U.S. History Timeline1877-presentday By Dillon.Konarik 1776 Early American History Period: Jan 1, 1776 to Dec 30, 1776 Early American History Jan 1, 1860 Civil War Reconstruction Jan 1, 1877 The Gilded Age Jan 1, 1890 The progressive era Jan 1, 1898 imperialism Jan 1, 1914 World War 1 Jan 1, 1920 Roaring Twenties Jan 1, 1929 Great Depression Jan 1, 1939 World War 2 Jan 1, 1945 Early cold war 1950 civil rights era Jan 1, 1954 Vietnam War Jan 1, 1970 End of the cold war Jan 1, 1990 1990s-21st century