U.S. History: 1887-2008

By colin.koutney
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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

  • 1945: United Nations formed

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    Early Cold War

    Containment
    Arms Race/Space Race
    The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
    Communism
    Domino Theory

  • 22nd amendment

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

  • Truman Doctrine

    Truman Doctrine (1947): U.S. policy that gave military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism

  • 1948: Berlin Airlift

  • Marshall Plan

    Marshall Plan (1948): program to help European countries rebuild after World War II

  • 1949: NATO established

  • Sweatt v. Painter:

    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

  • 1951: Rosenbergs trial

  • 1952: First H-Bomb detonated by the United States

  • 1950-1953: Korean War

  • Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka:

    Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka: overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and mandated desegregation

  • Hernandez v. Texas:

    Hernandez v. Texas: Mexican Americans and all other races provided equal protection under the 14th Amendment
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    Vietnam War

  • 1955: Jonas Salk invents the Polio Vaccine

  • 1955-1956: Montgomery Bus Boycott after Rosa Parks’ arrest

  • 1957: USSR launches Sputnik

  • 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

  • 1962: Cuban Missile Crisis

  • 1962: Cuban Missile Crisis

  • 1963: Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream Speech” at the March on Washington

  • 1963: John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, TX

  • Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (1964): begins undeclared war in Vietnam

  • Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (1964):

    Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (1964): begins undeclared war in Vietnam

  • 24th Amendment: Abolishes the poll tax

    24th Amendment: Abolishes the poll tax

  • Civil Rights Act of 1964:

    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

  • 1965: Medicare and Medicaid established

  • 1965: Medicare and Medicaid established

  • Voting Rights Act of 1965: Eliminated literacy tests for voters

    Voting Rights Act of 1965: Eliminated literacy tests for voters

  • 1968: Tet Offensive

  • 1968: Martin Luther King is assassinated

  • Civil Rights Act of 1968: prohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of housing

    Civil Rights Act of 1968: prohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of housing

  • Tinker vs Des Moines

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

  • Tinker v. Des Moines:

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

  • 1969: First Man on the Moon

  • 1970: Kent State University shooting

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    End of Cold War

  • 1971: Pentagon Papers leaked

  • 26th Amendmant

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

  • 1971: Pentagon Papers leaked

  • 26th Amendment

    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

    Title IX: protects people from discrimination based on gender in education programs

  • War Powers Act

    War Powers Act (1973): law limited the President’s right to send troops to battle without Congressional approval

  • War Powers Act (1973):

    War Powers Act (1973): law limited the President’s right to send troops to battle without Congressional approval

  • 1974: Watergate Scandal, which leads to Nixon’s Resignation

  • 1975: Fall of Saigon, marks the end of the Vietnam War

  • 1975: Fall of Saigon, marks the end of the Vietnam War

  • 1978: Camp David Accords

  • 1979: Three Mile Island Disaster

  • 1979-1981: Iran Hostage Crisis

  • 1985-1987: Iran Contra Affair

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    1990's-21st century