American History Timeline

By TurboJakey
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    Early Republic

  • George Washington

    George Washington served from April 30, 1789 to March 4, 1797. He was not affiliated to any party inparticular.

  • Hamilton’s Financial Plan (1790)

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    The Second Great Awakening (1790s-1830s)

  • John Adams

    March 4, 1797
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    March 4, 1801 Federalist party

  • Thomas Jefferson

    March 4, 1801
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    March 4, 1809 Democratic Republican party

  • James Madison

    March 4, 1809
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    March 4, 1817 Democratic Republican party
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    Manifest Destiny/Westward Expansion

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    Era Of Good Feelings

  • James Monroe

    March 4, 1817
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    March 4, 1825 Democratic Republican party

  • Temperance Movement (1820s)

  • John Quincy Adams

    March 4, 1825
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    March 4, 1829 Democratic Republican Party
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    Jacksonian

  • Andrew Jackson

    March 4, 1829
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    March 4, 1837 Democratic Party

  • Indian Removal Act (1830)

  • Jackson Vetoes the Second National Bank (1836)

  • Martin Van Buren

    March 4, 1837
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    March 4, 1841 Democratic Party

  • William Henry Harrison

    March 4, 1841
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    April 4, 1841 Whig party

  • John Tyler

    April 4, 1841
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    March 4, 1845 Whig party

  • The Great Famine and Irish Immigration (1845)

  • James K Polk

    March 4, 1845
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    March 4, 1849 Democratic Party

  • Seneca Falls Convention (1848)

  • Zachary Taylor

    March 4, 1849
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    July 9, 1850 Whig Party

  • Millard Filmore

    July 9, 1850
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    March 4, 1853 Whig Party

  • Franklin Pierce

    March 4, 1853
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    March 4, 1857 Democratic Party

  • Kansas Nebraska Act

  • James Buchanan

    March 4, 1857
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    March 4, 1861 Democratic
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    Civil War

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    Civil war

  • Abraham Lincoln

    March 4, 1861
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    April 15, 1865 Republican
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    Progressive Era

  • Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

  • Andrew Johnson

    April 15, 1865
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    March 4, 1869 Democratic

  • 13th Amendment

  • Reconstruction Acts

  • Settlement House Movement (Mid-to-Late 1880s)

  • 14th Amendment

  • Ulysses S grant

    March 4, 1869
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    March 4, 1877 Republican
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    Jim Crow (1870s-1965)

  • 15th Amendment

  • Rutherford B Hayes

    March 4, 1877
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    March 4, 1881 Republican
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    Gilded Age

  • James A Garfeild

    March 4, 1881
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    September 19, 1881 Republican

  • Chester A Arthur

    September 19, 1881
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    March 4, 1885 Republican

  • Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)

  • Grover Cleveland

    March 4, 1885
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    March 4, 1889 Democratic

  • Benjamin Harrison

    March 4, 1889
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    March 4, 1893 Republican3

  • Grover Cleveland (2nd term)

    March 4, 1893
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    March 4, 1897 Democratic

  • William McKinley

    March 4, 1897
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    September 14, 1901 Republican

  • Theodore Roosevelt

    September 14, 1901
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    March 4, 1909 Republican

  • William Howard Taft

    March 4, 1909
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    March 4, 1913 Republican

  • Woodrow Wilson

    March 4, 1913
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    March 4, 1921 Democratic
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    WWI

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    Roaring 20s

  • Tulsa Race Massacre (1921)

  • Warren G Harding

    March 4, 1921
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    August 2, 1923 Republican

  • Introduction of the ERA (1923)

  • Calvin Coolidge

    August 2, 1923
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    March 4, 1929 Republican

  • Great Depression (1929)

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    Great Depression

  • Herbert Hoover

    March 4, 1929
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    March 4, 1933 Republican

  • The Dust Bowl (1930)

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    The New Deal (1933-1936)

  • Franklin D Roosevelt

    March 4, 1933
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    April 12, 1945 Democratic
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    Chicano Movement (1940s-1970s)

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    WWII

  • Japanese Internment (1942)

  • Zoot Suit Riots (1943)

  • Harry S Truman

    April 12, 1945
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    January 20, 1953 Democratic
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    WWII

  • Dwight D Eisenhower

    January 20, 1953
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    January 20, 1961 Republican

  • John F Kennedy

    January 20, 1961
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    November 22, 1963 Democratc
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    Red Power Movement (1960s-1970s)

  • Lyndon B. Johnson

    November 22, 1963
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    January 20, 1969 Democratic

  • The Stonewall Riots (1969)

  • Richard Nixon

    January 20, 1969
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    August 9, 1974 Republican

  • Gerald Ford

    August 9, 1974
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    January 20, 1977 Republican

  • Jimmy Carter

    January 20, 1977
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    January 20, 1981 Democratic

  • Ronald Reagan

    January 20, 1981
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    January 20, 1989 Republican

  • Second National March on Washington (1987)

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    Contemporary History

  • George H. W. Bush

    January 20, 1989
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    January 20, 1993 Republican

  • Bill Clinton

    January 20, 1993
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    January 20, 2001 Democratic

  • George H. W. Bush

    January 20, 2001
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    January 20, 2009 Republican

  • Barack Obama

    January 20, 2009
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    January 20, 2017 Democratic

  • Donald Trump

    January 20, 2017
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    January 20, 2021 Republican

  • Joe Biden

    January 20, 2021
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    January 20, 2025 Democratic

  • Donald Trump (2nd term)

    January 20, 2025
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    Present Republican