U.S. History: 1887-2008

By Abigail Beaty
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    Early American History

  • Declaration of Independence

  • Constitution Written

  • Bill of Rights ratified

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    Civil War/Reconstruction

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    The Big Five

    Rockefeller/Carnegie (Captains of Industry vs. Robber Barons)-Richest man in America, responsible for the death of Carnegie's prodigy
    Philanthropy-Desire to promote the welfare of others
    Monopoly- companies coming together and knocking out competition
    Jane Addams-American settlement activists
    Laissez-Faire- policier of letting things take their course

  • Homestead act

    Provided 160 acres to anyone willing to settle on land in the west

  • 13th Amendment:

    abolished slavery

  • 14th Amendment:

    citizenship & due process

  • Transcontinental Railroad Completed

  • 15th Amendment:

    voting for all male citizens

  • Telephone invented by Alexander Graham Bell

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    The Gilded Age

  • Hull House founded, first many settlement houses

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    The Progressive Era

  • Sherman Antitrust Act

    Outlawed business monopolies

  • Klondike Gold Rush (Alaska)

  • Plessy v. Ferguson

    Legalized segregation established ¨separate but equal¨
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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

  • United Nations formed

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    Early Cold War

    Containment-US policy to try to prevent the spread of Communism
    Arms Race/Space Race-A race to get to space first between the US and USSR
    The Union of Soviet Socialist Republicans-A federation of soviet republicans that were outwardly independent nations
    Communism-A government society where everything is shared equally
    Domino Theory-A theory that one communist government in one nation would lead to communist takeovers in neighboring states, each falling like a perfectly aligned row of dominoes

  • 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

  • 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¨
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    Civil Rights Era

  • 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.

  • Jonas Salk invents the Polio Vaccine

  • Montgomery Bus Boycott after Rosa Parks´ arrest

  • USSR launches Sputnik

  • 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

  • 24th Amendment

    Abolish the poll tax

  • Martin Luther King´s ¨I have a dream speech¨ at the March on Washington

  • John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas TX

  • 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

    Prohibition discrimination in the sale or renting 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 voting age from 21 to 18 years old

  • Title IX

    Protects people from discrimination based on gender in education programs

  • Wars 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

  • Comp David Records

  • Iran Hostage Crisis

  • Three Missile Island Disaster

  • Iran Contra Affair 1985-1987

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    1990s-21st century