U.S. History: 1887-2008

By lia.cherinet
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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

  • BIG FIVE

    Containment- US foreign policy aimed at stopping the spread of communism
    Arms Race/Space Race- competition between USSR and US to achieve firsts in space history
    The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics- confederation of Russia, Ukraine divided in 1936
    Communism- political theory leading to a society where public property is owned by gov.
    Domino Theory- political event in one country will cause similar events in neighboring countries.

  • United Nations Formed

    The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization that aims to maintain international peace and security, and develop friendly relations among nations.
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    Early Cold War

  • Truman Doctrine

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

  • Berlin Airlift

    In response to the Soviet blockade of land routes into West Berlin, the United States begins a massive airlift of food, water, and medicine to the citizens of the besieged city.

  • Marshall Plan

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

  • NATO Established

    NATO stands for North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It was formed in 1949 to provide collective security against the threat posed by the Soviet Union.

  • korean war

    The Korean war began on June 25, 1950, when some 75,000 soldiers from the North Korean People's Army poured across the 38th parallel, the boundary between the Soviet-backed Democratic People's Republic of Korea to the north and the pro-Western Republic of Korea to the south.

  • 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

  • Rosenbergs Trial

    Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are convicted of espionage for their role in passing atomic secrets to the Soviets during and after World War II. The husband and wife were later sentenced to death and were executed in 1953.

  • 22nd Ammendment

    22ndAmmendment prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being elected again.

  • First H-Bomb detonated by the US

    The world's first thermonuclear weapon test, code-named Mike, was carried out by the United States at Enewetak atoll in the Marshall Islands, November 1, 1952.

  • 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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    Vietnam War

  • Jonas Salk invents the Polio Vaccine

  • Jonas Salk invents the Polio Vaccine

    On March 26, 1953, American medical researcher Dr. Jonas Salk announces on a national radio show that he has successfully tested a vaccine against poliomyelitis, the virus that causes the crippling disease of polio.

  • Montgomery Bus Boycott after Rosa Parks’ arrest

  • USSR launches Sputnik

    On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched the earth's first artificial satellite, Sputnik I. The successful launch came as a shock to experts and citizens in the United States, who had hoped that the United States would accomplish this scientific advancement first.

  • 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

  • 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

  • Tinker v. Des Moines

    defined the first amendment rights for students in the united states public schools

  • first Man on the Moon

  • Kent State University shooting

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    End of the Cold War

  • Pentagon Papers leaked

  • 26th Ammendment

    moved voting age from 21 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; End of Vietnam War

  • Camp David Accords

  • Iran Hostage Crisis

  • Three Mile Island Disaster

  • Iran Contra Affair

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    1990s-21st Century

  • 24th Ammendment

    abolishes the poll tax