U.S History 1877-2008

By jadejethroe
  • Period: to

    Early American History

  • Period: to

    Civil War/Reconstruction

  • Period: to

    The Gilded Age

  • Period: to

    The Progressive Era

  • Period: to

    Imperialism

  • Period: to

    World War I

  • Period: to

    Roaring Twenties

  • Period: to

    Great Depression

  • Period: to

    World War II

  • Period: to

    Early Cold War

    1. Containment :USA attempt to stop the spread of communism (Cold War foreign policy of United States) 2.Arms Race/Space Race: Comp between USSR and US for superiority between nations (usually of weapons and in this case, space race as well) 3.The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: The USSR ( Soviet Union 4.Communism: common ownership between the nation and social classes 5.Domino Theory: if one country falls under influence of communism, rest would fall under influence of communism.

  • United Nations Formed

  • 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

  • Marshall Plan

    program to help European countries rebuild after World War II

  • Berlin Airlift

  • NATO established

  • Korean War

  • Sweatt V Painter

    ruled the separate law school at the University of Texas failed to qualify as “separate but equal”
  • Period: to

    Civil Rights Era

    Great Society: Programs created to eliminate poverty/social injustice medicare/medicaid(Lyndon B Johnson) 1964
    Thurgood Marshall: 1st black US Supreme Court Justice, activist/civil rights advocate 1908-1993
    Black Panther: Oct1966 in Oakland was an organization founded by black, revolutionary activists made to fight for Black Pride, equality, fighting police brutality etc.,
    Non-Violent Protests/Civil Disobedience: Bus boycott 1955-56
    Cesar Chavez: Latino-American civil rights activist 1927-1993

  • Rosenberg Trials

  • First H-Bomb detonated by the United States

  • Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka:

    overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and mandated desegregation
    Dec 9, 1952 – May 17, 1954

  • Hernandez v. Texas:

    Mexican Americans and all other races provided equal protection under the 14th Amendment
  • Period: to

    Vietnam War

  • Jonas Salk invents the Polio Vaccine

  • Montgomery Bus Boycott after Rosa Parks’ arrest

    1955-1956

  • USSR Launches Sputnik

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

  • Bay of Pigs Invasion in Cuba

    April 17, 1961 – April 19, 1961

  • Berlin Wall built to prevent people from leaving communist East Berlin

    ended Nov 9 1989

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

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

  • John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, TX

  • 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

  • Gulf Of Tonkin Resolution

    Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (1964): begins undeclared war in Vietnam. President Johnson authorizes his ability for necessary retaliation.

  • Medicare and Medicaid Established

  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Eliminated literacy tests for voters

  • Civil Rights Act of 1968

    prohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of housing

  • Tet Offensive

  • Martin Luther King is assassinated

  • Tinker Vs. Des Moines

    Tinker v. Des Moines: defined the First Amendment rights for students in the United States Public Schools

  • First Man on the Moon

    Apollo 11

  • Kent State University shooting

  • Period: to

    End of the Cold War

    OPEC: Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
    Sandra Day O`Connor: First woman to serve on Supreme Court
    Community Reinvestment of 1977: made to help organizations meet credit needs of communities their established in
    AIDS Epidemic: Began in 1981
    Star Wars:

  • Pentagon Papers Leaked

  • 26th Amendment

    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

    War Powers Act (1973): 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, End of Vietnam War

  • Camp David Accords

  • Three Mile Island Disaster

  • Iran Hostage Crisis

    1979-1981

  • Iran Contra Affair

    1985-1987
  • Period: to

    1990s-21st Century