US History 1877-2008

By gracie.flanigen

  • Declaration of Independence

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    Early American History (1776 - 1860)

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    Civil War/Reconstruction (1860-1877)

  • Texas Secession

  • Homestead act of 1862

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    The Gilded Age (1877-1900)

  • Panama Canal

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    The Progressive Era (1890-1920)

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    Imperialism (1898-1910)

  • Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders

  • Teddy Roosevelt President

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    World War I (1914-1918)

  • 19th amendment

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    Roaring Twenties (1920-1929)

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    Great Depression (1929-1939)

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    World War II (1939-1945)

  • United Nations Formed

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    Early Cold War (1945-1960)

  • Berlin Airlift

  • NATO established

  • Korean War 1950-1953

  • Sweatt v. Painter

    ruled the separate law school at the University of Texas failed to qualify as “separate but equal” , settled in 1950
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    Civil Rights Era (1950-1970)

  • Rosenbergs trial

  • first H-Bomb detonated by the United States

  • Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

    overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and mandated desegregation, settled in 1954.

  • Hernandez v. Texas

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

  • 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

    This amendment abolishes the poll tax and passed 1962

  • 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

  • Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    This act was passed on August 7th, 1964. The act 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 , passed in 1964

  • Medicare and Medicaid established

  • Medicare and Medicaid established

  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Eliminated literacy tests for voters passed 1965

  • Tet Offensive

  • Tet Offensive

  • Martin Luther King is assassinated

  • Civil Rights Act of 1968

    prohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of housing , passed in 1968

  • Tinker v. Des Moines

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

  • Tinker v. Des Moines

    This amendment defined the First Amendment rights for students in the United States Public Schools, ratified in 1969.

  • First Man on the Moon

  • Kent State University shooting

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    End of the Cold War (1970-1991)

  • Pentagon Papers leaked

  • 26th Ammendment

    moved the voting age from 21 years old to 18 years old. Ratified July 1st 1971

  • Pentagon Papers leaked

  • 26th Amendment

    This amendment was ratified July 1ST , 1971. this amendment moved the voting age from 21 to 18 years old.

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

  • Title IX

    protects people from discrimination based on gender in education programs, passed 1972.

  • War Powers Act

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

  • War Powers Act

    This act law limited the President’s right to send troops to battle without Congressional approval. This act passed on November 7th, 1973.

  • Watergate Scandal, which leads to Nixon’s Resignation

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

  • 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 (1990-2008)