American History Timeline

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    Early Republic

  • 🟧 George Washington

    🟧 George Washington
    George Washington elected first president of the United States.
  • 🟩 Hamilton’s Financial Plan

    🟩 Hamilton’s Financial Plan
    Hamiltons plan to stablize the US economy after the revolutionary war.
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    The Second Great Awakening

    A protestant religious revival in the United States.
  • 🟦 Whiskey Rebellion

    🟦 Whiskey Rebellion
    A western Pennsylvania tax protest that started an uprising.
  • 🟧 John Adams

    🟧 John Adams
    John Adams elected president.
  • 🟧 Thomas Jefferson

    🟧 Thomas Jefferson
    Thomas Jefferson elected president.
  • 🟩 Louisiana Purchase

    🟩 Louisiana Purchase
    The United States obtained 828,000 of land for $15 million.
  • 🟧 James Madison

    🟧 James Madison
    James Madison got elected.
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    🟥 War Of 1812

    A war between the US and Great Britain.
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    Manifest Destiny/Westward Expansion

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    Era of Good Feelings

  • 🟥 Battle of New Orleans

    🟥 Battle of New Orleans
    Americans defeated a British force.
  • 🟧 James Monroe

    Elected 5th president
  • 🟩 Panic Of 1819

    🟩 Panic Of 1819
    The first financial crisis of America.
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    Temperance movement

    The goal was to limit or ban alcohol.
  • 🟧 The Monroe Doctrine

    🟧 The Monroe Doctrine
    James Monroe warned European nations not to interfere with Americas Westward Expansion.
  • 🟧 John Quincy Adams

    Elected 6th president
  • 🟧 Andrew Jackson

    🟧 Andrew Jackson
    Andrew Jackson becomes president.
  • 🟧 Andrew Jackson

    Elected 7th President
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    Jacksonian

  • 🟪 Indian Removal Act

    🟪 Indian Removal Act
    Act that kicked out Native Americans from there land.
  • 🟧 Indian Removal Act

    🟧 Indian Removal Act
    Act passed kicking Indians out of their territory.
  • 🟧 Jackson Vetoes the Second National Bank

    🟧 Jackson Vetoes the Second National Bank
    Vetoes the re-charter of a 2nd bank.
  • 🟧 Martin Van Buren

    Elected 8th President
  • 🟧 John Tyler

    Elected 10th President
  • 🟧 William Henry Harrison

    Elected 9th President
  • 🟧 James K Polk

    Elected 11th President
  • 🟪 The Great Famine and Irish Immigration

    🟪 The Great Famine and Irish Immigration
    A famine in Ireland in 1845.
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    🟥 Mexican American War

    War between Mexico and America.
  • 🟪 The California Gold Rush

    🟪 The California Gold Rush
    The discovery of gold in California brought hundreds of thousands of people Westward.
  • 🟦 Seneca Falls Convention

    🟦 Seneca Falls Convention
    Women's rights convention.
  • 🟧 Zachary Taylor

    Elected 12th president.
  • 🟧 Compromise of 1850

    🟧 Compromise of 1850
    Established a balance between free and slave states.
  • 🟧 Millard Filmore

    Elected 13th president.
  • 🟧Franklin Pierce

    14th President.
  • 🟪 Kansas Nebraska Act

    🟪 Kansas Nebraska Act
    A controversial act creating new territories.
  • 🟧 James Buchanan

    15th President
  • 🟧 Abraham Lincoln

    Elected 16th President
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    🟥 Civil War

  • 🟪 Construction of the Transcontinental Railroad

    🟪 Construction of the Transcontinental Railroad
    Railroad connected the east and west coast.
  • 🟥 The Battle of Gettysburg

    🟥 The Battle of Gettysburg
    A battle of the civil war.
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    Progressive Era

  • 🟧 Andrew Johnson

    17th President
  • 🟧 Lincoln Assassinated

    🟧 Lincoln Assassinated
    President Lincoln shot in the head at Ford's Theatre in Washington D.C.
  • 🟧 13th Amendment

    🟧 13th Amendment
    Amendment that abolished slavery.
  • 🟧 Reconstruction Acts

    🟧 Reconstruction Acts
    A series of four laws passed during the reconstruction era.
  • 🟧14th Amendment

    🟧14th Amendment
    Gave citizens equal protection under the law.
  • 🟧 Ulysses S. Grant

    18th President
  • 🟧 15th Amendment

    🟧 15th Amendment
    Guaranteed African American men the right to vote
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    🟧 Jim Crow Laws

    Laws making in hard for black people to vote.
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    Gilded Age

  • 🟧 Rutherford B. Hayes

    19th President
  • 🟦 Edison's Light bulb

    🟦 Edison's Light bulb
    Thomas Edison invented the light bulb.
  • 🟧 Chinese Excluction Act

    🟧 Chinese Excluction Act
    Law restricting immigration.
  • 🟦Settlement House Movement

    🟦Settlement House Movement
    The reform movement addressing urban poverty.
  • 🟧 James A. garfield

    20th President
  • 🟧 Chester A. Arthur

    21 President
  • 🟧 Grover Cleveland

    22nd President
  • 🟧 Benjamin Harrison

    23rd President
  • 🟪 Johnstown Flood

    🟪 Johnstown Flood
    A devastating flood that killed 2,200 people in Pennsylvania.
  • 🟧 Grover Clevland

    24th President
  • 🟥 Spanish American War

    🟥 Spanish American War
    Conflict between US and Spain over Cuba's struggle for independence.
  • 🟧 William McKinley

    25th President
  • 🟧 Theodore roosevelt

    26th President.
  • 🟧 William Howard Taft

    27th President.
  • 🟧 Woodrow Wilson

    28th President
  • 🟧 Assassination Of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

    🟧 Assassination Of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
    Archduke Franz Ferdinand was shot and killed.
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    🟥 WWI

  • 🟧 Warren G. Harding

    29th President
  • 🟧 Calvin Coolage

    30th president
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    Roaring 20s

  • 🟦 Tulsa Race Massacre

    🟦 Tulsa Race Massacre
    A bunch of white supremacists went to houses and start killing people.
  • 🟧 Introduction of the ERA

    🟧 Introduction of the ERA
    ERA introduced to each section of congress
  • 🟧 Herbert Hoover

    31st President.
  • 🟩 Great Depression

    🟩 Great Depression
    The stock market crashes causing a severe global economic downturn.
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    Great Depression

  • 🟥 The Dust Bowl

    🟥 The Dust Bowl
    A severe drought and disaster.
  • 🟧 Franklin D. Roosevelt

    32nd President
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    🟧 The New Deal

    A series of programs by Roosevelt.
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    Chicano Movement

    The Hispanic Comunity embarked on a social movement.
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    🟥 WWII

  • 🟧 Japanese Internment

    🟧 Japanese Internment
    Made camps for Japanese Americans.
  • Zoot Suit Riots 🟥

    Zoot Suit Riots 🟥
    A bunch of riots.
  • 🟧 Harry S. Truman

    33rd President
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    Cold War

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    🟥 Korean War

    Major conflict between North and South Korea during the Cold War.
  • 🟧 Dwight D. Eisenhower

    34th President
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    🟥 Vietnam War

    War fought against communism.
  • 🟧 John F. Kennedy

    35th President
  • 🟧 Lyndon B. Johnson

    36th President
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    🟦 Red Power Movement

    Native Americans fought for more rights.
  • 🟧 Richard Nixon

    37th President.
  • 🟦 The Stonewall Riots

    🟦 The Stonewall Riots
    A series of LGBTQ+ riots.
  • 🟧 Gerald Ford

    38th President
  • 🟧 Jimmy Carter

    39th President
  • 🟧 Ronald Reagan

    40th President
  • 🟦 Second National March on Washington

    🟦 Second National March on Washington
    It was a march for Lesbian and Gay rights.
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    Contemporary History

  • 🟧 Bill Clinton

    42nd President
  • 🟧 George H. W. Bush

    41st president
  • 🟧 George W. Bush

    43rd President
  • 🟧 Barack Obama

    44th President
  • 🟧 Donald Trump

    45th President
  • 🟧 Joe Biden

    46th President
  • 🟧 Donald Trump

    47th President