U.S. History: 1877-2008

By Santiago Islas
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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 Progression 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

    -Containment: The process made by the US the stop the spread of communism around Europe and Asia.
    -Arms Race/Space Race: A competition between the USSR and the US to out perform the other by technological advancements.
    -The Union of Soviet Socialists Republicans: The new government in charge of Russia.
    -Communism: The economic system adopted by the USSR, placing the power in the government.
    -Domino Theory: The idea that if one country falls to communism, soon many important countries will too.

  • Truman Doctrine

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

  • 22nd Amendment

    Prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being elected again.

  • Berlin Airlift

  • Marshal Plan

    Program to help European countries rebuild after World War II

  • NATO established

  • Sweatt vs. Painter

    Ruled the separate law school at the University of Texas failed to qualify for "separate but equal"
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    Civil Rights Era

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    Korean War

  • Rosenbergs Trials

  • First H-Bomb detonated by the US

  • Hernandez V. Texas

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

  • Brown V. Board of Education of Topeka

    Overturned Plessy V. Ferguison and mandated segregation

  • Jonas Salk invents the Polio Vaccine

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    Montgomery Bus Boycotts after Rosa Park's Arrest

  • USSR launches Sputnik

  • Little Rock Nine Integrated Into An All White School in Little Rock, AK

  • Bay of Pigs Invation

  • Berlin Wall Built

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

  • Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" Speech at Washington

  • John F. Kennedy is Assassinated in Dallas, TX

  • Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    Begins undeclared war in Vietnam

  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

    Prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin

  • 24th Amendment

    Abolished Poll Tax

  • Medicare and Medicaid established

  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Eliminated the literacy test at voting centers

  • Tet Offensive

  • Voting Rights Act of 1968

    Prohibits discrimination in sale or rental of housing

  • First Man on the Moon

  • Tinker v. Des Moines

    It established free speech for students.

  • Kent State University Shooting

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    End of Cold War

  • Pentagon Papers Leaked

  • 26th Amendment

  • Title XI

    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, witch leads to Nixon's Resignation

  • Fall of Saigon, 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