U.S. history 1887-2008

By allayna.frazier
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    Early American History (1776-1860)

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    Early American history

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    Early American History

  • declaration of independence

  • constitution written

  • bill of rights ratified

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    Civil War/Reconstruction (1860-1877)

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    civil war/reconstruction

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    civil war/reconstruction

  • 13th amendment

    abolished slavery

  • 14th amendment

    citizenship & due process

  • transcontinental railroad complete

  • 15 amendment

    voting all male citizens

  • telephone invented by Alexander graham bell

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    The Gilded Age (1877-1900)

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    the gilded age

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    The Progressive Era (1890-1920)

  • Plessy vs Ferguson

    legalized segregation, established "separate but equal"
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    Imperialism (1898-1910)

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    the progressive era

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    imperialism

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    World War I (1914-1918)

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    world war 1

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    Roaring Twenties (1920-1929)

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    roaring twenties

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    Great Depression (1929-1939)

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    Great Depression

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    World War II (1939-1945)

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    world war 2

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    Early Cold War (1945-1960)

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    early Cold War

  • 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 right era

  • Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

    overturned Plessy v. Ferguson 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)

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    vietnam war

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    Montgomery Bus Boycott after Rosa Parks’ arrest

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

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    Bay of Pigs Invasion in Cuba

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    Berlin Wall built to prevent people from leaving communist East Berlin

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

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

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    John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, TX

  • Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    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

  • 24th Amendment

    Abolishes the poll tax

  • Medicare and Medicaid established

  • Voting Rights Act of 1965:

    Eliminated literacy tests for voters

  • Medicare and Medicaid established

  • Tet offensive

  • Civil Rights Act of 1968

    prohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of housing

  • Tet Offensive

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    Martin Luther King is assassinated

  • Tinker VS Des Moines

    Defined the first Amendment rights for students in the United States Public Schools.

  • Title IX

    protects people from discrimination based on gender in education programs
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    first man on the moon

  • Kent state university shooting

  • Kent State University shooting

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    End of the Cold War (1970-1991)

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    end of the Cold War

  • Pentagons Papers leaked

  • 26th amendment

    Moved the voting age from 21 years old to 18 years old.

  • Pentagon Papers leaked

  • War Power Act

    law limited the President's right to send troops to battle without Congressional approval

  • Watergate scandal, which leads to Nixon's resignation

  • Watergate Scandal, which leads to Nixon’s Resignation

  • Fall of Saigon, marks the end of the Vietnam War

  • Fall of Saigon, marks the end of the Vietnam War

  • camp David accords

  • Camp David Accords

  • iran hostage crisis

  • three mils island disaster

  • Three Mile Island Disaster

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    Iran Hostage Crisis

  • camp David accords

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    Iran Contra Affair

  • iran contra affair

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    1990-21 century