U.S. History: 1887-2008

By nick.maksuta
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    Early American History

    Early American History (1776-1860)
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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

  • Important Dates (Early Cold War)

    1945: United Nations formed•1948: Berlin Airlift•1949: NATO established •1950-1953: Korean War•1951: Rosenbergs trial•1952: First H-Bomb detonated by the United States•1955: Jonas Salk invents the Polio Vaccine•1957: USSR launches Sputnik

  • The Big Five (Early Cold War)

    Containment: Not attempting to overturn communism but prevent it from spreading into western Europe.
    Arms Race/Space Race: Soviet Union launches Sputnik in 1957 under Nikita Khrushchev, the first space satellite. The US created NASA.
    The Union of Soviet Republics: Union that includes Russia, Eastern Europe, China, North Korea, and Vietnam.
    Communism: One political party where everything is run by the government.
    Domino Theory: Event in country will cause events in country.
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    Early Cold War

    Big Five
    Containment: Not attempting to overturn communism but prevent it from spreading into western Europe.
    Arms Race/Space Race: Soviet Union launches Sputnik in 1957 under Nikita Khrushchev, the first space satellite. The US created NASA.
    The Union of Soviet Republics: Union that includes Russia, Eastern Europe, China, North Korea, and Vietnam.
    Communism: One political party where everything is run by the government.
    Domino Theory: Event in country will cause events in country.

  • Acts (Early Cold War)

    Truman Doctrine (1947): U.S. policy that gave military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism•Marshall Plan (1948): program to help European countries rebuild after World War II

  • Amendments (Early Cold War)

    22nd Amendment: prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being elected again
    Harry S. Truman created the amendment

  • Court Cases (Civil Rights Era)

    Sweatt v. Painter: ruled the separate law school at the University of Texas failed to qualify as “separate but equal”
    Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka: overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and mandated desegregation
    Hernandez v. Texas: Mexican Americans and all other races provided equal protection under the 14th Amendment
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    Civil Rights Era

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    Vietnam War

  • Important Dates (Civil Rights Era)

    1955-1956: Montgomery Bus Boycott after Rosa Parks’ arrest
    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
    1963: Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream Speech” at the March on Washington
    1963: John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, TX
    1968: Martin Luther King is assassinated
    1969: First Man on the Moon
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    Civil Rights Era

  • Important Dates (Vietnam War)

    1962 Cuban Missile Crisis
    1965 Medicare and Medicaid established
    1968 Tet Offensive
    1971 Pentagon Papers leaked
    1975 Fall of Saigon, marks the end of the Vietnam War

  • Amendments (Civil Rights Era)

    24th Amendment: Abolishes the poll tax

  • Acts (Vietnam War)

    Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (1964): Begins undeclared war in Vietnam.
    War Powers Act (1973): Law limited the President's right to send troops to battle without Congressional approval.

  • Acts (Civil Rights Act)

    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
    Voting Rights Act of 1965: Eliminated literacy tests for voters
    Civil Rights Act of 1968: prohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of housing
    Title IX: protects people from discrimination based on gender in education programs

  • Court Cases (Vietnam War)

    Tinker v. Des Moines: Defined the First Amendment rights for students in the United States Public Schools.

  • The Big Five (End of Cold War)

    OPEC
    Sandra Day O’Connor
    Community Reinvestment Act of 1977
    AIDS Epidemic
    Star Wars (NOT the movies)

  • Important Dates (End of Cold War)

    1970: Kent State University shooting
    1974: Watergate Scandal, which leads to Nixon’s Resignation
    1978: Camp David Accords
    1979-1981: Iran Hostage Crisis
    1979: Three Mile Island Disaster
    1985-1987: Iran Contra Affair
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    End of Cold War

  • Amendments (Vietnam War)

    26th Amendment: Moved the voting age from 21 to 18 years old.

  • The Big Five (1990's-21st Century)

    Barack Obama
    al-Qaeda
    No Child Left Behind
    President Clinton’s Impeachment
    Presidential Election of 2000
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    1990's-21st Century

  • Important Dates (1990's-21st Century)

    1990-1991: Persian Gulf War (Operation Desert Storm)
    1991: Fall of the USSR - Official end of the Cold War
    1994: NAFTA created free trade between Mexico, the United States, and Canada
    2001: Attack on World Trade Center and Pentagon
    2005: Hurricane Katrina

  • Acts (1990's-21st Century)

    USA PATRIOT Act (2001): tightened the national security, particularly as it was related to foreign terrorism