1400-1900 Recall

Christopher Columbus

Oct 12, 1492

Christopher Columbus arrives in the Bahamas

Puritans Arrive

Dec 11, 1620

Puritans land on Plymouth Rock

Benjamin Franklin Life

Period: Jan 17, 1706 to Apr 17, 1790

Revolutionary War

Period: Apr 19, 1775 to Sep 3, 1783

the United States fight for freedom fron England

Declaration of Independence

Jul 4, 1776

Declaration of Independence is signed

Articles of Confederation

Sep 17, 1787

Articles of Confederation are ratified

US Constitution

Jun 21, 1788

US Constitution is ratified

George Washington Presidency

Period: Apr 30, 1789 to Mar 4, 1797

War of 1812

Period: Jun 18, 1812 to Feb 18, 1815

Boss Tweed life

Period: Apr 3, 1823 to Apr 12, 1878

Andrew Carnegie Life

Period: Nov 25, 1835 to Aug 11, 1919

John D. Rockefeller life

Period: Jul 8, 1839 to May 23, 1937

California Gold Rush

Jan 24, 1848

the Gold Rush Begins

Wisconsin

May 29, 1848

Wisconsin Becomes a State

Pony Express

Period: Apr 3, 1860 to Oct 24, 1861

the Pony Express lasted 18 months

Emancipation Proclamation

Sep 22, 1862

Abraham Lincoln delivers his emancipation proclamation speech

Reconstruction Era

Period: Jan 1, 1863 to Dec 31, 1877

National Labor Union Founded

Jan 1, 1866

First labor union founded

Knights of Labor founded

Jan 1, 1869

Transcontinental Railroad

May 10, 1869

the Transcontinental Railroad was completed

15th Amendment

Feb 3, 1870

this amendment allowed black men to vote

Gilded Age

Period: Jan 1, 1877 to Dec 31, 1917

Compromise of 1877

Mar 4, 1877

Hayes would be elected president, military rule in the South would end.

Garfield Assassination

Sep 19, 1881

Chinese Exclusion Act

May 8, 1882

Haymarket Square

May 4, 1886

Bombing resulting in the end of the Knights of Labor

American Federation of Labor founded

Dec 8, 1886

American Federation of Labor founded by Samuel Gompers

Sherman Anti-Trust Act

Jul 2, 1890

Limited the power and ability to form monopolies; made monopolies illegal.

Battle of Wounded Knee

Dec 29, 1890

Populist Party Formed

Jul 1, 1892

Angry farmers form the populist party, wanting free silver

Depression of 1893

Period: Jan 1, 1893 to Dec 31, 1895

Frederick Jackson Turner

Jul 1, 1893

FJT writes his essay about the American Frontier

Labor Day named a federal holiday

Jan 1, 1894

Spanish- American War

Period: Apr 25, 1898 to Aug 12, 1898

Fillipino Revolt Begins

Feb 4, 1899

World War 1

Period: Jul 28, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918

19th Amendment

Jun 4, 1919

Women are granted the right to vote

Prohibition Era

Period: Jan 16, 1920 to Dec 5, 1933

Stock Market Crash

Oct 24, 1929

the Great Depression

Period: Oct 24, 1929 to Dec 31, 1939

World War 2

Period: Sep 1, 1939 to Sep 2, 1945

Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

Pearl Harbor is bombed by Japan

Filipino Independence Day

Jul 4, 1946

Korean War

Period: Jun 25, 1950 to Jul 27, 1953

Vietnam War

Period: Nov 1, 1955 to Apr 30, 1975

JFK Assassination

Nov 22, 1963