U.S.History: 1877-2008

By Madeline.Barron
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    Early American History (1776-1860)

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    Civil War/Reconstruction (1860-1877)

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    The Gilded Age (1877-1900)

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    The Progressive Era (1890-1920)

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    Imperialism (1898-1910)

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    World War I (1914-1918)

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    Roaring Twenties (1920-1929)

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    Great Depression (1929-1939)

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    World War II (1939-1945)

  • United Nations formed

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    Early Cold War (1945-1960)

    Containment-was a foreign policy of the United States of America, aimed at stopping the spread of Communism.
    Arms Race/Space Race- The competition between the soviet union and the US to get into space first.
    The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics- were the ethnically based proto-states of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
    Communism- A system of government that is classless.
    Domino Theory- that a political event in one country will cause similar events in neighboring countries,

  • Truman Doctrine (1947)

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

  • Berlin Airlift

  • Marshall Plan (1948)

    program to help European countries rebuild after World War II

  • NATO established

  • 1950-1953: Korean War

  • 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 (1950-1970)

  • 1951: Rosenbergs trial

  • 22nd Amendment:

    prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being elected again

  • 1952: First H-Bomb detonated by the United States

  • Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka:

    overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and mandated desegregation
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    Vietnam War (1954-1976)

  • Hernandez v. Texas:

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

  • 1955: Jonas Salk invents the Polio Vaccine

  • 1955-1956: Montgomery Bus Boycott after Rosa Parks’ arrest

  • 1957: USSR launches Sputnik

  • 1957: Little Rock Nine integrated into an all-white school in Little Rock, AK

  • 1961: Bay of Pigs Invasion in Cuba

  • 1961: Berlin Wall built to prevent people from leaving communist East Berlin

  • 1962: Cuban Missile Crisis

  • 1962: 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 (1964):

    Begins undeclared war in Vietnam

  • Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (1964):

    begins undeclared war in Vietnam

  • 24th Amendment: Abolishes the poll tax

  • 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

  • 1965: Medicare and Medicaid established

  • Medicare and Medicaid established

  • Voting Rights Act of 1965:

    Eliminated literacy tests for voters

  • 1968: Tet Offensive

  • Tet Offensive

  • Tinker v. Des Moines:

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

  • 1968: Martin Luther King is assassinated

  • Civil Rights Act of 1968:

    prohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of housing

  • Tinker v. Des Moines:

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

  • 1969: First Man on the Moon

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    End of the Cold War (1970-1991)

  • 1971: Pentagon Papers leaked

  • 26th Amendment

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

  • 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 (1973):

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

  • War Powers Act (1973):

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

  • 1975: 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 (1990-2008)