U.S. History: 1877-2008

By Bryan.Dejesus
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    Early American History

  • Declaration of Independence signed

  • Constitution written

  • Bill of Rights ratified

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    Civil War/Reconstruction

  • Homestead Act (1862)

    Provided 160 Acres to Anyone Willing to Settle on Land in the West

  • 13th Amendment

    Abolished Slavery

  • 14th Amendment

    Citizenship & Due Process

  • Transcontinental Railroad Completed

  • 15th Amendment

    Voting for All Male Citizens

  • Telephone invented by Alexander Graham Bell

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    The Gilded Age

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    The Progressive Era

  • Sherman Antitrust Act (1890)

    Outlawed Business Monopolies

  • Plessy v. Ferguson

    Legalized Segregation, Established “separate but equal”
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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

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    Early Cold War

  • United Nations formed

  • Truman Doctrine (1947)

    U.S. Policy That Gave Military and Economic Aid to Countries Threatened by Communism

  • Marshall Plan (1948)

    Program to Help European Countries Rebuild After World War II

  • Berlin Airlift

  • NATO established

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    Civil Rights Era

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    Korean War

  • 22nd Amendment

    Prohibits Anyone Who Has Been Elected President Twice From Being Elected Again

  • Rosenburg Trail

  • First H-Bomb detonated by the United States

  • Jonas Salk invents the Polio Vaccine

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    Vietnam War

  • 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.
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    End of the Cold War

  • Kent State University Shooting

  • 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

  • Three Mile Island Disaster

  • Iran Hostage Crisis

  • Iran Contra Affair

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    1990s-21st Century