U.S. History: 1877-2008

By louis.thieu
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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- US tried to prevent spread of Communism; signified start of the Cold War
    2. Arms Race/Space Race- US/USSR built up nuclear arms and competed to space; competition without conflict
    3. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics- state that used Communism; opposition to US
    4. Communism- means of production is centralized, no social classes; ideological conflict w/ Democracy
    5. Domino Theory- one country under communism, surrounding countries would follow; signified importance of alliances

  • Truman Doctrine

    U.S. policy that gave military and economic aid to countries threatened by Communism.

  • Berlin Airlift

  • Marshall Plan

    A program to help Western Europe rebuild after World War II by providing financial aid.

  • NATO established

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    Civil Rights Era

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    Korean War

  • Sweatt v. Painter

    Ruled the separate law school at the University of Texas failed to qualify as “separate but equal”

  • Rosenburgs Trial

  • 22nd Amendment

    Prohibits anyone from being elected President of the United States more than twice.

  • First H-Bomb detonated by the United States

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    Vietnam War

  • Hernandez v. Texas

    Mexican Americans and all other races provided equal protection under the 14th Amendment

  • 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

    1955-1956

  • USSR launches Sputnik

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

  • Bay of Pigs Invasion in Cuba

    April 17-19, 1961

  • Berlin Wall built to prevent people from leaving communist East Berlin

  • Cuban Missile Crisis (Oct. 16 to Oct. 28)

  • Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream Speech” at the March on Washington

  • John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, TX

  • 24th Amendment

    Citizen voting rights will not be denied by any state because of a poll tax or other 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

  • Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    Begins undeclared war in Vietnam

  • Medicare and Medicaid established

  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Outlawed discriminatory voting practices, including literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting.

  • Tet Offensive

    January 31, 1968 - September 23, 1968

  • Martin Luther King is assassinated

  • Civil Rights Act of 1968

    Prohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of housing.

  • Tinker v. Des Moines

    Defined the First Amendment rights for students in the United States Public Schools

  • First Man on the Moon

    July 16, 1969 – July 24, 1969
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    End of the Cold War

  • Kent State University shooting

  • Pentagon Papers leaked

  • 26th Amendment

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

  • Watergate Scandal, which leads to Nixon’s Resignation

    Lasted 1971 to 1974; date shown is when cover-ups started.

  • Title IX

    Protects people from discrimination based on gender in education programs

  • War Powers Act

    Law that limited the President’s right to send troops to battle without Congressional approval

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

  • Camp David Accords

  • Three Mile Island Disaster

  • Iran Hostage Crisis

    November 4, 1979 – January 20, 1981

  • Iran Contra Affair

    August 20, 1985 – March 4, 1987
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    1990s-21st Century