us history 1887-2008

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    Early American History (1776-1860)

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    Civil War/Reconstruction (1860-1877)

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    The Gilded 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 I (1914-1918)

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    Roaring Twenties (1920-1929)

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    Great Depression (1929-1939)

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    World War II (1939-1945)

  • United Nations formed

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    Early Cold War (1945-1960)

    Containment- stop the spread of communist

    Arms Race/Space Race- occurs when two or more countries
    The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics- is established, comprising a confederation of Russia, Belorussian, Ukraine, and the Transcaucasia Federation
    Communism- Communism is a philosophical, social, political and economic ideology
    Domino Theory- The domino theory was a theory prominent in the United States

  • 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

  • Korean War

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    Civil Rights Era (1950-1970)

  • 22 amendment

    22nd Amendment: prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being elected again

  • Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

    overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and mandated desegregation.
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    Vietnam War (1954-1976)

  • Montgomery Bus Boycott after Rosa Parks’ arrest

  • USSR launches Sputnik

  • Little Rock Nine integrated into an all-white school in Little Rock, AK

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

  • 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

    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

  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Eliminated literacy tests for voters

  • Tet Offensive

  • Martin Luther King is assassinated

  • Tinker v. Des Moines

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

  • Kent State University shooting

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    End of the Cold War (1970-1991)

  • 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

  • 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

  • Persian Gulf War (Operation Desert Storm)

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    1990s-21st Century (1990-2008)

  • Fall of the USSR - Official end of the Cold War

  • President Clinton’s Impeachment

  • Presidential Election of 2000

  • al-Qaeda

  • Attack on World Trade Center and Pentagon

  • USA PATRIOT Act

    tightened the national security, particularly as it was related to foreign terrorism

  • No Child Left Behind

  • Hurricane Katrina

  • Barack Obama