U.S. History Timeline

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    Early Republic

  • Constitution ratified🟧

    When the Constitution was approved it in 1788 it created a stronger national government and set the rules for how the US would be run.
  • George Washington

    George Washington

  • The Second Great Awakening🟦

    end 1830s
    The Second Great Awakening was a big wave of church excitement that made people want to be better and fix problems in society.
  • Hamilton's Financial Plan🟩

    Hamilton’s plan helped the US pay its bills and get its money system working by starting a big bank and collecting taxes.
  • Whiskey Rebellion 🟥

    uprising of farmers and distillers in western Pennsylvania in protest of a whiskey tax enacted by the federal government.
  • John Adams

    John Adams

  • Thomas Jefferson

    Thomas Jefferson

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    Louisiana Purchase 🟪

    The acquisition of a vast territory from France by the United States for $15 million.
  • James Maddison

    James Maddison

  • War of 1812🟥

    a conflict primarily over maritime rights and trade restrictions.
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    Manifest Destiny/Westward Expansion

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    Era of Good Feelings

  • James Monroe

    James Monroe

  • Temperance Movement 🟦

    first urged moderation, then encouraged drinkers to help each other to resist temptation, and ultimately demanded that local, state, and national governments prohibit alcohol outright.
  • John Quincy Adams

    John Quincy Adams

  • Andrew Jackson

    Andrew Jackson

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    Jacksonian

  • Indian Removal Act🟪

    authorized the president to negotiate treaties with Indian tribes for their removal from lands east of the Mississippi River to western territories.
  • Jackson Vetoes the second national bank🟩

    In 1832, President Andrew Jackson vetoed a bill to recharter the Second Bank of the United States
  • Martin Van Buren

    Martin Van Buren

  • William Henry Harrison

    William Henry Harrison

  • John Tyler

    John Tyler

  • James K. Polk

    James K. Polk

  • The Great Famine and Irish Immigration🟪

    The Great Famine in Ireland, primarily between 1845 and 1852, triggered a massive wave of Irish emigration, particularly to the United States
  • Mexican American War🟥

    was a conflict between the United States and Mexico stemming from a dispute over the Texas-Mexico border and the U.S. annexation of Texas.
  • Seneca Falls Convention🟪

    the first women's rights convention in the United States
  • Zachary Taylor

    Zachary Taylor

  • Millard Fillmore

    Millard Fillmore

  • Franklin Pierce

    Franklin Pierce

  • James Buchanan

    James Buchanan

  • Abraham Lincoln

    Abraham Lincoln

  • Civil War🟥

    War between south and north in the US
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    Civil War

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    Progressive Era

  • Andrew Johnson

    Andrew Johnson

  • Ulysses S. Grant

    Ulysses S. Grant

  • Jim Crow🟦

    end 1955
    Jim Crow was a system of state-level laws, primarily in the Southern United States, that enforced racial segregation and discrimination against African Americans from the late 19th century through the mid-20th century.
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    Gilded Age

  • Rutherford B. Hayes

    Rutherford B. Hayes

  • Settlement House Movement 🟦

    a progressive reform movement in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that aimed to bridge the gap between the wealthy and the poor, often immigrants, in urban areas
  • James A. Garfeild

    James A. Garfeild

  • Chester A. Arthur

    Chester A. Arthur

  • Chinese Exclusion act🟪

    prohibited the immigration of Chinese laborers for 10 years
  • Crover Cleveland

    Crover Cleveland

  • Benjamin Harrison

    Benjamin Harrison

  • Crover Cleveland

    Crover Cleveland

  • William McKinley

    William McKinley

  • Spanish American War🟥

    ended Spain's colonial empire in the Western Hemisphere and established the United States as a world power.
  • Theodore Roosevelt

    Theodore Roosevelt

  • William Howard Taft

    William Howard Taft

  • Woodrow Wilson

    Woodrow Wilson

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    WWI

  • WW1🟥

    a global conflict that lasted from 1914 to 1918
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    Roaring 20s

  • Warren G. Harding

    Warren G. Harding

  • Tulsa Race Massacre🟥

    A white mob attacked residents, homes, and businesses in the predominantly Black Greenwood neighborhood, also known as "Black Wall Street" due to its thriving business district.
  • Calvin Coolidge

    Calvin Coolidge

  • Intro of the ERA 🟦

    a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution that aims to guarantee equal rights under the law for all citizens, regardless of sex.
  • Herbert Hoover

    Herbert Hoover

  • Great Depression 🟩

    a severe global economic downturn that lasted from 1929 to 1939.
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    Great Depression

  • The Dust Bowl 🟩

    a severe drought in the 1930s that devastated the Great Plains region of the United States.
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt

    Franklin D. Roosevelt

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    The New Deal 🟩

    The New Deal was a series of government programs and projects launched by President Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Great Depression to address the economic crisis and provide relief, recovery, and reform.
  • Chicano Movement 🟦

    to 1970s
    a social and political movement in the United States that emerged in the 1960s and 1970s.
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    WWII🟥

    war between axis powers and the alies and Natzis loose
  • Japanese Interment 🟦

    a forced relocation of approximately 120,000 people of Japanese descent, including both citizens and immigrants, to 10 internment camps during World War II.
  • Zoot Suit Riot🟦

    he Zoot Suit Riots were a series of violent clashes in Los Angeles in June 1943, primarily between American servicemen and young Mexican American youth, particularly those wearing zoot suits.
  • Harry S. Truman

    Harry S. Truman

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    Cold War🟥

    a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, lasting from 1947 to 1991.
  • Korean War🟥

    a conflict fought on the Korean Peninsula between North Korea (supported by China and the Soviet Union) and South Korea (supported by the United Nations Command, led by the United States) from 1950 to 1953
  • Dwight Eisenhower

    Dwight Eisenhower

  • Vietnam War🟥

    The Vietnam War was a protracted and divisive conflict that took place in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1955 to 1975.
  • Red Power Movement🟦

    end in the 1970s
    a social movement led by Native American youth in the late 1960s and 1970s that advocated for Native American self-determination and sovereignty.
  • John F. Kennedy

    John F. Kennedy

  • Lyndon B. Johnson

    Lyndon B. Johnson

  • Richard Nixon

    Richard Nixon

  • The Stonewall Riots🟦

  • Gerald Ford

    Gerald Ford

  • Jimmy Carter

    Jimmy Carter

  • Ronald Reagan

    Ronald Reagan

  • Second National March on Washington🟦

  • George H W. Bush

    George H W. Bush

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    Contemporary History

  • Bill Clinton

    Bill Clinton

  • George W Bush

    George W Bush

  • Barack Obama

    Barack Obama

  • Donald Trump

    Donald Trump

  • Joe Biden

    Joe Biden

  • Donald Trump

    Donald Trump