Timeline: American History II | Timetoast

Aug 4, 1800

Imperalist Ideas

policy of conquering other nations
Period: Mar 4, 1857 to Mar 4, 1861

James Buchanan

Democratic party
Period: Mar 4, 1861 to Apr 15, 1865

Abraham Lincoln
Period: Apr 15, 1865 to Mar 4, 1869

Andrew Johnson

Union Political Party
Period: Mar 4, 1869 to Mar 4, 1877

Ulysses S. Grant
Period: Mar 4, 1877 to Mar 4, 1881

Rutherford B. Hayes
Jun 14, 1877

Compromise of 1877

Concessions given to the South post reconstruction
Nov 5, 1877

Interstate Commerce Act

required railroad rates to be "reasonable and just"
Period: Mar 4, 1881 to Sep 19, 1881

James Garfield
Period: Sep 19, 1881 to Mar 4, 1885

Chester A. Arthur
May 6, 1882

Chinese Exclusion Act

prohibited chinese labor immigration for 10 years
Period: Mar 4, 1885 to Mar 4, 1889

Grover Cleveland
Period: Mar 4, 1889 to Mar 4, 1893

Benjamin Harrison
Jul 25, 1890

Sherman Anti-trust Act

tried to outlaw and destroy trusts
Oct 13, 1890

Mckinley Tariff

put a tax on all goods maufactured by a foreign country
Period: Mar 4, 1893 to Mar 4, 1897

Grover Cleveland

2nd term
Period: Mar 4, 1897 to Sep 14, 1901

William Mckinley
Jan 1, 1898

De Lome Letter

Spanish minister to the US wrote a letter calling Mckinley weak.
Feb 15, 1898

U.S.S Maine

warship achored in Havana
Apr 4, 1898

Spanish American War

navy allows US to control new territories around the world
Aug 3, 1898

Wilmington Race Riot

Black men were attacked after voting by white men outside the gov't building.
Sep 6, 1899

Open Door Policy

Sec. of State John Hay promated this policy.
Sep 6, 1900

Assanation of Mckinley

Teddy Roosevelt became president
Sep 8, 1900

Galveston Hurricane

Hurricane in Texas, one of the deadliest hurricanes in U.S. history.
Period: Mar 4, 1901 to Sep 14, 1909

Theodore Roosevelt
Aug 15, 1903

Panama Canal

U.S wanted to build a canal but the Columbian gov't would not allow it. We helped Columbia gain their independence and then engotiate a deal.
Oct 14, 1904

Roosevelt Corollary

Roosevelt extened the Monroe Doctrine.
Apr 8, 1906

San Francisco Earthquake

7.8 magnitude, killing 3000 people and destroying 80% of the city.
Period: Mar 4, 1909 to Mar 4, 1913

William H. Taft
Feb 9, 1913

Federal Reserve Act

created 12 districts and each had its own federal bank
Period: Mar 4, 1913 to Mar 4, 1921

Woodrow Wilson
May 7, 1915

Lusitania

British passenger ship was sunk
Apr 7, 1916

The Great Migration

Black Americans migrate toward the north.
Jan 13, 1917

ZImmerman Telegram

telegram intercept from Germany to Mexico trying to ally with Mexico
Jun 28, 1919

Treaty of Versailles

signed at the end of WWI
Jan 17, 1920

18th amendment

prohibited the sale, manufacturer, and transportation of alcohol
Period: Mar 4, 1921 to Aug 2, 1923

Warren Harding
Period: Aug 2, 1923 to Mar 4, 1929

Calvin Coolidge
Period: Mar 4, 1929 to Mar 4, 1933

Herbert Hoover
Oct 4, 1929

Great Depression

Stock market crashes and people become unemployed and broke.
Nov 7, 1931

The Dust Bowl

Drought struck and strong winds caused huge dust storms
Period: Mar 4, 1933 to Apr 12, 1945

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Nov 5, 1933

Good Neighbor Policy

American Position
Mar 11, 1938

Acquisitions

Hitler annexed Austria and he forced Czech to agree with the annexation
Sep 30, 1938

Munich Pact

Allowed Hitler to invade the Sudetenland if he would stop there
Oct 1, 1939

Non-Agression Pact

Germany signed the Non-Agression Pact with Russia
Period: Apr 12, 1945 to Jan 20, 1953

Harry S. Truman
Aug 3, 1945

Treaty of Versailles

ended WWII
Sep 2, 1945

Victory in the Pacific

Victory was achieved after the Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Jun 11, 1947

GATT

General Agreements of Trades and Tariffs
Period: Jan 20, 1953 to Jan 20, 1961

Dwight Eisenhower
Oct 1, 1956

Suez Crisis

9 day conflict between Israel and Egypt over the Suez Canal.
Apr 17, 1959

Bay of Pigs

refugees invade and takeover the island of Cuba
Period: Jan 20, 1961 to Jan 20, 1963

John F. Kennedy
Feb 6, 1962

Cuban Missle Crisis

Soviets placed missles capable of reaching the U.S. in Cuba
Period: Nov 22, 1963 to Jan 20, 1969

Lyndon Johnson
Jan 18, 1968

Tet offensive

Viet Cong led suprise attack on majorcities in Vietnam
Sep 25, 1968

Civil Rights Act

prohibits discrimmination for housing based off any factor
Period: Jan 20, 1969 to Aug 9, 1974

Ricahrd Nixon
Period: Aug 9, 1974 to Jan 20, 1977

General Ford
Period: Jan 20, 1977 to Jan 20, 1981

Jimmy Carter
Period: Jan 20, 1981 to Jan 20, 1989

Ronald Reagan
Period: Jan 20, 1989 to Jan 20, 1993

George H. W. Bush
Aug 2, 1991

Persian Gulf War

US invaded Iraq stopping theeir invasion of Kuwait
Period: Jan 20, 1993 to Jan 20, 2001

Bill Clinton
Jun 21, 1996

Foreign Policy

U.S. invovled in peacekeeping missions in Bosnia in 1996
Period: Jan 20, 2001 to Jan 20, 2009

George W. Bush
Sep 11, 2001

terror attack of the twin towers

2 hijacked planes were flown into the twin towers
Period: Jan 20, 2009 to Nov 20, 2016

Barack Obama
Dec 4, 2015

Invasion of Poland, France, and Britain

started WWII