US History 1887-2020

By Cedric J.
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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

  • The United Nations is formed to help keep peace between countries.

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    Early Cold War

  • Truman Doctrine

    U.S. policy that gave military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism

  • 22nd Amendment

    Prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being elected again

  • The Berlin Airlift is when the Allies airdropped tons of supplies to those in need in East Berlin.

  • Marshall Plan

    Program to help European countries rebuild after World War II

  • NATO was formed to help fight against the spread of Communism.

  • Sweatt v. Painter

    ruled the separate law school at the University of Texas failed to qualify as “separate but equal”
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    End of the Cold War

    OPEC: Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
    Sandra Day O'Connor: First female supreme court justice
    Community Reinvestment Act of 1977:
    AIDS Epidemic
    Star Wars: Reagan's plan to stop Soviet missiles.
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    Civil Rights Era

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    Korean War

    War between Communist North Korea and Democratic South Korea.

  • The trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. They were accused and executed for sharing nuclear secrets to the Russians.

  • The first H-bomb was detonated by the US

  • 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

  • USSR launches Sputnik

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

  • 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

  • 24th Amendment

    Abolishes the poll tax.

  • 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.

  • Tinker v. Des Moines

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

  • Kent State University Shooting

  • Pentagon Papers leaked

  • 26th Amendment

    moved the voting age from 21 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

    Israel and Egypt come to an agreement.

  • Three Mile Island Disaster

    Meltdown at Three Mile Island power plant.
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    Iran Hostage Crisis

    Iran takes hostages in American embassy.
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    1985-1987

    Reagan sends money to the Contras without Congress's permission.
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    1990s-21st Century