U.S. History Timeline

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    Early Republic

    Louisiana Purchase - A deal between U.S. and France where U.S. got half of America
    War of 1812 - Was against US and Britain
    French Revolution - Political and societal change between France and US
  • George Washington

    George Washington
    1789 - 1797
  • John Adams

    John Adams
    1789 - 1801
    Federalist
  • 🟩 Hamilton's Financial Plan

    *Get out of revolutionary war debt
    1. sell US Treasury bonds
    2. Excise Taxes
    3. Tariffs
    4. National Bank
  • 🟦 The Second Great Awakening

    Religious movement of people creating a more personal experiance and social reform.
  • Thomas Jefferson

    Thomas Jefferson
    1801 - 1809
    Democratic republican
  • JAMES MADDISON

    JAMES MADDISON
    1809 - 1817
    Democratic Republican
  • 🟥War of 1812

    Britain and France at war, intervening with American trade
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    Manifest Destiny/Western Expansion

    Louisiana Purchase - US buying half of America
    Texas Annexation - Incorporation of Republic of Texas into the US
    Trail of Tears - Removing Indians from their native land
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    Era of Good Feelings

    Missouri Compromise - To stop slavery in northern states
    Panic or 1819 - Financial crisis towards western expansion
    Second party system - a political party system
  • JAMES MONROE

    JAMES MONROE
    1817 - 1825
    Democratic republican
  • 🟦 Temperance Movement

    Advocating for no consumption of alcohol leading into the Prohibition Era
  • John Quincy Adams

    John Quincy Adams
    1825 - 1829
    Federalist
  • ANDREW Jackson

    ANDREW Jackson
    1829 - 1837
    Democratic
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    Jacksonian

    The Alamo - Texans winning against Mexico and making a self governing government
    Trail of Tears - The removal of native Americans
    Second Great Awakening - Changing the war Americans worshiped and converting many into Christianity
  • 🟪 Indian Removal Act

    🟪 Indian Removal Act
    Signed by Andrew Jackson, he removed all of the native Indians
  • 🟩Jackson Vetoes the Second National Bank

    Believed the bank was unconstitutional and flavored the wealthy.
  • 🟥The Alamo

    Texas's struggle to fight for independence from Mexico. Texas Revolution
  • Martian Van Buren

    Martian Van Buren
    1837 - 1841
    Democratic
  • William Henry Harrison

    William Henry Harrison
    1841
    Whig
  • John Tyler

    John Tyler
    1841 - 1845
    Whig
  • 🟧Texas Annexation

    Texas had their independence from Spain but became a state of the U.S.
  • James K Polk

    James K Polk
    1845 - 1849
    Democratic
  • 🟪 The Great Famine and Irish Immigration

    Irish immigration impacted the economy and development of infrastructure.
  • 🟥Mexican American War

    Driven by Texas Annexation and Mexico not recognizing Texas independence
  • 🟧 Seneca Falls Convention

    The first woman's rights convention to discuss social, and political rights of women.
  • Zachary Taylor

    Zachary Taylor
    1849 - 1850
    Whig
  • Millard Fillmore

    Millard Fillmore
    1850 - 1853
    Whig
  • Franklin Pierce

    Franklin Pierce
    1853 - 1857
    Democratic
  • James Buchanan

    James Buchanan
    1857-1861
    Democratic
  • Abraham Lincoln

    Abraham Lincoln
    1861 - 1865
    National Union
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    🟥Civil War

    Virginia Convention - to consider whether Virginia should secede from the United States.
    Battle of Gettysburg - Battle between Union and confederate forces
    Battle of Antietam -
  • 🟧 Jackson Vetoes the Second National Bank

    States that the National Bank was not authorized by the constitution
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    Progressive Era

  • Andrew Johnson

    Andrew Johnson
    1865-1869
    Democratic
  • 🟪Atlantic Slave Trade(end)

    Europeans forced Africans to move to the Americas for free labor.
  • Ulysses S Grant

    Ulysses S Grant
    1869-1877
    Republican
  • 🟧 Jim Crow

    Laws that made segregation legal.
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    Gilded Age

  • Rutherford B Hayes

    Rutherford B Hayes
    1877-1881
    Republican
  • 🟦 Settlement House Movement

    urban areas building houses and community centers to get people out of poverty and homelessness.
  • James A Garfield

    James A Garfield
    1881
    Republican
  • Chester A Arthur

    Chester A Arthur
    1881 - 1885
    Republican
  • 🟪Chinese Exclusion Act

    The first law restricting immigration, putting a 10 year ban on Chinese immigration
  • Grover Cleveland

    Grover Cleveland
    1885-1889 / 1893-1897
    National Democratic
  • Benjamin Harrison

    Benjamin Harrison
    1889-1893
    Republican
  • William Mckenly

    William Mckenly
    1897-1901
    Repiblican
  • 🟥Spanish American War

    U.S. getting involved with the rebellion in Cuba for their independence from Spain.
  • Theodore Roosevelt

    Theodore Roosevelt
    1901-1909
    Republican
  • William Howard Taft

    William Howard Taft
    1909-1913
    Republican
  • Woodrow Wilson

    Woodrow Wilson
    1913-1921
    Democratic
  • 🟥WWI

    Allied Powers vs. Central Powers. Tensions built up as countries grew stronger.
  • Warren G Harding

    Warren G Harding
    1921-1923
    Republican
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    Roaring 20's

  • 🟥 Tulsa Race Massacre

    🟥 Tulsa Race Massacre
    A group of white people killed black residence.
  • Calvin Coolidge

    Calvin Coolidge
    1923-1929
    Republican
  • 🟧 Introduction of the ERA

    The Equal Rights Amendment - was introduced by Alice Paul, campaigning for a new amendment that would grant women equal rights. Failed to meet a number of state ratifications.
  • Herbert Hoover

    Herbert Hoover
    1929-1933
    Republican
  • 🟥 Great Depression

    The stock market crashes causing citizens and government to lose money
  • The Dust Bowl

    Rural areas weren't hit at first by the Despression but farms started over plowing and cropping making dirt go in the air covering rural towns. Removed soil, droughts
  • Franklin D Roosevelt

    Franklin D Roosevelt
    1933-1945
    Democratic
  • 🟩 The New Deal

    Promised jobs and income to citizens for them to get back together.
  • 🟥WWII

    Hitler attempted and took over many nations and the Allied powers declared war on the central nations.
  • 🟦 Chicano Movement

    Mexicans fighting for their civil rights
  • 🟦 Zoot Suit Riots

    Happened in California and symbolized the tension between Mexicans and Californians
  • 🟪Japanese Internment

    During WW2, the U.S. government put Japanese people in concentration camps.
  • Harry T Truman

    Harry T Truman
    1945-1953
    Democratic
  • 🟥Cold War

    Tension between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. No shots were fired
  • 🟥Korean War

    Conflict between North Korea(S.U. and China) and South Korea(U.S./U.N.) and want never resolved and have an armed border splitting the two.
  • Dwight D Eisenhower

    Dwight D Eisenhower
    1953-1961
    Republican
  • 🟥Vietnam War

    Conflict between North and South Vietnam with the assistance of U.S.
  • 🟧 Red Power Movement

    🟧 Red Power Movement
    Gave native Indians more rights. 1960's-1970's
  • John F Kennedy

    John F Kennedy
    1961-1963
    Democratic
  • Lyndon B Johnson

    Lyndon B Johnson
    1963-1969
    Democratic
  • Richard M Nixon

    Richard M Nixon
    1969-1974
    Republican
  • 🟦 The Stonewall Riots

    Riots demonstrating against police raids
  • Gerald R Ford

    Gerald R Ford
    1974-1977
    Republican
  • Jimmy Carter

    Jimmy Carter
    1977-1981
    Democratic
  • Ronald Reagan

    Ronald Reagan
    1981-1989
    Republican
  • 🟦 Second National March on Washington

    A rally fighting for lesbian and gay rights
  • George Bush

    George Bush
    1989-1993
    Republican
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    Contemporary History

  • William J Clinton

    William J Clinton
    1993-2001
    Democratic
  • 🟥9/11

    Terrorists attacked the world trade center and the pentagon in New York killing many people.
  • George W Bush

    George W Bush
    2001-2009
    Republican
  • Barack Obama

    Barack Obama
    2009-2017
    Democratic
  • Donald J Trump

    Donald J Trump
    2017-2021 / 2025-
    Republican
  • Joseph R Biden

    Joseph R Biden
    2021-2025
    Democratic