American History Timeline

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    Early Republic

    The Early Republic was the establishment of the American Republic under the new Constitution.
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    The Second Great Awakening

    The Second Great Awakening was a Protestant religious revival.
  • Hamilton’s Financial Plan

    Hamilton's Financial Plan was to try to help the state get out debts, and create the Bank of the United States.
  • George Washington

    George Washington
    George Washington was president from 1789 to 1797
    Party: None
  • John Adams

    John Adams
    John Adams was president from 1797 to 1801
    Patry: Federalist Party
  • Thomas Jefferson

    Thomas Jefferson
    He was president from 1801 to 1809
    Party: Democratic-Republican
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    Manifest Destiny/Westward Expansion

    The Westward Expansion was when Americans wanted to go west to get cheaper and better land. They also moved for a better future and gold. They thought that God wanted them to Expand Westward.
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    Era of Good Feelings

    The Era of Good Feelings was when the United States was reflecting the sense of national purpose after the War of 1812
  • War of 1812

    The War of 1812 was a conflict between the United States and Great Britain because of the Impressment of American sailors, trade restrictions, and American expansion westward.
  • Temperance Movement

    The Temperance Movement was to help reduce public health risks from heavy drinking.
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    Jacksonian

    This was the idea of the "common man", and this meant expanding voting rights, but mostly to white males.
  • Indian Removal Act

    The Indian Removal Act allowed the Government to relocate all Native American tribes East of the Mississippi River to native American territories in Oklahoma.
  • Jackson Vetoes the Second National Bank

    Jackson was against the New Bank that Hamilton was trying to get through the president.
  • The Great Famine and Irish Immigration

    The Great Famine and Irish Immigration was a wave of Irish emigration to the United States.
  • Mexican American War

    The mexican american war was a conflict that resulted in some of the bloodiest battles on us soil including the battle at the alamo these had allowed us to control places like Texas and California this
  • Seneca Falls Convention

    The Seneca Falls Convention was the first women's rights convention in the United States and is the beginning of the women's suffrage movement.
  • Kansas Nebraska Act

    The Kansas-Nebraska Act was an act that decided whether or not Kansas and Nebraska would be slave states or free states, and it also allowed settlers in these areas to vote.
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    Civil War

    The Civil War was a conflict between the North and the South.
  • Civil War

    The American civil war was a pivotal war in the us between the south and north trying to decide what sates should be slave states or not this resulted in hundreds of thousands of dead Americans on US soil
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    Progressive Era

    This was a period of time that saw multiple social and political reform efforts.
  • Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

    The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln was devastating for the country since he was pushing to end slavery in the country and he had just pulled America through the Civil War.
  • 13th Amendment

    The 13th Amendment abolished slavery in the United States making it unconstitutional
  • Reconstruction Act

    The Reconstruction Act was a set of laws passed in the South to help rebuild the South and give civil rights to African American citizens.
  • 14th Amendment

    The 14th Amendment gives equal protection under the law this also allowed birthright citizenship
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    Jim Crow

    Jim Crow was a series of laws that prevented African Americans from doing stuff like voting, eating in the same place as whit people, getting paid the same amount as white people sitting in the same seats.
  • 15th Amendment

    The 15th Amendment allowed all African American men and any other man in the United States to vote.
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    Gilded Age

    The Gilded Age is the rise of big business, technological advancements, and rapid industrialization.
  • Settlement House Movement

    The Settlement House Movement was a social reform that started in London and then made its way to the United States.
  • Chinese Exclusion Act

    The Chinese Exclusion Act was a law passed that specifically prohibited any Chinese immigrants from coming to America.
  • Spanish American War

    The Spanish-American War was a war between Spain and the United States that started because an American battleship sank, and Americans wanted someone to blame it on.
  • WWI

    WWI was caused by Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare.
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    Roaring 20s

    This was a time of economic prosperity, cultural change, and technological advancement.
  • Tulsa Race Massacre

    The Tulsa Race Massacre was an extreme example of racial violence in the US where a white supremacist mad attacked a black community, leaving around 100-300 black citizens killed and over 1000 back owned homes and businesses destroyed.
  • Introduction of the ERA

    The introduction of the ERA was intended to guarantee equal voting rights to all US citizens no matter what gender.
  • Great Depression

    The Great Depression is when the economy went downhill, and the Stock Market Crashed.
  • The Dust Bowl

    The Dust Bowl was when America was going through a lot of dust storms.
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    The New Deal

    The new deal was a series of programs made to help us get pulled out of the great depression by building up tourist attractions and other things to generate wealth this also had helped to prepare us for WW2 in different ways
  • WWII

    WW2 was an extreme war between the allied countries and the Axis countries in the war we had conflicts between Germany and japan we had been pulled into the war by japan because of the attack at pearl harbor and we fought in Germany to stop hitler and the nazi army from attacking anymore allied countries like Britain
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    Chicano Movement

    The Chicano Movement was a civil rights movement that helped push for equality for Mexican Americans.
  • Japanese Internment

    The Japanese Internment was an act during the WW2 where we took any Japanese citizens on the western side of the country, seen as dangerous, or if they lived too close to valuable assets, and we put them into camps where they could not leave, in fear that they could try to help Japan in the war
  • Zoot Suit Riots

    The Zoot Suit Riots were a series of violent attacks against young Hispanics on the western coast, where US servicemen would attack the Hispanics wearing their suits because they used more fabric during wartime.
  • Cold War

    The cold war was a mostly dormant war between us and the soviet union to stop the spread of communism to the rest of the world
  • Korean War

    The korean war was North vs. South Korea in this war we had helped to defend south Korea and push north Korea back past the 34th parallel to stop the spread of communism
  • Vietnam War

    The Vietnam War happened because they wanted to stop the spread of communism in Southeast Asia.
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    Red Power Movement

    The Red Power Movement was a native American civil rights movement to help reclaim ancestral lands and improve social conditions.
  • The Stonewall Riots

    The Stonewall Riots were the first time LGBTQ+ people fought back for the first time.
  • Second National March on Washington

    March was for lesbian and Gay rights.
  • Contemporary History

    This happened after WWII ended; it was the study of events that have shaped current politics.