U.S. History: 1887-2008

By Evan Grindel

  • Roaring Twenties (1920-1929)

  • Great Depression (1929-1939)

  • World War II (1939-1945)

  • United Nations formed 24 October 1945 || The United Nations officially comes into existence. In 1945, representatives of 50 countries met in San Francisco at the United Nations

  • Early Cold War (1945-1960)

    Containment- They kept communism idle so it couldn't spread
    Arms Race/Space Race- The race and to show which form of government was technologically superior
    The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics- The russian republic or known as the soviet union
    Communism - the idea of everyone is equal and the government owns everything including your land
    Domino Theory- one action or idea can spread and lead to other actions

  • 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.

  • 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

  • NATO established The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, also called the North Atlantic Alliance,

  • Civil Rights Era (1950-1970)

  • Korean War he Korean War was a war between North Korea and South Korea. The war began on 25 June 1950

  • Civil Rights Era (1950-1970)

    Great Society- Was a goal set in society to get rid of poverty
    Thurgood Marshall- First african american Justice
    Black Panthers- Was a group fighting for justice that used violence
    Non-Violent Protests/Civil Disobedience- People who used non violence in protest
    Cesar Chavez- Civil rights activist who boycotted the economy

  • Sweatt v. Painter: ruled the separate law school at the University of Texas failed to qualify as “separate but equal”

    Rule to give equal education

  • Rosenbergs trial Julius Rosenberg and Ethel Rosenberg were American citizens who were convicted of spying on behalf of the Soviet Union

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

  • First H-Bomb detonated by the United States the U.S. detonated the first hydrogen bomb, resulting in the first successful full-scale thermonuclear weapon explosion.

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

    Racial segregation in schools is unconstitutional

  • Vietnam War (1954-1976)

    1962: Cuban Missile Crisis-The soviets gave cuba missiles and we almost had a nuclear war
    1965: Medicare and Medicaid established gave low income people health care
    1968: Tet Offensive A surprise attack from the vietcong
    1971: Pentagon Papers leaked a history and defence of the army's actions
    1975: Fall of Saigon, marks the end of the Vietnam War war ended and north and south vietnam reunited.

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

    first mexican american court case

  • Jonas Salk invents the Polio Vaccine 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.

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

    A boycott of buses after rosa parks was kicked off

  • USSR launches Sputnik Soviet Union launched the earth's first artificial satellite, Sputnik I.

  • 1957: Little Rock Nine integrated into an all-white school in Little Rock, AK

    The integration of black students in a white school

  • 1961: Bay of Pigs Invasion in Cuba

    Failed operation in coast of cuba

  • 1961: Berlin Wall built to prevent people from leaving communist East Berlin

    The wall that separated west and east berlin

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

    Speech to wake up america and the dream to be united

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

    President kennedy assassinated

  • Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (1964): 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

    Protection employees from discrimination

  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    eliminated literacy test

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

  • 1968: Martin Luther King is assassinated

    M.K Assainated

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

    prohibited discrimination in rental and sale

  • 1969: First Man on the Moon

    Neil armstrong first step for mankind

  • End of the Cold War (1970-1991)

  • 1970: Kent State University shooting

    Shooting of kent state the killing of 4 and injury of 9

  • 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

    Protects people of discrimination based on gender

  • 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

    The scandal that made mixon resign

  • 1978: Camp David Accords

    twelve day negation to have israel's right to exist

  • 1979-1981: Iran Hostage Crisis

    The Crisis that president jimmy carter handled poorley

  • 1979: Three Mile Island Disaster

    The partial meltdown of a reactor in Dauphin country

  • 1985-1987: Iran Contra Affair

    The scandal that occurred during Reagan's second term

  • 1990s-21st Century (1990-2008)

  • End of cold war

    OPEC- Petroleum exportation organization
    Sandra Day O’Connor- First woman associate justice
    Community Reinvestment Act of 1977- The help of moderate income neighborhoods
    AIDS Epidemic- The rise of aids and the movements to bring awareness
    Star Wars (NOT the movies)- Satellites assigned to destroy nukes from space

  • 24th Amendment: Abolishes the poll tax