U.S. History: 1887-2008

By Samuel.Eubank
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    Early American History

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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 Twenties

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    Great Depression

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    World War 2

  • United Nations Formed

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    Early Cold War

    1. Containment - The strategy we used when fighting communist countries.
    2. Arms Race/Space Race - A Race between the USSR and the USA to be the first into space and create bigger and better weapons than the other.
    3. The USSR - A Communist party that controlled Russia and was trying to expand its control to other countries.
    4. Communism - Everything belonged to the government
    5. Domino Theory - A Theory that a political event in one country would cause a political even in neighboring country.

  • Truman Doctrine

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

  • 22nd Amendment

    Prohibited 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 Vs. 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

    Great Society - Introduced federally sponsored social welfare programs.
    Thurgood Marshall - Lawyer and Civil Rights Activist who served as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.
    Black Panthers - A Party for Self Defence against police brutality.
    Non-Violent Protests - Protesting for some sort of change without being violent.
    Cesar Chavez - An American Labor Leader and Civil rights activist.

  • Rosenbergs Trial

  • First H-Bomb detonated by the United States

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    Vietnam War

  • Hernandez Vs. Texas

    Mexican Americans and all other races provided equal protection under the 14th Amendment

  • Brown Vs. 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

    Abolishes 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

  • 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.

  • 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

    Prohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of housing.

  • First Man on The Moon

  • Tinker Vs. 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

    OPEC - The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries.
    Sandra Day O’Connor - First Woman associate Justice of the Supreme Court.
    Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 - Encourages Commercial Banks and Savings associations to help meet the needs of borrowers.
    AIDS Epidemic - A chronic, potentially life-threatening condition caused by the human immunodeficiency virus.
    Star Wars - A strategic defensive system against potential nuclear attacks proposed by the United States Government.

  • 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

    Law limited the President's 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

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    1990s-21st Century