Three Mile Island Disaster

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    Iran Hostage Crisis

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    Iran Contra Affair

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    1990's - 21st Century