U.S history: 1877-2008

By macie.williams.
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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 II

  • United Nations Formed

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    Early Cold War

    1. Containment- strategic forgein policy created by the US. Containment of the Soviet Union
    2. Arms Race/ Space Race- Competion between the US and soviet union. This was following World War II
    3. The Union Of Soviet Socialist Republics- Was a federal socialist state that existed between 1922 and 1991 4.Communism- Classless society where each person works and gets money no matter how much they work 5.Domino Theory- if one country came under commuism then the others countrys would as well.

  • 22nd Amendmentt

    prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being elected again

  • Truman Doctrine

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

  • Marshall Plan

    program to help European countries rebulid after World War II

  • Berlin Airlift

  • 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

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    Civil Rights Era

  • Rosenberges Trial

  • First H-bomb detonated by the United States

  • Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

    overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and mandated desegregation

  • Hernandez v. Texas

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

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    Vietnam War

  • Jonas Salk invents the Polio Vaccine

  • Montogmery Bus Boycott after Rosa Parks arrest

  • USSR launches Sputnik

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

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

  • Bay of Pigs Invasion in Cuba

  • 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

  • Tinker v. Des Moines

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

  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Eliminated literacy tests for voters
    Civil Rights Act of 1968: prohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of housing

  • Tet Offensive

  • Martin Luther King is assassinated

  • First Man on the Moon

  • Kent State University shooting

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    End of the Cold War

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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

  • Three Mile Island Disaster

  • Iran Hostage Crisis

  • Iran Contra Affair

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    1990s-21st Century

    Barack Obama- was the 44th president, first african american president who served for two terms
    al-Qaeda- islamic exteremists organization and terriost group
    No Child Left Behind- was an act that was put into place in 2001 to help student in school
    President Clintons Impeachment-Was the second president to ever become impeached he was charged with lying under oath
    Presidental Election of 2000- A tight election between bush and al gore that had an lasting impact on american people.

  • 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