U.S. History 1887-2008

By joeymangiafico
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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

    1. Containment: Keeping Something harmful under control within limits
    2. Arms Race/ Space Race: The race between the U.S. and USSR to increase and advance their weapons
    3. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: A federal socialist state
    4. Communism: A society without social classes
    5. Domino Theory: The theory that a political event in one country will then happen in a neighboring country.

  • Truman Doctrine

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

  • Berlin Airlift

  • Marshall Plan

    Program to help European countries rebuild after WWII

  • NATO Established

  • Non-Violent Protests/Civil Disobedience

    Breaking only unjust laws. Used during the Civil Rights movement.
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    Civil Rights Era

    Great Society: A program in the administration of President Lyndon B. Johnson that instituted federally sponsored social welfare programs. Helped low income families.
    Thurgood Marshall: He was the first African American to be on the Supreme Court.
    Black Panthers: An African American political party. Advocated for African American rights in America and was a major part of the Civil Rights movement.
    (The other two wouldn't fit so they're on other slides)
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    Korean War

  • Sweatt v. Painter

    Ruled the separate law school at the University of Texas failed to qualify as “separate but equal”

  • Rosenberg's Trial

  • 22nd Amendment

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

  • First H-Bomb Detonated By The United States

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    Vietnam War

  • Hernandez v. Texas

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

  • Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

    Overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and mandated desegregation

  • Jonas Salk Invents The Polio Vaccine

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    Montgomery Bus Boycott after Rosa Parks’ arrest

  • 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

  • Cesar Chavez

    Civil Rights activist. Founded what became the United Farm Workers.

  • Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream Speech” at the March on Washington

  • John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, TX

  • Golf 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 Offense

  • 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

    Freedom of speech must be protected in schools

  • Kent State University shooting

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    End Of The Cold War

    OPEC: the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.
    Sandra Day O’Connor: First female associate justice of the Supreme Court.
    Community Reinvestment Act of 1977: Law for banks to help borrowers.
    AIDS Epidemic: A rapid increase of AIDS cases in the 80's.
    Star Wars: A missile defense system to protect the U.S. from nuclear weapons.

  • Pentagon Papers Leaked

  • 26th Amendment

    Changed the voting age from 21 to 18

  • Title IX

    protects people from discrimination based on gender in education programs

  • War Powers Act

    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

  • Three Mile Island Disaster

  • Iran Hostage Crisis

  • Iran Contra Affair

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    1990's- 21st Century