U.S. History: 1887-2008 By Jake.Nicholson Period: 1776 to 1860 Early American History Period: 1860 to 1877 Civil War/Reconstruction Period: 1877 to 1900 The Gilded Age 1-Rockefeller/ Carnegie 2-Philanthropy 3-Monopoly 4-Jane Adams 5-Laissez-Faire 1882 Chinese exclusion act 1883 Pendleton Civil Service Act 1887 Interstate commerce act 1887 DawesAct 1889 Hull House founded, first of many Period: 1890 to 1920 The Progressive Era 1-Muckrackers 2-Initiative,Referendum,Recall 3-The great migration 4-NAACP 5-Immigration issues 1896 Klondike Gold rush Period: 1898 to 1910 Imperialism Period: 1914 to 1918 World War 1 Period: 1920 to 1929 Roaring Twenties Period: 1929 to 1939 Great Depression Period: 1939 to 1945 World War II Period: 1945 to 1960 Early Cold War Period: 1950 to 1970 Civil Rights Era Period: 1954 to 1976 Vietnam War Period: 1970 to 1991 End of the Cold War Period: 1990 to 2008 1990's-21st century