Brock and Amanda By brockmarsho 1789 Judiciary Act of 1789 Established the supreme court Feb 4, 1789 1789- George Washington Elected President Jul 14, 1789 French Revolution Dec 15, 1791 Ratification of the Bill of Rights 1803 Westward expansion 1803 Marbury vs. Madison establishes Judicial Review 1803 Louisana Purchase 1812 War of 1812 (1812-1815) 1816 Nationalism, Sectionalism, and Economic Expansion 1816 Underground Railroad provides Northern escape for slaves 1828 Age of Jackson (1828-1849) 1841 First Jim Crow Laws established (legal segregation) 1850 Compromise of 1850 1860 Compromise of 1850 1860 Abraham Lincoln elected 16th President 1865 13th Amendment – abolishes slavery 1865 Gen. Robert E. Lee (confederacy) surrenders at Appomattox Court House to Union Gen. Ulysses Grant 1865 Abraham Lincoln assassinated by John Wilkes Booth 1865 Reconstruction (1865-1877) 1869 Transcontinental Railroad– connects the coasts of the United States; greatest transportation achievemen 1879 Susan B. Anthony – gets women’s suffrage vote to Congress – leads to 19th Amendment 1896 **Plessy vs. Ferguson – ‘Separate but Equal’ is constitutional (overturned by Brown vs. Board of Education) 1898 - Spanish-American War – Teddy Roosevelt leads Rough Riders, U.S. crushes Spain’s Navy 1898 Treat of Paris – ends the Spanish-American War 1901 Progressive Era – (1901-1914) 1913 16th Amendment – establishment of income tax , 17th Amend.– direct election of senators 1914 – World War I begins in Europe 1917 Zimmerman Telegram – intercepted by British, asks for Germany/Mexico alliance against U.S.; US. Enters WWI 1919 Zimmerman Telegram – intercepted by British, asks for Germany/Mexico alliance against U.S.; US. Enters WWI 1929 – Stock Market Crash– ‘Black Tuesday’ – launches Great Depression 1930 Great Depression and New Deal (1930-1939) 1933 U.S. unemployment rate reaches 25%, FDR claims Bank Holiday to fix banks 1940 World War II – (1940-1945) 1941 Japan bombs Pearl Harbor – U.S. enters the War 1945 FDR dies, Harry Truman becomes President; Adolf Hitler commits suicide 1945 U.S. drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima (Aug. 6) and Nagasaki (Aug 9) – Japan surrenders 1946 The Cold War (1946-1960) 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education – overturns Plessy vs. Ferguson; says separate but equal is unconstitutional 1955 Rosa Parks arrested for not giving up seat on bus to whites; sparks Montgomery Bus Boycott