U.S. History: 1887-2008

By Elizabeth Hall
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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 1

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    Roaring Twenties

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    Great Depression

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    World War 2

  • United Nations formed

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    Early Cold War

    Big Five
    Containment: United States policy using numerous strategies to prevent the spread of communism abroad.
    Arms Race/Space Race: a competition between the Soviet Union and the United States.
    The Union of Socialist Republics (USSR): a federal socialist state in Northern Eurasia.
    Communism: a socio-economic political movement in which all property is publicly owned.
    Domino Theory: suggested a communist government in one nation would quickly lead to communist takeovers in neighboring states.

  • Truman Doctrine

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

  • Marshall Plan

    Program to help European countries rebuild after World War 2.

  • NATO established

  • Korean War

    1950-1953

  • 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

    Great Society:President Lyndon Johnson's proposals to aid public education, provide medical care for the elderly, and eliminate poverty. Thurgood Marshall:First African American appointed to the Supreme Court. Black Panthers:Organization; challenged police brutality against the African American community. Non-Violent Protests/Civil Disobedience:A peaceful form of protest. Cesar Chavez:Organized the United Farm Workers; helped migratory farm workers gain better working conditions and higher pay.

  • Rosenbergs trial

  • 22nd Amendment

    Prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being elected again.

  • First H-Bomb detonated by the United States

  • Hernandez v. Texas

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

  • Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

    Overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and mandated desegregation

  • Jonas Salk invents the Polio Vaccine

  • Montgomery Bus Boycott after Rosa Parks' arrest

    1955-1956

  • USSR launches Sputnik

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

  • Bay of Pigs Invasion in Cuba

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

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

  • Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream Speech" at the March on Washington

  • John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, TX

  • Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    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

  • Medicare and Medicaid established

  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Eliminated literacy tests for voters

  • Tet Offensive

  • Martin Luther King is assassinated

  • Civil Rights Act of 1968

    Prohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of housing

  • First Man on the Moon

  • Tinker v. Des Moines

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

  • Kent State University shooting

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    End of the Cold War

    Big Five
    OPEC:Organization consisting of 12 member countries whose primary goal is to stabilize the oil market by balancing supply and demand of oil.
    Sandra Day O'Connor First woman to be appointed to the Supreme Court.
    Community Reinvestment Act of 1977:Encouraged depository institutions to meet the credit needs of low-and moderate-income neighborhoods.
    AIDS Epidemic:Began in illness, fear, and death as the world faced a new and unknown virus.
    Star Wars:A space based missile defense system.

  • Pentagon Papers leaked

  • 26th Amendment

    Passed by Congress March 23, 1971, the 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

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

  • Watergate Scandal, which leads to Nixon's Resignation

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

  • Camp David Accords

  • Iran Hostage Crisis

    1979-1981

  • Three Mile Island Disaster

  • Iran Contra Affair

    1985-1987
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    1990s-21st Century