American History Timeline

Early Republic

Period: 1780 to 1830

George Washington presidency!

Period: Apr 30, 1789 to Mar 4, 1797

He was our first president and led the Revolutionary War!

John Adams presidency!

Period: Mar 4, 1797 to Mar 4, 1801

First president to live in the White House!

Thomas Jefferson presidency!

Period: Mar 4, 1801 to Mar 4, 1809

First secretary of state!

James Madison presidency!

Period: Mar 4, 1809 to Mar 4, 1817

had to flee the white house because the britisch went to burn it down

Era of good feelings

Period: 1812 to 1825

Manifest Destiny/Westward Expansion

Period: 1812 to 1866

James Monroe presidency!

Period: Mar 4, 1817 to Mar 4, 1825

John Quincy Adams presidency!

Period: Mar 4, 1825 to Mar 4, 1829

Andrew Jackson presidency!

Period: Mar 4, 1829 to Mar 4, 1837

Indian Removal Act

1830

Jacksonian ()

Period: 1830 to 1854

Martin Van Buren presidency!

Period: Mar 4, 1837 to Mar 4, 1841

William Henry Harrison presidency!

Period: Mar 4, 1841 to Apr 4, 1841

First president to die in office

John Tyler presidency

Period: Apr 4, 1841 to Mar 4, 1845

first president to go into office after the president dies.

James K Polk presidency!

Period: Mar 4, 1845 to Mar 4, 1849

Zachary Taylor presidency!

Period: Mar 4, 1849 to Jul 9, 1850

Millard Fillmore presidency!

Period: Jul 9, 1850 to Mar 4, 1853

Franklin Pierce presidency !

Period: Mar 4, 1853 to Mar 4, 1857

James Buchanan presidency!

Period: Mar 4, 1857 to Mar 4, 1861

Civil War

Period: 1861 to 1865

Abraham Lincoln presidency!

Period: Mar 4, 1861 to Feb 4, 1865

Progressive Era

Period: 1863 to 1899

Andrew Johnson Presidency

Period: Mar 4, 1865 to Mar 4, 1869

Ulysses S. Grant Presidency!

Period: Mar 4, 1869 to Mar 4, 1877

Gilded Age

Period: 1870 to 1890

Rutherford B. Hayes Presidency!

Period: Mar 4, 1877 to Mar 4, 1881

James Garfield Presidency!

Period: Mar 4, 1881 to Sep 19, 1881

Chester Arthur Presidency!

Period: Sep 19, 1881 to Mar 4, 1885

Grover Cleveland Presidency!

Period: Mar 4, 1885 to Mar 4, 1889

Benjamin Harrison Presidency!

Period: Mar 4, 1889 to Mar 4, 1893

William McKinley

Period: Mar 4, 1897 to Sep 14, 1901

Theodore Roosevelt Presidency!

Period: Sep 14, 1901 to Mar 4, 1909

WWI

Period: 1914 to 1921

Roaring 20s

Period: 1920 to 1927

Great Depression

Period: 1929 to 1939

WWII

Period: 1941 to 1945

Cold War

Period: 1946 to 1989

Red Power Movement 🟦

Period: 1960 to 1970

A social movement led by Native American youth

Contemporary History

Period: 1989 to 2025