us history 1887-2008 By marchelo.sosa Period: 1776 to 1860 early american history Period: 1860 to 1877 civil war / reconstruction Period: 1877 to 1900 the gilded age Period: 1890 to 1910 the pogressive era Period: 1914 to 1918 world war 1 Period: 1920 to 1929 roaring 20s Period: 1929 to 1939 great depression Period: 1939 to 1945 world war 2 Period: 1945 to 1960 early cold war Period: 1950 to 1970 civil rights era Period: 1954 to 1976 vietnam war 1955 Monterey bus boycott 1957 little rock 9 integrated into a all white school 1961 bay of pigs invasion of cuba 1962 cuban missle crisis 1963 i have a dream speech 1963 john f Kennedy assassinated in Dallas TX Aug 24, 1964 gulf of tonkin Jul 30, 1965 medicare 1968 Tet offensive 1968 martin Luther king assassinated 1969 first man on the moon Feb 24, 1969 tinker vs Des monies 1970 kent state university Period: 1970 to 1991 end of cold war 1971 pentagon papers leaked Jul 1, 1971 21st amendment Nov 7, 1973 war powers act 1974 watergate scandal 1975 fall of saigon 1978 camp david accords 1979 three mile island disaster Period: 1979 to 1981 iran hostage crisis Period: 1985 to 1987 iran contra affair Period: 1990 to 2008 1990s - 21st century (1990-2008)