U.S. History: 1877-2008

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    early american history

  • declaration of independence signed

  • constitution written

  • bill of rights ratified

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    civil war/reconstruction

  • homestead act

    provided 160 acres of land to anyone who was willing to move out west

  • 13th amendment

    abolished slavery

  • 14th amendment

    citizenship and due process

  • transcontinental railroad completed

  • 15th amendment

    voting for all male citizens

  • telephone invented by alexander graham bell

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    gilded age

  • philanthropy

    the desire to promote the welfare of others, expressed especially by the generous donation of money to good causes.

  • Chinese exclusion act

    prohibited immigration of skilled or unskilled Chinese laborers, first US national immigration act

  • civil service act

    awarded government jobs based on merit

  • rockerfeller/caragie

    robber barrons/ captains

  • monopoly

    one person holds it all

  • interstate commerce act

    ensure railroad set “reasonable and just” rate and the first time government stepped in to regulate business

  • dawes act

    gave individual ownership of land to native americans instead of the tribe owning things collectively

  • Hull House founded, first of many settlement houses

  • sherman anti-trust act

    outlawed business monopolies
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    progressive era

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    imperialism

  • Klondike Gold Rush (Alaska)

  • plessy vs ferguson

  • lassiez-fare

    type of economic "hands off" strategy

  • The Jungle by Upton Sinclair is published

  • NACCP founded

  • 16th amendment

    established the federal income tax

  • 17th amendment

    allows for the direct election of senators
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    world war 1

  • national parks system created

  • jane addams

    one of many people to advocate for women's suffrage
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    roarin 20s

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    great depression

  • Period: to

    world war 2

  • Period: to

    early cold war

  • swett vs painter

    ruled the separate law school at the University of Texas failed to qualify as “separate but equal”
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    civil right era

  • hernadez vs texas

    Mexican Americans and all other races provided equal protection under the 14th Amendment
  • Period: to

    vietnam war

  • Brown vs board of education

    overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and mandated desegregation

  • motgomery bus boycotts

    ended in 56

  • little rock nine integrated into an all white school.

  • bay of pigs invasion in cuba

  • berlin wall built

  • Cuban missile crisis

  • i have a dream speech by MLK jr

  • Kennedy killed

  • gulf of tonkin resolution

    begins undeclared war in vietnam

  • gulf of tonkin resolution

  • civil rights act

    Made discrimination based on race, religion, or national origin in public places illegal and required employers to hire on an equal opportunity basis

  • 24th amendment

    abolished poll tax

  • medicare and medicaid

  • voting rights act

    Eliminated literacy tests for voters

  • tet offensive

  • MLK killed

  • civil rights act

    prohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of housing

  • moon landing

  • Tinker vs des moines

  • Kent state university shooting

  • Period: to

    end of cold war

  • pentagon papers

  • 26th amendment

  • 26th amendment

    Reduced the voting age from 21 to 18.

  • title IX

    Title IX: protects people from discrimination based on gender in education programs

  • war powers act

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

  • Watergate scandal

    Would end Nixon's presidency

  • Saigon fell to the vietcong

  • Camp david accords

  • Iran hostage crisis

    Ended in 1981

  • three mile island disaster

  • Iran Contra affair

    Ended in 1987
  • Period: to

    1990s to 21st century