U.S HISTORY 1887-2006 By triswolvv Period: 1776 to 1880 Early American History 1776-1880 Period: 1860 to 1877 Civil War/Reconstruction Period: 1887 to 1900 The Gilded Age Period: 1890 to 1920 The Progressive Era Period: 1898 to 1910 Imperialism Period: 1914 to 1918 World War 1 Period: 1920 to 1929 Roaring Twenties Period: 1929 to 1939 Great Depression Period: 1939 to 1945 World War II Period: 1945 to 1960 Early Cold War Period: 1950 to 1970 Civil Rights Era Period: 1954 to 1960 Vietnam War Period: 1970 to 1970 1970: Kent State University shooting Period: 1970 to 1991 End of Cold War Period: 1974 to 1974 1974: Watergate Scandal, which leads to Nixon’s Resignation Period: 1978 to 1978 1978: Camp David Accords Period: 1979 to 1981 1979-1981: Iran Hostage Crisis Period: 1979 to 1979 1979: Three Mile Island Disaster Period: 1985 to 1987 1985-1987: Iran Contra Affair Period: 1990 to 2008 1990s-21st Century Period: 1990 to 1991 Persian Gulf War (Operation Desert Storm) Period: 1991 to 1991 Fall of the USSR - Official end of the Cold War Period: 1994 to 1994 NAFTA created free trade between Mexico, the United States, and Canada Period: 2001 to 2001 Attack on World Trade Center and Pentagon Period: 2005 to 2005 Hurricane Katrina