U.S. History: 1877-2008

By CynthiaT
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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

    Containment-
    Arms Race/Space Race-
    The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics-
    Communism-
    Domino Theory-
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    Civil Rights Era

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    Vietnam War

  • 1955-1956

    Montgomery Bus Boycott after Rosa Parks’ arrest

  • 1957

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

  • 1961

    Berlin Wall built to prevent people from leaving communist East Berlin

  • 1961

    Bay of Pigs Invasion in Cuba

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

  • 1963

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

  • 1963

    John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, TX

  • Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    begins undeclared war in Vietnam

  • Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    begins undeclared war in Vietnam

  • Medicare and Medicaid established

  • Medicare and Medicaid established

  • Tet Offensive

  • Tet Offensive

  • 1968

    Martin Luther King is assassinated

  • 1969

    First Man on the Moon

  • Tinker v. Des Moines

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

  • 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

  • Pentagon Papers leaked

  • Pentagon Papers leaked

  • 26th Amendment

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

  • 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

  • War Powers Act

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

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

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

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    1990s-21st Century