U.S. History: 1887-2008

By Fernanda_Aguirre
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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- American policy of resisting further expansion of communism around the world
    2. Arms Race- A competition between nations for superiority in the development and accumulation of weapons
    3. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics- First country to declare itself socialist and build towards a communist society.
    4. Communism- Political belief that all people are equal
    5. Domino Theory- A political event in one country will cause similar events in neighboring countries

  • United Nations formed

  • 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

  • Berlin Airlift

  • NATO Established

  • 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

    Great Society- Domestic programs the US made by President Johnson. The main goal was the elimination of poverty and racial injustice
    Thurgood Marshall- An American lawyer and civil rights activist who served as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
    Black Panthers- A political group founded by college students in 1966
    Non-Violent Protests- Practice of achieving goals through nonviolent methods
    Ceaser Chaves-organizer of migrant American farmworkers and a cofounder with Dolores Huerta of the NFWA

  • Korean War (1950-1953)

  • Rosenberg's trial

  • First H-Bomb detonated by the United States

  • Hernandez v. Texas

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

  • Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

    overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and mandated desegregation

  • Montgomery Bus Boycott after Rosa Parks’ arrest

    1955-1956

  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Eliminated literacy tests for voters

  • Jonas Salk invents the Polio Vaccine

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

  • USSR launches Sputnik

  • 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

  • 24th Amendment

    Abolishes the 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

  • Medicare and Medicaid established

  • Tett 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

    OPEC- an organization founded in 1960 of nations that export large amounts of petroleum
    Sandra Day O’Connor- first woman associate justice of the Supreme Court
    CRA of 1977- a federal law designed to encourage commercial banks and savings associations to help meet the needs of borrowers in all segments of their communities
    AIDS Epidemic- reported in the United States in June of 1981
    Star Wars- missile defense system to protect the US from attacks from nuclear weapons.

  • Pentagon Papers leaked

  • 26th Amendment

    moved the voting age from 21 years old to 18 tears 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

  • Camp David Accords

  • Iran Hostage Crisis

    1979-1981:

  • Three Mile Island Disaster

  • Iran Contra Affair

    1985-1987
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    1990s-21st Century