US History: 1877-2008

By Jackson.Klesper
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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 I

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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

    Containment- The act to stop the spread of communism through Europe.
    •Arms Race/Space Race- The struggle between the US and the Soviets in achieving more powerful weapons and getting to space.
    •The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics- The mass of all communist countries united together.
    •Communism- The practice of the government owning everything about the nation.
    •Domino Theory- The theory that one communist nation would start a chain reaction of corrupting bordering Nations.

  • 22nd Amendment

    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.

  • 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”
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    Civil Rights Era

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    Korean War

  • Rosenbergs Trial

  • First H-bomb Detonated By the US

  • 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

  • Jonas Salk Invents the Polio Vaccine

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    Montgomery Bus Boycott After Rosa Park's 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 Berlin

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

  • 24th Amendment

    Abolished the poll tax

  • Martin Luther King's "I Have A Dream" 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 vs. 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

  • 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

  • Kent State University shooting

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    End of the Cold War

  • Pentagon Papers leaked

  • 26th Amendment

    Changed the voting age from 21 to 18.

  • 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

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    Iran Hostage Crisis

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    Iran Contra Affair

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    Persian Gulf War (Operation Desert Storm)

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    1990s-21st Century

    Barack Obama- 44th President of the United States
    Al-Qaeda- Terrorist group responsible for September 11th
    No Child Left Behind- Act requiring states to educate and test students in reading and math.
    President Clinton’s Impeachment- 2nd President to ever be impeached (lying under oath).
    Presidential Election of 2000- George W. Bush vs. Al Gore

  • 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