U.S. History: 1877-2008

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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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    WWI

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    Roaring 20's

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    Great Depression

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    WWII

  • UN formed

  • Truman Doctrine

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

  • Marshall Plan

    program to help European countries rebuild after World War II
  • NATO established

  • Korean War

  • Sweatt vs Painter

    Sweatt vs Painter

    ruled that separate law schools at the University of Texas failed separate but equal.
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    Civil Rights Era

  • Rosenberg's trial

  • First H-bomb detonated in US

  • Hernandez vs Texas

    Hernandez vs Texas

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

  • Brown vs Board of Education

    Brown vs Board of Education

    overturned Plessy vs Ferguson and mandated desegregation.
  • Jonas Salk invents the Polio Vaccine

  • Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Black Americans boycotted buses after Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her seat on the bus until the government finally desegregated the buses.
  • USSR launches Sputnik

  • Little Rock Nine

    Little Rock Nine

    Nine black students entered a white school with part of the national guard protecting them because they would be hated for their race.
  • Bay of Pigs

    Bay of Pigs

    The Bay of Pigs was a failed landing by Cuban exiles because of dictator Fidel Castro and the Cuban revolution.
  • Berlin Wall Built

    Berlin Wall Built

    The Berlin Wall was built to keep people in Berlin out of the communist side of Germany.
  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuba became communist and had access to nukes. The US threatened Russia to take the nukes back or they'll bomb Cuba. Russia backed off and Cuba's nukes were removed.
  • MLK's I have a Dream Speech

    MLK's I have a Dream Speech

    MLK gave his famous speech to help civil rights and desegregate the country and make racism come to an end.
  • JFK assassinated

    JFK assassinated

    JFK was assassinated during a campaign trip in Texas. His vice president LBJ quickly took over and was reelected the next year.
  • MLK assassination

    MLK assassination

    MLK was staying at a hotel when he was shot by someone in the building. He was taken to the hospital where he died.
  • Civil Rights Act

    Civil Rights Act

    This act desegregated the entire country because of MLK's movement to free black Americans.
  • Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was the solution to the Tonkin incident that US Congress and it was used to promote peace in SOutheast Asia.
  • Medicare and Medicaid established

    Medicare and Medicaid established

    Medicare is a federal program that gives health coverage if you're 65+, and Medicaid is another program that gives health coverage if you have low income.
  • Voting Rights Act

    Voting Rights Act

    This act eliminated literacy tests for voters
  • Tet offensive

    Tet offensive

    The North Vietnamese launched several coordinated attacks on the South. This was a big cause for the US to withdraw from the Vietnam war and let the South become communist.
  • Civil Rights Act of 1968

    Civil Rights Act of 1968

    This act prohibited discrimination in the sales of houses.
  • Man on the moon

    Man on the moon

    The US was on a down point, and Russia was winning the space race when the US landed Niel Armstrong on the moon, bringing pride back to the US.
  • Tinker vs Des Moines

    Tinker vs Des Moines

    This court case was the one that dealt with armbands students were wearing at school expressing their freedom of speech. The case went to court and the court decided to allow students to express their beliefs at school with a 7-2 vote.
  • Kent State University shooting

    Kent State University shooting

    Students were protesting the bombing of Cambodia when a military soldier shot and killed 4 students and left 9 others wounded.
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    End of the Cold War

  • Pentagon papers Leaked

    Pentagon papers Leaked

    During Nixon's presidency, he was involved in the Watergate scandal. The Pentagon papers ended up getting leaked and the public quickly knew about this problem.
  • 26th Amendment

    Moved the voting age from 21 to 18. Allowed seniors in high school to vote to this day.
  • Title IX

    Title IX

    protects people from discrimination based on gender in education
  • War powers Act

    War powers Act

    law limited the president's rights to send troops to battle with congress' approval.
  • Watergate Scandal

    Watergate Scandal

    Under Nixon's term, people broke into the Watergate hotel and Nixon attempted to cover it up and when the public found out, he resigned before he could be impeached.
  • Fall of Saigon

    Fall of Saigon

    The fall of Saigon was what mostly marked the end of the Vietnam war. the South's capital was captured by the North and the US had to withdraw from Vietnam.
  • Camp David Accords

    Camp David Accords

    The Camp David Accords were signed to establish peace between the US and the Middle East. Egypt's president and Israel's Prime Minister came to sign this accord
  • Iran Hostage Crisis

    Iran Hostage Crisis

    Iran terrorist held US citizens, hostage, under Carter's presidency and didn't do anything until Reagan took office and brought them home.
  • Three Mile Island Disaster

    Three Mile Island Disaster

    A Nuclear power plant had a cooling malfunction which caused part of the plant to be melted down. Nothing major was caused as a result of this incident.
  • Iran Contra Affair

    Iran Contra Affair

    This was a scandal between the US and Iran. It was that the US gave Iran weapons illegally during Reagan's 2nd term.
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    1990's -21st Century

  • 24th amendment

    24th amendment

    This amendment abolished poll taxes.
  • 22nd Amendment

    prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being elected again