U.S History 1887-2008

By jenna.smith
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    Early American History

  • Communism

    Communism is a political and economic system that seeks to create a classless society in which the major means of production, such as mines and factories, are owned and controlled by the public.
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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 1

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    Roaring 20's

  • The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

    The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, was a federal socialist state.
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    The Great Depression

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    World War 2

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    Early Cold War

  • United Nations Formed

    Formed after WW2 by 51 countries committed to maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations and promoting social progress, better living standards and human rights.

  • Containment

    United States policy using numerous strategies to prevent the spread of communism abroad. A component of the Cold War, this policy was a response to a series of moves by the Soviet Union to enlarge its communist sphere of influence in Eastern Europe, China, Korea, and Vietnam.

  • 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

    Soviet forces blockaded all road, rail and water routes into Berlin's Allied-controlled areas, stifling the vital flow of food, coal and other supplies.

  • Arms Race/Space race

    The nuclear arms race was an arms race competition for supremacy in nuclear warfare between the United States, the Soviet Union, and their respective allies during the Cold War.
    The space race was a Cold War competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to develop space equipment.

  • Nato Establishment

    The north Atlantic treaty organization was formed, it is a intergovernmental military alliance between 30 European and north american countries.

  • 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

  • Korean war

    The Korean War began when North Korean troops pushed into South Korea

  • Korean war

  • Rosenburgs Trial

    Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are convicted of espionage for their role in passing atomic secrets to the Soviets during and after World War II. The husband and wife were later sentenced to death and were executed in 1953.

  • Korean war

  • First H-Bomb detonated by the United States

    The first H-Bomb detonated on the small Pacific island of Elugelab at Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands.

  • Korean war

    Korean Armistice Agreement was signed. The agreement created the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) to separate North and South Korea, and allowed the return of prisoners.

  • Domino Theory

    The domino theory was a theory prominent in the United States, it posited that if one country in a region came under the influence of communism, then the surrounding countries would follow in a domino effect

  • 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

    Salk had determined that there were three distinct types of polio viruses and was able to develop a "killed virus" vaccine for the disease.

  • Montgomery Bus Boycott after Rosa Parks’ arrest

    1955-1956

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

  • USSR launches Sputnik

    Launched the earths first artificial satellite.

  • Berlin Wall built to prevent people from leaving communist East Berlin

  • Bay of Pigs Invasion in Cuba

    April 17, 1961 – April 19, 1961

  • 24th amendment

    Abolishes the poll tax

  • Cuban missile crisist

  • 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

    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 was established

  • Voting Rights Act

    Eliminated literacy tests for voters

  • Tet 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. On Feb 14th, 1969 in a 7-2 decision, the Supreme Court’s majority ruled that neither students nor teachers “shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate.” The Court took the position that school officials could not prohibit only on the suspicion that the speech might disrupt the learning environment.

  • First Man on the Moon

    July 16, 1969 – July 24, 1969
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    End Of The Cold War

  • Pentagon Papers leaked

  • 26th Amendment

    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

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

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

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    1990's-21st century