U.S. History: 1877-2008

By Noah.Nance
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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 1

  • United Nations Formed

  • Truman Doctrine

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

  • 22nd Amendment

    The amendment specifies that if a vice president or other successor takes over for a president— who, for whatever reason, cannot fulfill the term— and serves two years or less of the former president's term, the new president may serve for two full four-year terms.

  • Berlin Airlift

  • Marshall Plan

    program to help European countries rebuild after World War II

  • NATO Established

  • Korean War

  • Rosenbergs Trial

  • First H-Bomb detonated by the United States

  • Jonas Salk Invents the Polio Vaccine

  • Montegomery Bus Boycott

  • USSR Launches Sputnik

  • Little Rock Nine

  • Bay of Pigs Invasion In Cuba

  • Berlin Wall Built

  • Cuban Missle Crisis

  • John F. Kennedy Assassinated

  • Martin Luthers Kings "I have a dream" Speech

  • Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    begins undeclared war in Vietnam

  • 24th Amendment

    Abolishes the poll tax

  • 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

  • Medicare and Medicaid established

  • Voting Rights Act

    Eliminated literacy tests for voters

  • Tet Offensive

  • Martin Luther King is assassinated

  • Civil Rights Act

    Prohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of housing

  • Tinker vs. Des Moines

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

  • First Man to the moon

  • Kent State University Shooting

  • Pentagon Papers leaked

  • 26th Amendment

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

  • 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

  • Fall of Saigon, Marks The end of The Vietnam War

  • Camp David Accords

  • Iran Hostage Crisis

  • 3 Mile Island Disaster

  • Iran Contra Affair