US History 1887-2008

By Cody.Kerr
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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 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

    1-Containment - Policy of resisting communist expansion: leads to many new laws and a war
    2-Arms/Space Race - Race for best tech between US and USSR: Rapidly improved tech
    3-Union of Soviet Social Republics - Communist country: Strong rivalry with US
    4-Communism - Government owns everything, things are given out based on need: Lead to many rivalries based on what is the best form of government
    5-Domino Theory - If one country fails many more will fail: More out of country involvement in politics

  • Truman Doctrine

    Gave US military and financial aid to countries threatened by communism.

  • 22nd Amendment

    Prevents a president from being elected for more than 2 terms.

  • Berlin Airlift

  • Marshall Plan

    Program to rebuild European countries after WWII.

  • NATO Established

  • Korean War

  • 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

  • Rosenbergs Trial

  • First H-Bomb Detonated by the United States

  • 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

  • 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

  • John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, TX

  • Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream Speech” at the March on Washington

  • Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    Begins Undeclared War in Vietnam

  • 24th Amendment

    Abolishes the poll tax

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Pentagon Papers Leaked

  • 26th Amendment

    Moved the voting age from 21 years old to 18 years old.

  • 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

  • Iran Hostage Crisis

  • Three Mile Island Disaster

  • Iran Contra Affair

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    1990s-21st Century