U.S. History: 1887-2008

By aidenbvu
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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 I

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    Roaring Twenties

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    Great Depression

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    World War II

  • United Nations Formed

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    Early Cold War

    Containment - Kept the spread of communism in the US
    Arms Race/Space Race - A race between the US and the USSR to see who could develop the best technology
    The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics - AKA the Soviet Union, was a communist nation in Russia
    Communism - A political government where everything is public domain
    Domino Theory - A political theory where one political event would cause similar events in nearby countries

  • Truman Doctrine

    The Truman Doctrine was a U.S. policy that gave military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism.

  • Berlin Airlift

  • Marshall Plan

    The Marshall Plan was a program to help European countries rebuild after World War II

  • NATO established

  • Korean War

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    Civil Rights Era

  • Rosenberg Trial

  • 22nd Amendment

    The 22nd Amendment prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being elected again

  • First H-Bomb detonated by the Untied States

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    Vietnam War

  • Jonas Salk invents the Polio Vaccine

  • USSR launches Sputnik

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

  • Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    Begins undeclared war in Vietnam

  • Medicare and Medicaid established

  • Tet Offensive

  • Tinker v. Des Moines

    Defined the First Amendment rights for students in the United States Public Schools.
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    End of the Cold War

  • Kent State University Shooting

  • Pentagon Papers leaked

  • 26th Amendment ratified

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

  • Watergate Scandal

  • War Powers Act

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

  • Fall of Saigon

    This marked the end of the Vietnam War.

  • Camp David Accords

  • Three Mile Island Disaster

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    Iran Hostage Crisis

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    Iran Contra Affair

  • Persian Gulf War (Operation Desert Storm)

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    1990s-21st Century

    Barack Obama - 44th President, democratic, first African-American president
    Al-Qaeda - Islam terrorist organization
    No Child Left Behind - Put out many federal education programs
    President Clinton’s Impeachment - Clinton was charged with "lying under oath to a federal grand jury and obstructing justice."
    Presidential Election of 2000 - Election between George Bush and Al Gore, one of the closest elections of all time

  • Fall of the USSR

  • NAFTA created free trade between Mexico, the United States, and Canada

  • Attack on World Trade Center and Pentagon

  • USA Patriot Act

    Tightened the national security, particularly as it was related to foreign terrorism

  • Hurricane Katrina