U.S. History: 1887-2008

By Abel Jiji
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    Early American History (1776-1860)

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    Civil War/Reconstruction (1860-1877)

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    The Gilded Age (1877-1900)

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    The Progressive Era (1890-1920)

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    Imperialism (1898-1910)

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    World War I (1914-1918)

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    Roaring Twenties (1920-1929)

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    Communism

    Communism - A society in which all properties belong to the government and citizens could not own anything.
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    The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

    The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics - It is a communist society and the government took all the control for properties and other things.
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    Great Depression (1929-1939)

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    World War II (1939-1945)

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    Domino Theory

    Domino Theory - It is a theory that if one county goes down, the others will go down too. It is like a domino, if one domino falls the others fall with it.
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    Early Cold War (1945-1960)

    Big 5:
    Containment Arms Race/Space Race The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Communism Domino Theory

  • United Nations Formed

    The United Nations was formed on October 24, 1945 and the United States finally came to existence.
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    Containtment

    Containment - Containment is the policy of the United States made to prevent the spread of Communism.

  • Truman Doctrine

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

  • 22nd Ammendment

    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

    Berlin Airlift - It was created in response to the Soviet blockade of land routes into West Berlin. The United States begiin a massive airlift bring food and supplies to West Berlin.
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    Arms Race

    Arms Race - It was a competition of who had the better nuclear weapons between the USSR and the United States.

  • NATO Established

    NATO was established on April 4th 1949. The main purpose of the NATO was to protect the rights and freedom of citizens.

  • 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 (1950-1970)

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    Korean War

    The Korean War was the fight between South Korea and North Korea.

  • Rosenbergs Trials

    Julius and his wife were convincted of being a spy of comunism and was sentence to death called the Rosenbergs Trials.

  • First H-Bomb detonated by the United States

    On the year 1952, the United States successfully detonated the First H-Bomb.

  • Hernandez v. Texas

    Mexican Americans and all other races provided equal protection under the 14th Amendment.
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    Vietnam War (1954-1976)

  • Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

    Overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and mandated desegregation

  • Jonas Salk invents the Polio Vaccine

    Jonas Salk successfully invented the first Polio Vaccine.
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    Montgomery Bus Boycott after Rosa Parks’ arrest

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

  • USSR launches Sputnik

    The USSR lauches the first satellite and it was the World's first artificial satellite.
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    Bay of Pigs Invasion in Cuba

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

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    End of Cold War

    OPEC- It is a organization which exports or imports oil for other countries.
    Sandra Day O’Connor- The first woman associate justice of the United States.
    Community Reinvestment Act of 1977- It Requires the Federal Reserve and federal banking regulators to encourage financial institutions to help meet the credit needs of the communities.
    AIDS Epidemic - This was one of the pandemic that spread rapidly.
    Star Wars (NOT the movies) -SRI was nicknamed the Star Wars.

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    The Cuban Missile Crisis is when the Soviets had missiles in Cuba and the United States told them to remove all the missiles from Cuba. All the Soviet's missiles were moved and instead they asked the United States to move all their missiles from Turkey. All the missiles were moved from Turkey.

  • 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

  • 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

    The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution begins undeclared war in Vietnam.

  • Medicare and Medicaid Established

    Medicare and Medicaid were established to provide health coverage to people who has low-income.

  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Eliminated literacy tests for voters.

  • Tet Offensive

    It was one of the largest military campaigns that happened during the Vietnam War. The support of the public decreased in the United States.

  • Martin Luther King is assassinated

  • Civil Rights Act of 1968

    Prohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of housing.

  • Tinker v. Des Moines

    It defined the First Amendment rights for students in the United States Public Schools.

  • First Man on the Moon

  • Civil Rights Era

    Great Society - Instituted federally sponsored social welfare programs.
    Thurgood Marshall - Civil rights activist who served as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.
    Black Panthers - Was willing to use violence if necessary.
    Non-Violent Protests/Civil Disobedience - Protests with no violence.
    Cesar Chavez - His efforts to gain better working conditions for the thousands of workers who labored on farms for low wages.
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    End of the Cold War (1970-1991)

  • Kent State University shooting

  • Pentagon Papers Leaked

    It is the plans of the Government that was leaked and created problems.

  • 26th Amendment

    The 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 War Powers Act is the 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

    The North Vietnamese people captured the Capital of South Vietnam, Saigon. It forced South Vietnam to surrender and it led to the ending of the War.

  • Camp David Accords

  • Three Mile Island Disaster

  • Three Mile Island Disaster

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    Iran Hostage Crisis

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    Iran Contra Affair

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    1990s-21st Century (1990-2008)