U.S. History: 1776-2008

By emma.gonzales
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    Early American History (1776-1860)

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    Civil War/Reconstruction (1860-1877)

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    The Gilded Age (1877-1900)

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    The Progressive Era (1890-1920)

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    Imperialism (1898-1910)

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    World War | (1914-1918)

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    Roaring Twenties (1920-1929)

  • The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

    Federal socialist state with a communist party in Northern Eurasia. It was the first country to become a communist society.

  • Communism

    a type of political and social system that want a classless society. The USSR created a communism country but it turned into a dictatorship.
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    Great Depression (1929-1939)

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    World War || (1939-1945)

  • Arms race/space race

    When the USSR and US competed over who had better weapons. Led to the US being the first on the moon because they wanted to be better than the USSR.

  • United Nations formed

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    Early Cold War (1945-1960)

  • containment

    American policy of resisting further expansion of communism around the world. Helped keep communism out of countries which prevented countries today from becoming a communist country.

  • 22nd amendment

    prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being elected again

  • Truman Doctrine

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

  • Berlin Airlift

  • Marshall Plan

    program to help European countries rebuild after World War II

  • NATO established

  • Korean War

  • sweatt v. painter

    ruled the separate law school at the university of texas failed to qualify as "separate but equal"

  • Domino Theory

    one country will cause similar events in neighboring countries. Because the USSR was creating a communist state, other countries beside it were also going to become a communist state until the US and its allies stopped the spread of communism.
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    Civil Rights Era (1950-1970)

  • Rosenbergs trial

  • First H-Bomb detonated by the United States

  • brown v. the board of education of topeka

    overturned poesy v person and mandated desegregation

  • hernandez v texas

    mexican americans and all other races provided equal protection under the 14th amendment
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    Vietnam War (1954-1976)

  • onas Salk invents the Polio Vaccine

  • Montgomery bus boycott after rosa parks arrest

  • USSR launches Sputnik

  • little rock since 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 kings "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

  • voting rights act of 1965

    eliminated literacy tests for voters

  • Tet Offensive

  • martin luther kind 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 (1970-1991)

  • Pentagon Papers leaked

  • 26th Amendement

    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 Presidents 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

  • Three Mile Island Disaster

  • Iran Contra Affair

  • Persian Gulf War (Operation Desert Storm)

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    1990s-21st Century (1990-2008)

  • Fall of the USSR - Official end of the Cold War

  • NAFTA created free trade between Mexico, the United States, and Canada

  • President Clinton's Impeachment

    He was impeached because if obstruction of justice and perjury.

  • Presidential Election of 2000

    This election was controversial because they had to recount the votes because of suspicion of fraud.

  • al-Qaeda

    al-Qaeda is a terrorist group that is responsible for 9/11

  • No Child Left Behind

    Created several education programs. States are required to test students in reading and math.

  • Attack on World Trade Center and Pentagon

  • USA PATRIOT Act

    tightened the national security, particularly as it was related to foreign terrorism

  • Hurricane Katrina

  • Barack Obama

    Was the 44th president of the United States