U.S. History: 1887-2008

By jadamcclandon22
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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

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    Early Cold War

    1. Containment- Policy using strategies to prevent spread of communism
    2. Arms Race/ Space Race-Competition between nations for superiority in development and accumulation of weapons
    3. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics-Federal socialist state in Northern Eurasia
    4. Communism-leading society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works
    5. Domino Therapy- Theory that was prominent in U.S posited if one country in a region came under the influence of communism

  • Truman Doctrine

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

  • 22nd Amendment

    Prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being elected again.

  • Marshall Plan

    Program to help European countries rebuild after World War II.

  • 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

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    Vietnam War

  • Hernandez v. Texas

    Mexican Americans and all other races provided equal protection under the 14th Amendment

  • Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

    overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and mandated desegregation

  • Montgomery Bus Boycott after Rosa Parks’ arrest

  • 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

  • 24th Amendment

    Abolish poll tax

  • 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

  • Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    begins undeclared war in Vietnam

  • 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

  • First Man on the Moon

  • Tinker v Des Moines

    defined the First Amendment rights for students in the United States Public Schools

  • Kent State University shooting

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    End of the Cold War

  • Pentagon Paper leaked

  • 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

  • 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, marks the end of the Vietnam War

  • End of the Cold War pt 2

    OPEC-
    Sandra Day O’Connor-first woman to serve on the Supreme Court,moderate conservative known for her dispassionate and meticulous opinions.
    Community Reinvestment Act of 1977-federal banking regulators to encourage financial institutions to help meet credit needs of communities which they do business
    AIDS Epidemic- one of the world's most serious health and development challenges
    Star Wars-nickname for President Reagan's proposed SDI which used lasers against incoming nuclear missiles

  • Camp David Accords

  • Three Mile Island Disaster

  • Iran Hostage Crisis

  • Iran Contra Affair

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    1990s-21st Century