US History 1887-2008

By Aliyah.Olson
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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 2

  • United Nations Formed

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    Early Cold War

    Containment-the US's way of trying to stop the spread of communism to other countries
    Arms Race/Space Race-races between US & USSR to show dominance in both fields
    The Unions of Soviet Socialist Republics- confederation of Russia,Belorussia(Belarus),Ukraine, and the Transcaucasian federation
    Communism-idea where all property is public and people are paid and work based on skill and needs
    Domino Theory-the theory that one event in one country would cause similar events to occur in other countries

  • 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

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    Civil Rights Era

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    Korean War

  • Rosenberg's Trial

  • First H-Bomb detonated by the United States

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    Vietnam War

  • 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

    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

    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

  • Voting Rights Act

    Eliminated literacy tests for voters

  • Tet Offense

  • Martin Luther King is assassinated

  • Civil Rights Act

    prohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of housing

  • Tinker v. Des Moines

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

  • First Man on the Moon

  • Kent State University shooting

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    End of the Cold War

  • 26th Amendment

    moved the voting age from 21 years old to 18 years old

  • Pentagon Papers leaked

  • 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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    1900s-21rst Century