Timeline 1600-1980 By hpeterson17 5000 BCE Civilization begins among the native peoples of North America 1607 John Smith founds the Jamestown colony 1774 First Continental Congress meets Period: 1800 to 1850 New England Renaissance 1812 War of 1812 Begins 1828 Andrew Jackson is elected President 1849 Gold Rush Begins in California Period: 1850 to 1865 Slavery and Civil War 1857 Dred Scott case 1860 Abraham Lincoln is elected President 1865 Civil War ends Period: 1865 to 1910 Expanding Frontiers 1872 Yellowstone established Yellowstone is established as the world's first national park in Wyoming. 1901 Theodore Roosevelt is elected president 1909 NAACP is established by W. E. B. Dubois Period: 1910 to 1929 Early Twentieth Century 1912 Titanic sinks and kills 1,500 1920 Women get the right to vote 1929 Stock Market Crashes Period: 1929 to 1945 Depression and World War 2 1933 FDR establishes the New Deal 1941 Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor 1945 US drops atomic bombs on Japan Period: 1945 to 1960 Postwar Era 1947 Jackie Robinson becomes first African American to play in the MLB 1954 US Supreme Court rules segregation is illegal in schools 1955 MLK Jr organizes Bus Boycott 1958 NASA is established Period: 1960 to 1980 Contemporary Era 1961 JFK Becomes US President 1964 US Becomes Involved in Vietnam 1969 Neil Armstrong sets foot on the moon 1972 Watergate Scandal Occurs
