US History

By Gracen Troutt
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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 1

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    Roaring 20s

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    Great Depression

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    World War 2

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    Early Cold War

  • Sweatt v. Painter

    ruled that the Texas University's second law school didn't comply with "separate but equal"
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    Civil Rights Era

    Great Society-LBJ launched programs in order to improve conditions for the poor and eliminate racial injustice
    Thurgood Marshall-American activist who became the first black supreme court justice.
    Black Panthers-political organization led by black people in protest of racial injustice in America
    Civil Disobedience-peacefully protesting by refusing to obey certain laws
    Cesar Chavez-labor leader, Latino civil rights activist

  • Hernandez v. Texas

    Mexican Americans are provided equal protection with all other races under the 14th amendment
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    Vietnam War

  • Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

    overran Plessy v. Ferguson and upheld segregation

  • Little Rock Nine Integrated into All-White School in Little Rock, AK

  • Bay of Pigs Invasion in Cuba

  • Berlin Wall was Built to Prevent People from Leaving Communist East Berlin

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    U.S. and Soviet Union engage in heated standoff over instillation of nuclear missiles in Cuba, which is only 90 miles from the U.S. shores

  • MLK's "I Have a Dream" Speech at the March on Washington

  • JFK is Assassinated in Dallas, TX

  • Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    the undeclared war in Vietnam is begun

  • 24th Amendment

    abolishes poll tax

  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

    made discrimination in public places illegal and required employees to hire with equal opportunity for all

  • Medicare and Medicaid Established

  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    eliminated literary tests for voters

  • Tet Offensive

  • MLK is Assassinated

  • Civil Rights Act of 1968

    prohibited discrimination in sale of housing

  • First Man on the Moon

  • Tinker v. Des Moines

    students having first amendment rights in schools

  • Kent State University Shooting

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    End of the Cold War

    OPEC- Organization of Patroleum Exporting Countries
    Sandra Day O' Connor- first woman justice of Supreme Court
    Community Reinvestment Act of 1977- encourages help to low-income communities
    AIDS Epidemic- a surge in numbers of people infected with AIDS
    Star Wars

  • Pentagon Papers Leaked

  • 26th Amendment

    gives all citizens over the age of 18 the right to vote without restriction

  • Title IX

    protects against gender discrimination in educational programs

  • War Powers Act

    president needs the approval of congress to send the troops to battle

  • Watergate Scandal, led to Nixon's Resignation

  • Fall of Saigon - 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

  • Montgomery Bus Boycott after Rosa Parks' Arrest