U.S. History: 1887-2008

By Dharma.Dalby
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    Early American History

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    The Progressive Era

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    Civil War/Reconstruction

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    The Gilded Age

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    Imperialism

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    World War I

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    World War II

  • United Nations formed

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    Early Cold War

    1 - Containment
    2 - Arms Race/Space Race
    3 - The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
    4 - Communism
    5 - Domino Theory

  • 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

  • Sweatt v. Painter

    ruled the separate law school at the University of Texas failed to qualify as “separate but equal” The Court ruled Sweatt should be admitted to the Texas Law School because the law school for black students was not equal to the law school for white students.
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    Civil Rights Era

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    Korean War

  • Rosenbergs trial

  • First H-Bomb detonated by the United States

  • Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

    overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and mandated desegregation Unanimous decision for Brown

  • Hernandez v. Texas

    Mexican Americans and all other races provided equal protection under the 14th Amendment Unanimous decision for Hernandez
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    Vietnam War

  • Jonas Salk invents the Polio Vaccine

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    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

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

  • John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, TX

  • 24th Amendment

    Abolishes the poll tax

  • 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 the 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

    Prohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of housing

  • First Man on the Moon

  • Tinker v. Des Moines

    defined the First Amendment rights for students in the United States Public Schools / 7–2 decision for Tinker

  • Kent State University shooting

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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

    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

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    Iran Hostage Crisis

  • Three Mile Island Disaster

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    Iran Contra Affair

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    1990s-21st Century

    Barack Obama - President (first colored)
    al-Qaeda - Terrorist behind 9/11
    No Child Left Behind - Educational act, the inclusion of all students
    President Clinton’s Impeachment - He was charged with lying under oath to a federal grand jury
    Presidential Election of 2000 -Republican Governor George W. Bush of Texas defeated Democratic Vice President Al Gore of Tennessee
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    Persian Gulf War (Operation Desert Storm)

  • Fall of the USSR - Official end of the Cold War

  • NAFTA created free trade between Mexico, the United States, and Canada

  • Attack on World Trade Center and Pentagon

  • USA PATRIOT Act

    tightened the national security, particularly as it was related to foreign terrorism

  • Hurricane Katrina