US History 1887-21-Century

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    Early American History (1776-1860)

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    Civil War/ Reconstruction (1860-1877)

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    The Glided Age (1877-1900)

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    The Progressive Era (1890-1920)

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    Imperialism (1898-1910)

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    World war 1 (1914-1918)

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    Roaring Twenties (1920-1929)

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    Great Depression (1929-1939)

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    World War 2

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    Early cold war (1945-1960)

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    Civil rights era (1950-1970)

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    Vietnam War (1954-1976)

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

  • Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    begins undeclared war in Vietnam

  • Medicare and Medicaid established

  • Tet Offensive

  • Tinker v. Des Moines

    defined the First Amendment rights for students in the United States Public Schools
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    End of the cold War (1970-1991)

  • Pentagon Paper's Leaked

  • 26th Amendment

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

  • War Powers Act

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

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

  • Big five

    Barack Obama
    al-Qaeda
    NO child left behind
    President Clinton's Impeachment 2000
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    1990s-21st Century (1990-2008)

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    Persian Gulf War (operation Desert storm)

  • Fall of the USSR-Official end of the cold war

  • Attack on the world Trade Center and the pentagon

  • USA PATRIOT Act

    Tightened the national Security, particularly as it was related to foreign terrorism

  • Hurricane Katrina