U.S. History 1887-2008

By EthanCoffin
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    Early American History

  • Declaration of Independence

  • Constitution Written

  • Bill of Rights Ratified

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    Civil War/ Reconstruction

  • Homestead Act

  • 13th Amendment

  • 14th Amendment

  • Transcontinental Railroad Completed

  • 15th Amendment

  • Telephone was Invented by Alexander Graham Bell

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    The Gilded Age

  • Sherman Antitrust Act

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    The Progressive Era

  • Plessy v. Ferguson

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    Imperialism

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    World War I

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    Roaring Twenties

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    The Great Depression

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    World War II

  • United Nations Formed

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    Early Cold War

    Containment- Preventing the spread of communism. Arms Race- The competition between the US and the USSR for who could build stronger weapons. Space Race- The competition between the US and USSR to get to explore space. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics/ USSR- Unification of countries to create a communist superpower. Communism- An ideology in which everything is controlled by the government. Domino Theory- The idea that if one nation falls to communism other nations will follow.

  • Truman Doctrine

  • 22nd Amendment

  • Berlin Airlift

  • Marshall Plan

  • NATO Established

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    Civil Rights Era

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    Korean War

  • Rosenbergs Trial

  • First H-Bomb Detonated by the United States

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    Vietnam War

  • Jonas Salk Invents the Polio Vaccine

  • USSR Launches Sputnik

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

  • Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    Begins undeclared war in Vietnam.

  • Medicare and Medicaid established

  • Tet Offensive

  • Tinker v. Des Moines

    Defined the First Amendment rights for students in the United States Public Schools.
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    End of Cold War

  • Kent State Shooting

  • Pentagon Papers leaked

  • 26th Amendment

  • War Powers Act

    Law limited the President's right to send troops to battle without congressional approval.

  • Watergate Scandal/ Nixon's Resignation

  • Fall of Saigon, end of Vietnam War

  • Camp David Accords

  • Three Mile Island Disaster

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    Iran Hostage Crisis

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    Iran Contra Affair

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    1990-21st Century