US History: 1887-2008

By Albert.Solorzano
  • 1963 BCE

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

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    Early American History

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    Civil War/ Reconstruction

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    The Glided Age

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    The Progressive Era

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    Imperialism

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    WW1

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    The Roaring 20´s

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    Great Depression

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    WW2

  • United Nations Formed

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    Early Cold War

    Containment
    Arms Race/Space Race
    The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
    Communism
    Domino Theory

  • Truman Doctrine

    The Truman Doctrine was an American foreign policy the stated purpose of which was to contain Soviet geopolitical expansion during the Cold War.

  • 22nd Amendment

    This limited the number of terms a single president can serve.

  • 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 Trials

  • 1st H-Bomb Detonated by the USA

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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 Missle Crisis

  • 24th Amendment

    Abolishes poll taxes

  • John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, TX

  • Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    Begins undeclared war in vietnam

  • 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

  • Civil Rights Act of 1968

    prohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of housing

  • first man on moon

  • Tinker vs. Des Moines

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

  • Kenn State University Shooting

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    End of Cold War

  • Pentagon Papers Leaked

  • 26th Amendment Ratified

    Moved the voting age from 21 to 18

  • 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, Leads to nixons resignment

  • Fall of Saigon, marks the end of Vietnam War

  • Camp David Accords

  • Iran Hostage Crisis

  • Three Mile Island Disaster

  • Iran Contra Affair

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    1990´s-21st Century