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The Revolutionary War was a war fought between America, then the colonies, and Great Britain for American independence. America wanted freedom from Britain after Britain heavily taxed the Colonists without the Colonists having a say. The war ended with the Battle of Yorktown but an official end didn't come until September 3, 1783. -
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Washington was not a member of any party. He was president from April 30, 1789 to March 4, 1797 -
The Second Great Awakening is a term for a resurgence of Christianity. It changed the way Americans worshiped and preached. It inspired many social reforms, such as the Settlement House Movement. The Awakening lasted until 1840. -
Hamilton's Financial Plan was a plan written by Alexander Hamilton, the first Secretary of the Treasury, that dictated how he wanted to lay out the First National Bank. Hamilton wanted the bank to include three main parts: the federal assumption of state debts, the creation of a Bank of the United States, and support for the new nation's emerging industries. -
He was a member of the Federalist party. He was president from March 4, 1797 to March 3, 1801. -
Jefferson was the founder of the Democratic-Republicans. He was president from March 4, 1801 to March 4, 1809 -
Madison was a member of the Democratic-Republicans. His presidency was from March 4, 1809 to March 3, 1817. -
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The War of 1812 was a war fought between Britain, through Canada, and the U.S. Tensions were still high from the American Revolution between the two nations and war broke out when Britain kept violating America's maritime rights. The war got so bad that Canada burned down the White House during a battle. The war ended on February 18, 1815. -
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Monroe was a Democratic-Republican. He was president from March 4, 1817 to March 4, 1825. -
The Temperance Movement was a movement started in the early 19th century focused on promoting "good morals" and going against the alcohol epidemic sweeping the country. They often used religion to condemn the hard liquor being sold and the amounts people were consuming. -
Jackson was a Democrat. He was president from March 4, 1829 to March 4, 1837. -
Adams was a member of the Whig party. He was president from March 4, 1825 to March 4, 1829 -
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Signed by Andrew Jackson. Allowed the U.S. Government to grant native land to settlers and forcibly remove the tribes and relocate them. -
Andrew Jackson was a firm believer that the National Bank was unconstitutional. When Congress passed a bill that would extend the Second National Banks charter Jackson vetoed the bill. Later, when explaining his decision to the American public Jackson said that the bill was incompatible with "justice", "sound policy", and the Constitution. -
Van Buren was a democrat. He was president from March 4, 1837 to March 4, 1841. -
Harrison was a member of the Whig party. He was president from March 4, 1841 to April 4 1841. -
Tyler was a member of the Whig party. He was president from April 6, 1841 to March 4, 1845. -
The Great Famine was a period in Ireland where their potato crop was ruined by a disease. Due to this many Irish people moved to the United States, where there was no famine. -
Polk was a Democrat. He was president from March 4, 1845 to March 3, 1849 -
The Mexican American War was fought between Mexico and America over America's annexation of Texas and a land dispute. The war ended when America took Mexico's capital and Mexico surrendered. The war ended on February 2, 1848 and the treaty had America taking modern day Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and Colorado for less than their original promised price. -
The Seneca Falls Convention was an assembly held in Seneca Falls, New York. This assembly is known as the first American women's rights convention. The assembly is regarded as the event that kick started 1st wave feminism. The even was a two day affair with the first day being for women only. -
Taylor was a member of the Whig party. He was president from March 4, 1849 to July 9, 1850 -
Fillmore was a member of the Whig party. He served from July 10, 1850 to March 4, 1853. -
Pierce was a Democrat. He served from March 4, 1853 to March 4, 1857 -
The Kansas Nebraska Act repealed the Missouri Compromise and created two new territories that allowed for popular sovereignty to decide if a state would be pro or anti slavery. -
Buchanan was a democrat. He served from March 4, 1857 to March 4, 1861. -
Lincoln was a Republican. He served from March 4, 1861 to April 15, 1865. -
The Civil War was a war fought between the North, the Union, and the South, the Confederates, in the United States. The war was primarily fought because The Union wanted the U.S. to be slavery free while the Confederates wanted the U.S. to be a slave country. In the end the Union won.
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President Lincoln was assassinated at the Ford theater by John Wilkes Booth.
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Johnson was a democrat. He served from April 15, 1865 to March 4, 1869. -
The 13th Amendment formally abolished slavery in all states and territories except when used as corporeal punishment. -
The Reconstruction Acts were passed between 1867-1868. The acts outlined how the Southern states would be readmitted into the United States and divided the states, besides Tennessee, into 5 military districts. -
The 14th amendment granted citizenship to anyone who was born or naturalized in the United States -
Grant was a Republican. He served from March 4, 1869 to March 4, 1877. -
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Jim Crow Laws were a series of laws passed in the South that targeted African Americans. These laws helped perpetuate segregation and had very strict voting restrictions on African Americans, such as the Grandfather Clause and literacy tests.
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The 15th Amendment allowed any man to vote regardless of race or if he was a slave or not. -
Hayes was a Republican. He served from March 4, 1877 to March 4, 1881. -
Garfield was a Republican. He served from March 4, 1881 to September 19, 1881. -
Arthur was a Republican. He served from September 20, 1881 to March 4, 1885. -
The Chinese Exclusion Act put a 10-year ban on all Chinese laborers trying to immigrate into the United States. The act also required immigrants coming for reasons other than labor to obtain certification from the Chinese Government. The act also said that any Chinese immigrant who left the U.S. had to re-obtain certification to be let back in. -
Cleveland was a Democrat. He served from March 4, 1885 to March 4, 1889. -
The Settlement House Movement was an attempt by middle class people, mainly women, to bridge the gap between the wealthy and poor class. They would settle in poor neighborhoods to assist there in anyway they could. -
Harrison was a Republican. He served from March 4, 1889 to March 3, 1893. -
Cleveland was a Democrat. He served from March 4, 1893 to March 4, 1897
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McKinley was a Republican. He served from March 4, 1897 to September 14, 1901 -
The Spanish American War was a war fought between Spain and America following the sinking of the Battleship Maine in Havana Harbor. The battle ended on December 10, 1898. -
Roosevelt was a Republican. He served from September 14, 1901 to March 4, 1909. -
Taft was a Republican. He served from March 4, 1909 to March 4, 1913. -
Wilson was a Democrat. He served from March 4, 1913 to March 4, 1921. -
World War l was a war fought between the Allied Powers, Great Britain, France, Russia, and the United States (in 1917), and the Central Powers, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, and Italy. The Allied Powers won the war and signed the Treaty of Versailles, a direct cause of WWll.
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Harding was a Republican. He served from March 4, 1921 to August 2, 1923. -
After the arrest of Dick Rowland fighting broke out among the white and black communities leading to angry whites burning down the Greenwood District. Every black Tulsan was imprisoned directly after the event. -
The ERA, Equal Rights Amendment, was an amendment proposed to Congress written by Alice Paul, a suffrage leader. It was reintroduced every year for half a century but never passed. If passed the amendment would end legal distinctions between men and women, such as pay gaps. -
Coolidge was a Republican. He served from August 2, 1923 to March 4, 1929. -
Hoover was a Republican. He served from March 4, 1929 to March 4, 1933. -
The Great Depression was a decade long period when the Stock Market crashed and many people lost their money after the banks lost everything. Many people were left homeless and jobless after the crash. Dust bowls out west didn't help anyone trying to get back on their feet by growing their own food. The depression didn't officially end until the start of WWll with America getting more economic stability by supporting other nations.
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The Dust Bowls were massive clouds of dust that formed in the southwest Great Plains during the Great Depression due to a drought the land was experiencing. The Dust Bowl caused many people to lose their lives, homes, and livelihoods. Many fled back to the cities they came from when the storms started. -
Roosevelt was a Democrat. He served from March 4, 1933 to April 12, 1945. -
The New Deal was a series of plans enacted by Franklin D. Roosevelt to help pull America out of the Great Depression. The policies could be summed up by the three R's: Relief, Reform, and Recovery. All policies enacted under the New Deal were created to help relieve people from the stress of the depression, help reform systems to keep another depression from happening, or helping recover from the effects of the depression. -
World War 2 was the second world war fought between the Allied Powers, Great Britain, France, the U.S.S.R., and (eventually) American, against the Axis Powers, Germany, Japan, and Italy. WWll saw events such as the Holocaust, the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the atom bomb hitting Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and D-Day. The Allied powers won the war after D-Day.
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Following the Bombing of Pearl Harbor people became suspicious of Japanese Americans and thought they might be spies for Japan. The American government decided that for safety all Japanese Americans should be moved to camps for their "protection". These camps were cramped, dirty, in the middle of the desert causing extreme temperatures, and were surrounded by soldiers. Japanese Internment didn't end until March 20, 1946. -
Zoot Suit Riots happened when a group of white U.S. servicemen and police officers descended upon a town with a majority Mexican-American population in East Los Angeles, California. The officers detained, beat, and harassed hundreds of Mexican American youths. The riots were caused by years of white supremacy but were kick-started by Zoot Suits, a type of oversized suits that tapered at the ankle and were seen as unpatriotic. -
Truman was a Democrat. He served from April 12, 1945 to January 20, 1953. -
The Cold War wasn't an active war, it was a war with no fighting. It was a stalemate between Russia and the United States where both countries wanted to be the best at everything, space travel, weapons, even the Olympics. There was no true fighting between Russia and the U.S. but tensions were high during this period.
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The Korean War was a proxy war fought during the Cold War between Russia and the U.S. The U.S. got involved in the Korean War to keep the Communist North Korea from taking over the anti-communist South Korea. Active fighting in the Korean War ended on July 27, 1953. However the Korean War never officially ended as no treaty was ever signed. Today Korea is divided by a heavily guarded wall and tensions are still high. -
Eisenhower was a Republican. He served from January 20, 1953 to January 20, 1961. -
The Vietnam War was a proxy war America fought in while in the Cold War with Russia. America fought with South Vietnam to keep communism from North Vietnam spreading to South Vietnam. In the end America was unsuccessful in this endeavor as one month after American troops left North Vietnam took over South Vietnam and the country turned Communist. The war, for America, ended April 30, 1975. -
The Chicano Movement was a series of protests by Mexican Americans demanding to be given the same representation as white people. Key protests in the movement are East L.A. Walkouts (1968) and The Delano Grape Strike and Boycott (1965). -
Kennedy was a Democrat. He served from January 20, 1961 to November 22, 1963. -
The Bay of Pigs was a failed invasion of Cuba by Brigade 2506, who were defeated in 2 days. -
Johnson was a Democrat. He served from November 22, 1963 to January 20, 1969. -
John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald while riding in a presidential motorcade.
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Native Americans were unhappy about how they were being treated so they held Alcatraz to raise awareness to the conditions they live in. Ended on May 8, 1973. -
Nixon was a Republican. He served from January 20, 1969 to August 9, 1974. -
The Stonewall Riots, also known as the Stonewall Uprising, began when New York City police raided the Stonewall Inn, a popular gay bar. The raid sparked riots between bar patrons and neighborhood residents as police dragged employees and patrons out of the bar. This led to 6 days of protests and violent clashes with officers. The Stonewall Riots were a catalyst for the gay rights movement. -
Watergate was a scandal surrounding Richard Nixon. It became public knowledge on March 23, 1973 when a confession letter from one of Nixon's accomplices was made public. It was revealed that Nixon had been recording every interaction in the Oval Office, including confidential meetings, and the scandal was found out from a break-in at the Democratic National Committee.
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In 1973, during the Arab-Israeli War, Arab members of OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) exposed an embargo against the U.S. for supporting Israeli troops and to gain leverage in peace negotiaitions. -
Ford was a Republican. He served from August 9, 1974 to January 20, 1977. -
Carter was a Democrat. He served from January 20, 1977 to January 20, 1981. -
Reagan was a Republican. He served from January 20, 1981 to January 20, 1989. -
The Second National March on Washington was a massive political rally for Lesbian and Gay rights. The march had a turn out of 750,000 participants and also had a focus on AIDS activism. -
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Bush was a Republican. He served from January 20, 1989 to January 20, 1993. -
Clinton is a Democrat. He served from January 20, 1993 to January 20, 2001. -
Bush is a Republican. He served from January 20, 2001 to January 20, 2009. -
Obama is a Democrat. He served from January 20, 2009 to January 20, 2017. -
Trump is a Republican. He served from January 20, 2017 to January 20, 2021. -
Biden is a Democrat. He served from January 20, 2021 to January 20, 2025. -
Trump is a Republican. His second term started January 20, 2025 and he is still on office today.