U.S. History: 1877-2008

By levi.burton@student.allenisd.org
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    26th Amendment

    Moved the voting age from 21 to 18 years old.
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    Title IX

    Protects people based on gender and education programs
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    Early American History

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    Civil War/Reconstruction

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    Gilded Age

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    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

  • UN formed

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    Early Cold War

    Containment
    Arms race/space race
    USSR
    Communism
    Domino Theory

  • 22nd amendment

    A president can only serve 2 terms

  • Berlin Airlift

  • NATO formed

  • 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

  • Rosenbergs trial

  • 1st H-bomb detonated by U.S.

  • Korean War

    Started in 1950

  • Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

    Overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and mandated desegregation

  • Hernandez v. Texas

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

  • Jonas Salk invents 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

    The USSR brought nuclear weapons into Cuba, which started a big scare from the U.S.

  • MLK's "I Have a Dream Speech" at the march on Washington

  • JFK is assassinated in Dallas, TX

  • Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    Began an 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

    This helped Americans with medical expenses.

  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Eliminated literacy tests for voters

  • Tet Offensive

    A coordinated series of North Vietnamese attack made to push back U.S. forces out of Vietnam.

  • MLK 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

    It helped define students first amendment right at school.
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    End of Cold War

  • Kent State University Shooting

    Kent State University Shooting

    A shooting by the Ohio National Guard the killed 4 and wounded 9.

  • Pentagon Papers Leaked

    These papers leaked things about the Vietnam War such as bombings that the public had never heard about.
  • Watergate Scandal

    Watergate Scandal

    A political scandal that led to president Nixon's resignation.

  • War Powers Act

    This law limited the President's right to send troops to battle without Congressional approval.

  • Fall of Saigon

    The capital of south Vietnam was lost, therefore ending the war.
  • Camp David Accords

    Camp David Accords

    A pair of political agreements that helped end violence against Egypt and Jerusalem.
  • Three Mile Island Disaster

    Three Mile Island Disaster

    This was a partial meltdown in Pennsylvania that had a reactor leak.
  • Iran Hostage Crisis

    Iran Hostage Crisis

    This was a diplomatic standoff between the U.S. and Iran, where Iran took 52 American hostages.
  • Iran Contra Affair

    Iran Contra Affair

    This was a political scandal that occurred during Reagan's administration
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    1900's/21st Century

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