U.S History 1877-2008 By Malachi.Burton Period: 1776 to 1860 Early American History Jun 4, 1776 Declaration of independence Sep 17, 1787 constitution was written 1789 14th amendment 1789 15th amendment 1789 13 amendment Dec 15, 1791 Bill of rights was ratified Period: 1860 to 1877 Civil War/Reconstruction 1862 homestead act 1869 transcontinental railroad complete 1876 Telephone was invented by alexander graham bell Period: 1877 to 1900 The Gilded Age 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act 1883 Pendleton Civil Service Act 1887 Interstate Commerce Act 1887 Dawes Act 1889 Open Door Polic 1889 hull house founded 1890 Sherman Anti-Trust Act Period: 1890 to 1920 The Progressive Era Period: 1896 to 1899 Klondike Gold Rush 1898 USS Maine explodes off the coast of Cuba, starting the Spanish American War 1898 Hawaii is annexed as a territory of the United States Period: 1898 to 1910 Imperialism 1904 Roosevelt Corollary Period: 1904 to 1914 Panama Canal Built 1906 The Jungle by Upton Sinclair is published 1906 Meat Inspection Act 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act 1909 NAACP Founded 1909 Dollar Diplomacy 1914 Federal Reserve Act 1914 : Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated, starting World War I Period: 1914 to 1918 World War I 1915 Sinking of the Lusitania 1916 National Parks System created 1917 Zimmerman Telegram intercepted by the British, warned the U.S. of a proposed ally between Mexico and Germany 1917 The United States enters WWI on the Allied side 1917 Bolshevik Revolution in Russia begins, causing Russian troops to exit the war 1918 : Battle of Argonne Forest, considered the turning point of the war 1918 Germany surrenders to the Allied Powers 1918 President Woodrow Wilson’s 14 Points 1919 Treaty of Versailles Period: 1920 to 1929 Roaring Twenties 1922 Teapot Dome Scandal uncovered by the Wall Street Journal 1924 American Indian Citizenship Act 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial 1927 Charles Lindbergh makes history by making a nonstop solo flight from New York to Paris 1929 Stock Market Crash Period: 1929 to 1939 Great Depression Period: 1930 to 1936 Dust Bowl 1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt elected 1932 Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) established 1933 federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) established 1934 Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) established 1935 Works Progress Administration (WPA) established 1935 Social Security Act Period: 1935 to 1945 World War II 1939 Adolf Hitler invades Poland, starting WWII 1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor 1942 Battle of Midway 1942 Bataan Death March 1942 Executive Order 9066 1944 “D-Day” - Invasion of Normandy 1944 G.I. Bill 1945 The atomic bomb, “Little Boy” is dropped in Hiroshima, Japan (August 6) 1945 The atomic bomb, “Fat Man” is dropped in Nagasaki, Japan, ending World War II (August 9) 1945 United Nations formed Period: 1945 to 1960 Early Cold War 1947 Truman Doctrine 1948 Berlin Airlift 1948 Marshall Plan 1949 NATO established Period: 1950 to 1970 Civil Rights Era Period: 1950 to 1953 Korean War 1951 Rosenbergs trial 1952 First H-Bomb detonated by the United States Period: 1954 to 1976 Vietnam War 1955 jonas Salk invents the Polio Vaccine Period: 1955 to 1956 Montgomery Bus Boycott after Rosa Parks’ arrest 1956 Interstate Highway Act 1957 USSR launches Sputnik 1957 Little Rock Nine integrated into an all-white school in Little Rock, AK 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion in Cuba 1961 Berlin Wall built to prevent people from leaving communist East Berlin 1962 cuban Missile Crisis 1963 Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream Speech” at the March on Washington 1963 John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, TX 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution 1964 Civil Rights Act of 1964 1965 Medicare and Medicaid established 1965 Voting Rights Act of 1965 1968 Tet Offensive 1968 Martin Luther King is assassinated 1968 Civil Rights Act of 1968 1969 First Man on the Moon 1970 Kent State University shooting Period: 1970 to 1991 End of the Cold War 1971 Pentagon Papers leaked 1973 War Powers Act 1974 Watergate Scandal, which leads to Nixon’s Resignation 1975 Fall of Saigon, marks the end of the Vietnam War 1977 Camp David Accords 1979 Three Mile Island Disaster Period: 1979 to 1981 Iran Hostage Crisis 1980 Sherman anti trust act Period: 1985 to 1987 Iran Contra Affair Period: 1990 to 2008 1990s-21st Century