U.S. History: 1877-2008

By Edwin.Minjarez
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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

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    Roaring Twenties

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    Great Depression

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    World War 2

  • United Nations Formed

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    Early Cold War

    Containment- It was a US policy used to prevent the spread of Communism around the world. Arms Race/ Space Race- It was a race to see who was more superior and who could accomplish better and bigger things than the other. USSR- Was a federal Socialist State in Northern Eurasia Communism- Lead to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs. Domino Theory-One event will cause similar events to another country.

  • Truman Doctrine

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

  • 22nd Amendment

    Prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being elected again.

  • Berlin Airlift

  • Marshall Plan

    Program to help European countries rebuild after World War II.

  • NATO Established

  • Korean War

    1950-1953

  • Sweatt v. Painter

    ruled the separate law school at the University of Texas failed to qualify as “separate but equal”
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    Civil Rights Era

    Great Society- Domestic programs in the US launched by Democratic President Lyndon B Johnson Thurgood Marshall-An American lawyer and civil rights activist who served as Associate justice of the supreme court of the US. Black Panthers-A Black Power political organization founded by college students Bobby Seale and Huey Newton used violence Non-Violent Protests-Was when they didn't use any violence when protesting Cesar Chavez- American labor leader and Latino American civil rights activist

  • Rosenberg Trials

  • First H-bomb detonated by the US

  • Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

    overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and mandated desegregation

  • Hernandez v. Texas

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

  • Jonas Salk Invents the Polio Vaccine

  • Montgomery Bus Boycott after Rosa Parks’ arrest

  • USSR launches Sputnik

  • Little Rock Nine integrated into an all-white school in Little Rock, AK

  • Bay of Pigs Invasion in Cuba

  • Berlin Wall built to prevent people from leaving communist East Berlin

  • Cuban Missile crisis

  • Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream Speech” at the March on Washington

  • John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, TX

  • Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    Begins undeclared war in Vietnam.

  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

    Made discrimination based on race, religion, or national origin in public places illegal and required employers to hire on an equal opportunity basis

  • 24th Amendment

    Abolishes the poll tax

  • Medicare and Medicaid established

  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Eliminated literacy tests for voters

  • Tet Offensive

  • Martin Luther King is assassinated

  • Civil Rights Act of 1968

    prohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of housing

  • First Man on the Moon

  • Tinker v. Des Moines

    Defined the first Amendment rights for students in the United States Public Schools

  • Title IX

    protects people from discrimination based on gender in education programs

  • Kent State University shooting

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    End of the Cold War

    OPEC-Coordinates and unifies the petroleum policies of its member Countries and ensure stabilization of oil markets
    Sandra Day O'Connor-First woman associate justice of the Supreme court of the US was the first nominated
    Community Reinvestment Act of 1977-Encourage commercial banks and saving associates to help meet needs of borrowers in all segment of communities
    AIDS Epidemic-It spread in 1980's and swept the US and rest of the world
    Star Wars-Defensive system against potential nuclear attacks

  • 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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    1990's-21st Century