Timeline: U.S. History: 1877-2008 | Timetoast

Period: 1776 to 1860

Early American History (1776-1860)
Dec 15, 1791

5th amendment

part of the Bill of Rights, that articulates procedural safeguards designed to protect the rights of the criminally accused and to secure life, liberty, and property.
Period: 1860 to 1877

Civil War/Reconstruction (1860-1877)
Period: 1877 to 1900

The Gilded Age (1877-1900)
Period: 1890 to 1920

The Progressive Era (1890-1920)
Period: 1898 to 1910

Imperialism (1898-1910)
Period: 1914 to 1918

World War I (1914-1918)
Period: 1920 to 1929

Roaring Twenties (1920-1929)
Period: 1929 to 1939

Great Depression (1929-1939)
Period: 1939 to 1945

World War II (1939-1945)
Period: 1945 to 1960

Early Cold War (1945-1960)
Period: 1950 to 1970

Civil Rights Era (1950-1970)
Period: 1954 to 1976

Vietnam War (1954-1976)
Period: 1970 to 1991

End of the Cold War (1970-1991)
Period: 1990 to 2008

1990s-21st Century (1990-2008)
Dec 1, 2000

blank vs blank

Court case that established the principle of judicial review in the United States, meaning that American courts have the power to strike down laws, statutes, and some government actions that they find to violate the Constitution of the United States.