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United States Politics
A historical timeline of the United States political political landscape from 1784 through 2017 -
Adams and peace ttreaty
dams negotiated peace treaty. This splitted up the federalists -
Aaron Burr and federalists
Vice President Arron Burr voted with Federalist.Ended Republican alleigances. -
Louisiana terriroty
Treaty drawn to purchase Louisiana Territory -
Presidential elections
Presedential Elections: Popular Vote Electoral VoteThomas Jefferson (D-Republican) 162
Charles C. Pinckney (Federalist) 14 -
Jefferson nominates
Jefferson nominates James Monroe and William Pinckney as joint commissioners to Great Britain. British warships have been boarding and searching American ships and seizing American as well as British seamen, claiming that they are British deserters. -
Aaron Burr
Aaron Burr is captured near New Orleans. He escapes but is recaptured and imprisoned. In April, Burr is charged with treason and tried in Richmond in a federal circuit court presided over by John Marshall -
Capitol building burned
British burn Capitol building in Washington. Starts more problems -
Napoleon
Napoleon finally defeated at Waterloo. Napoleon's forces marched into Belgium, where separate armies of British and Prussian troops were camped. -
manumission and karly marx
Georgia prohibits Manumission -- Karl Marx born in Germany -
Alabama slave state
Alabama admitted as slave state.Bringing the number of slave states and free states to equal numbers -
Missouri compromise
Missouri Compromise, admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. Maine immediately gives right to vote and education to all male citizens. -
Blacks and the right to vote
New York gives free Blacks the right to vote.Blacks start getting more rights -
Jefferson dies
Jefferson dies shortly after 12 noon, on the fiftieth anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. He is eighty-three years old. -
Slavery illegal in York
Slavery illegal in New York. More states start banning slavery -
ANdrew jackson election
Election of Andrew Jackson.Was the 11th quadrennial presidential election -
Underground railroad
“Underground Railroad” established. Goods can now be transported. -
Texas independence
Texas declares independence from Mexico -
Martin van buren
Martin van Buren elected President -
Depression
Depression begins with "Panic of 1837" -
Santa anna over thrown
Santa Anna presidency is overthrown in Mexico. Overthrown by liberal revolution . -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 1848 - Karl Marx publishes Communist Manifesto
Oregon organized as territory -
Compromise of 1850 and Millard Fillmore
Compromise of 1850 admits California as free state but Fugitive Slave Law enacted.
Millard Fillmore elected President -
Uncle toms cabin
Uncle Tom’s Cabin published - Jossiah Priest publishes Bible defense of slavery
Franklin Pierce elected president; Napoleon III's Second Empire established in France; California encourages Chinese to immigrate and work on railroads -
Fillmore dies america and mexico sign Gadsen treaty
President Filmore dies in office, succeeded by Franklin Pierce- America and Mexico sign Gadsden Treaty; Vice President William King dies; Arctic explorer Elisha Kane ventures farther north than any man has before.
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Franklin Pierce re-elected
Franklin Pierce re-elected President.Re-nominated by the demcorats -
Blacks banned from kansas,david livingstone, Walt whitman
Free Soilers establish government banning slavery and blacks from Kansas; David Livingstone discovers Victoria Falls; Walt Whitman publishes "Leaves of Grass." -
Dred Scott
Dred Scott Supreme Court Decision, Dred Scott 1857 slavery case
newspaper editorials on case -
South carolina sucedes
South Carolina Secedes.South Carolina became the first slave state in the south to declare that it had seceded from the United States. -
Lincoln inaugurated
Lincoln Inaugurated.16th president inauguarated -
Union lose battle of fredericksburg
Union loses Battle of Fredericksburg and over 12,600 men, South loses about 5,300. -
Battle of gettysbrug
Battle of Gettysburg was a major Union victory.It was a defensive battle -
Presidential reconstruction
“Presidential Reconstruction” Andrew Johnson, the 17th President of the United States, was pro-slavery throughout his career in the Senate and as the Military Governor of Tennessee. Republican Abraham Lincoln chose Andrew Johnson, a Democratic senator from Tennessee, as his Vice Presidential candidate. -
President johnson impeached
President Johnson impeached, acquitted.The U.S. House of Representatives votes 11 articles of impeachment against President Andrew Johnson, nine of which cite Johnson's removal of Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, a violation of the Tenure of Office Act. -
15th amendment ratified
15th Amendment gets Ratified.Giving Blacks but not women the right to vote. -
KKK
KKK members tried and convicted by federal courts in Mississippi. Grant suspends habeas corpus and declared martial law in 9 So. Carolina counties. Many Blacks elected to political office. -
Black members in congress
43rd Congress has seven Black members. -
Jim crow laws
“Jim Crow” laws enacted in Tennessee.Jim Crow laws were state and local laws enforcing racial segregation in the Southern United States. -
Civil rights act of 1875
Civil Rights Act of 1875 declared unconstitutional.Also known as the enforcement act -
Disputed election
DISPUTED ELECTION – DEAL MADE TO WITHDRAW TROOPS FROM SOUTH. 23rd quadrennial presidential election. -
No blacks in congress
50th Congress has no Black members. Intimidation kept Black voters from polls. -
HItler
HITLER is BORN.German politician of the Nazi Party. Huge threat towards the US. -
Battle of Wounded Knee
December, Battle of Wounded Knee. 200 Native American women and children massacred by U.S. troops. Wounde Knee -
SOuthern states
SOUTHERN STATES PASS LAWS TO DISENFRANCISE BLACKS -
TR
TR ELECTED VICE PRESIDENT.Was also an author and explorer. -
TR becomes President
MCKINLEY ASSONATED – TR BECOMES PRESIDENT -
Taft
TAFT ELECTED PRESIDENT. Becomes 27th president. -
TR runs as progressive and loses
TR RUNS AS PROGRESSIVE… WILSON WINS.32nd quadrennial presidential election. -
World war 1
WORLD WAR I BEGINS IN EUROPE. Was a global War -
US enters World War
U.S. ENTERS WORLD WAR I.Biggest warshed in the centeruy. -
World War 1 ends
WORLD WAR I ENDS. Ended with the treaty of Versailles -
TR and Carnegie die
TR DIES – CARNEGIE DIES.TR dies from Cardiovascular disease -
Hitler goes to Jail
HITLER SENTENCED TO JAIL, BEGINS MEIN KAMPF. Book about his life -
Hitler beer hall
HITLER’S BEER HALL COUP ATTEMPT FAILS.Failed coup attempt by the Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler — along with Generalquartiermeister Erich Ludendorff and other Kampfbund leaders,to seize power in Munich -
Hindenburgh
HINDENBURG ELECTED PRESIDENT OF GERMANY.second time being reelected -
Stock market crashes
STOCK MARKET CRASHES, DEPRESSION BEGINS. Biggest depression in History -
Hitler and the Nazis
HITLER’S NAZI PARTY GAINS MAJORITY IN PARLIAMENT. STart gaining more and more power through Europe. -
Worst of depression
WORST OF DEPRESSION,ALMOST 25% UNEMPLOYED. America is in debt -
FDR
FDR INAUGURATED “100 DAYS”. -
FR
FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT ELECTED PRESIDEnt. Turns out to e only president elected 4 times -
Hitler rises to power
HINDENBURG DIES, HITLER APPOINTS HIMSELF PRESIDENT - “ FUEHRER” -
FDR reelected
FDR RE-ELECTED.Had the longest tenure of any U.S. president. -
Hindenburgh burns
German airship HINDENBURG BURNS IN NEW JERSEY -
Hitler gets CZK
British P.M. Chamberlain agrees that Hitler can have Czechoslovakia. -
world war 2
WORLD WAR II STARTS IN EUROPE with German Invasion of Poland. In just five weeks Poland surrenders to Germany -
Germany invades
Germany invades Holland, Belgium and France – Churchill becomes P.M. -
Germnay invades russia
Germany invades Russia. Russia is going to be one of the harder countries to invade. -
Surrender phillipines
U.S. surrenders Philippines to Japan. Hard loss for America. -
Roosevelt meets with churchill.
Roosevelt and Churchill meet in Casablanca, North Africa -
MacArthur
MacArthur’s troops land in Philippines. -
FDR dies
FDR Dies. DIes from Intracerebral hemorrhage -
Troops in Korea
U.S. troops in Korea, replacing Japanese. -
Marshall Plan
Marshall plan to aid Germany and Europe (originally offered to all of Europe, including USSR occupied. -
Truman wins
Truman defeats Dewey and is re-elected. Truman was the favorite -
NATO
NATO established
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949. -
Communists in US
Communists in U.S. must register -
22nd amendment
22nd Amendment is made. prohibiting more than two presidential terms -
Eisenhower and Nixon
Eisenhower and Nixon elected President and Vice President -
US provides
U.S. provides military aid to France to suppress Vietnam freedom fighters -
Brown vs education
Brown v. Board of Education. was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. -
US
U.S. begins economic aid to South Vietnam -
Eisenhower and nixon part 2
Eisenhower and Nixon re-elected. -
Little rock
Faubus of Arkansas uses National Guard troops to prevent de-segregation of Little Rock High School. DDE federalizes troops and forces de-segregation. -
SPutnik
Soviets launch “Sputnik”. Plan to get tpo the moon -
Kruschev
Khruschev visits U.S. became the first Soviet premier to visit the United States. -
Kennedy and Johnson
Kennedy and Johnson elected President and Vice President -
US INCREASES
US INCREASES INVOLVEMENT IN VIETNAM.auses more tension -
MILITARY COUP
Military coup (with U.S. approval) overthrows Diem in Vietnam. Helps out america -
JFK assassinated
KENNEDY ASSASSINATED. SHot by Lee Harvey Oswald. -
Johnson wins
Johnson defeats Republican Goldwater and remains President –Goldwater only got 52 electoral votes, perceived as a war hawk. -
Massive scalation i9n us
Massive escalation of U.S. military effort, combined with nightly TV coverage of war and opposition of liberal news media. Anti war demonstrations become wide spread -
Vietnam war escalating.
Vietnam war continues to escalate. HArd war for both countires economically -
Nixon wins
Nixon defeats Humphrey and becomes President -
Vietnam peace convos
Vietnam peace talks start. Trying to solve a solution -
Vietnam war ends
VIETNAM WAR ENDS- NIXON RESIGNS -
CLinton is pres.
CLINTON ELECTED President. -
BUSH
DISPUTED ELECTION OF 2000 - George Bush BECOMES PRESIDENT -
GWB
George Walker Bush inaugurated as the 43rd President of the United States. -
DOHS
The Department of Homeland Security is created. Made for the September 11 attacks. -
Republicans
Republicans retake narrow control of the Senate following 2002 elections. -
Raegsn dies
Former U.S. President Ronald Wilson Reagan dies from complications resulting from Alzheimer's Disease. He lies in state at the U.S. Capitol building before being interred. -
US OIL
U.S. oil prices hit a record $147 per barrel in the wake of—among other factors—international tensions and the falling U.S. dollar vs. the Euro. -
Barack Obama inaugurated
Barack Obama is officially sworn into office becoming the 44th President of the United States of America. This historic event also was the first time that an African American has become President -
Barack Obama
Barack Obama is inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States. He is also the first African-American to hold the office -
Obama reelcted again
President Barack Obama is re-elected over Republican candidate Mitt Romney in the presidential election. -
Radical congressional reconstruction
“Radical” Congressional Reconstruction. The Congressional elections turned on the issue of Reconstruction, producing a sweeping Republican victory in the North, and providing the Radical Republicans with sufficient control of Congress to override Johnson's vetoes and commence their own "Radical Reconstruction".
