U.S. History: 1877-2008

By Lamisa.Tahseen
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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 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

    1- Containment: US policy to try to prevent the spread of communism
    2- Arms Race/Space Race: US and Russia were competing in their technological superiority
    3- The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: a confederation between Russia and other countries
    4- Communism: government ideology where government has control over business and everyone needs to be treated equally
    5- Domino Theory: political ideology in one country will cause similar events in neighboring countries

  • 22nd Amendment

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

  • 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

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    Civil Rights Era

  • Rosenbergs trial

  • First H-bomb detonated by the United States

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    Vietnam War

  • Jonas Salk invents the Polio Vaccine

  • USSR launches Sputnik

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

  • Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    begins undeclared war in Vietnam

  • Medicare and Medicaid established

  • Tet Offensive

  • Tinker v. Des Moines

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

  • Kent State University shooting

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    End of the Cold War

    OPEC - multinational organization related to oil
    Sandra Day O'Connor - first woman associate justice of Supreme Court
    Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 - encouraged financial institutions to help low- and moderate-income people
    AIDS Epidemic - millions were afflicted with HIV/AIDS
    Strategic Defense Initiative/Star Wars (SDI) - proposed missile defense to protect US - was never passed

  • Pentagon Papers leaked

  • 26th Amendment

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

  • War Powers Act

    law limited the President’s right to send troops to battle without Congressional approval

  • Watergate Scandal, which leads to Nixon’s Resignation

  • Fall of Saigon, marks the end of the Vietnam War

  • Camp David Accords

  • Iran Hostage Crisis

  • Three Mile Island Disaster

  • Iran Contra Affair

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    1990s-21st Century