U.S. History: 1877-2008

By Emma.Whitman
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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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    Communism

    I did this in terms of when Communism started and ended in Russia. I wasn't sure if "Communism" meant the idea of it, because if that's the case, communism technically still exists Communism is a political theory by Karl Marx where no property is privately owned. Everyone is paid the same instead of by the importance and efficiency of their abilities/jobs (ex: doctors are more important than shoe shiners so doctors are paid moreover. With a Communist govt. they would be paid the same
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    Roaring Twenties

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    The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

    a confederation of Russia, Belorussia, Ukraine, and the Transcaucasian Federation (divided in 1936 into the Georgian, Azerbaijan, and Armenian republics). They were all Communist/Socialist
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    Great Depression

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    World War II

  • United Nations Formed

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    Early Cold War

  • Truman Doctorine

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

    The United States tried to prevent the spread of Communism "at all costs"

  • 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

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    Arms Race/Space Race

    The United States and The Soviet Union competed to have the best and most deadly/dangerous arms to have the higher ground in the Cold War. The two nations also raced to see who could reach space first; spoiler alert, it was the USSR

  • 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

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    Korean War

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    Domino Theory

    The theory that a political event in one country will cause similar events in neighboring countries Couldn't fine a clear start and end date

  • Rosenbergs Trial

  • First H-Bomb detonated by the United States

  • 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

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    Montgomery Bus Boycott after Rosa Parks’ arrest

  • Jonas Salk invents the Polio Vaccine

  • USSR launches Sputnik

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

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

  • Bay of Pigs Invasion in Cuba

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

  • John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, TX

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

  • 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

  • Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    begins undeclared war in Vietnam

  • Medicare and Medicaid established

  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Eliminated literacy tests for voters

  • Tet Offensive

  • Civil Rights Act of 1968

    prohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of housing

  • Martin Luther King is assassinated

  • First Man on the Moon

  • 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

  • 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, which leads to Nixon’s Resignation

  • Fall of Saigon, end of Vietnam War

  • Camp David Accords

  • Three Mile Island Disaster

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    Iran Hostage Crisis

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    Iran Contra Affair

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    Persian Gulf War (Operation Desert Storm)

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    1990s-21st Century

    Barack Obama- president from 09-17
    al-Qaeda- terrorist organization that bombed the world trade center
    No Child Left Behind Act- states are required to test students in reading and math in grades 3–8 and once in high school
    President Clinton's Impeachment- Clinton was impeached by the House of Representatives on December 19, 1998, on grounds of perjury to a grand jury and obstruction of justice
    Presidential Election of 2000- George W. Bush v. Al Gore... Bush won

  • Fall of the USSR - Official end of the Cold War

  • NAFTA created free trade between Mexico, the United States, and Canada

  • Attack on World Trade Center and Pentagon

  • USA Patriot Act

    tightened the national security, particularly as it was related to foreign terrorism

  • Hurricane Katrina