U.S History By Qproject169 Period: Jan 1, 1789 to Jan 1, 1820 A New Nation Mar 4, 1789 First Congress Feb 25, 1791 Bank of USA Aug 20, 1797 Judicial Review Period: Jan 1, 1801 to Jan 5, 1850 Expansion and Reform Nov 11, 1801 Judiciary Act of 1801 Dec 23, 1803 Louisiana Purchase Aug 16, 1804 Lewis and Clark May 17, 1807 Embargo Act of 1807 Jan 1, 1812 War of 1812 Dec 24, 1814 Treaty of Ghent Nov 20, 1815 Battle of New Orleans Jul 21, 1816 16th Amendment, establishing an income tax May 17, 1820 Missouri Compromise Nov 27, 1820 Nationalism Jun 11, 1825 James Monroe Aug 16, 1825 Eli Whitney/Cotton Gin Jan 21, 1829 Andrew Jackson Feb 17, 1829 St. Valentine's Day massacre Mar 4, 1837 Martin Van Buren Jan 25, 1840 Know-Nothings Jul 18, 1843 Noah Webster May 17, 1847 Samual Colt Period: Jul 16, 1847 to May 22, 1875 Civil War Aug 25, 1849 California Gold Rush May 17, 1852 Manifest Destiny May 31, 1853 Gadsden Purchase Jul 6, 1854 Convention of Kanagawa Jul 21, 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act Apr 20, 1856 Pottawatomie Massacre Sep 15, 1857 Dred Scott v. Sandford Dec 9, 1858 Lincoln-Douglas Debate Feb 20, 1859 Harper's Raid Jan 27, 1860 South Carolina secedes from the Union Period: Apr 26, 1860 to Nov 24, 1896 The Great West May 18, 1860 Abraham Lincoln elected President of the United States Apr 8, 1861 American Civil War begins at Fort Sumter Dec 5, 1862 Second Battle of Bull Run (Second Battle of Manassas) Nov 10, 1863 Battle of Gettysburg Jun 28, 1864 Sand Creek Massacre Feb 8, 1865 13th Amendment passes, permanently outlawing slavery Mar 4, 1866 Ku Klux Klan founded Nov 17, 1866 Civil Rights Act of 1866 Oct 27, 1868 Impeachment of Andrew Johnson, acquitted by the Senate May 18, 1872 Yellowstone National Park created Nov 5, 1872 Ulysess S. Grant defeats Greely Apr 1, 1873 RMS Atlantic sinks May 18, 1876 Battle of Little Bighorn Jul 11, 1876 Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone Period: Aug 25, 1877 to Feb 19, 1900 Becoming an Industrial Society Dec 11, 1885 Washington monument completed Jul 25, 1886 Haymarket Riot Aug 20, 1886 American Federation of Labor founded in Columbus, Ohio Jun 9, 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre Period: Jul 10, 1890 to Nov 30, 1914 America in world affairs Sep 3, 1890 Jacob Riis published "How the Other Half Lives" Oct 19, 1890 Sherman Antitrust Act Period: Dec 8, 1890 to Mar 18, 1914 Progressive movement Feb 27, 1892 Homestead Strike May 21, 1894 Pullman strike Nov 25, 1895 Pollock v. Farmers' Loan and Trust Company strikes down part of Wilson-Gorman Tariff Apr 16, 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson, affirms the idea of "separate but equal" Jul 17, 1898 USS Maine explodes in Havana Cuba harbor, precipitating the Spanish-American War Jan 6, 1899 American Somoa Occupied May 20, 1899 Teller Amendment Jan 12, 1900 Gold Standard Act Jul 20, 1900 U.S. helps put down Boxer Rebellion Mar 5, 1901 Theodore Roosevelt becomes President Apr 19, 1901 William McKinley assassinated Feb 21, 1902 U.S. Steel founded by John Pierpont Morgan Oct 10, 1902 The Wright brothers make their first powered flight in the Wright Flyer May 9, 1903 Department of Commerce and Labor created Jun 20, 1903 Ford Motor Company formed Jun 21, 1903 Big Stick Diplomacy Dec 14, 1903 Panama Canal Zone acquired Mar 26, 1908 Ford Model T appears on marke Nov 10, 1909 NAACP founded by W. E. B. Du Bois Feb 8, 1910 Boy Scouts of America chartered Oct 20, 1910 Mann-Elkins Act May 18, 1911 Supreme Court breaks up Standard Oil Apr 21, 1912 RMS Titanic sinks Aug 20, 1913 End of the Philippine-American War Sep 19, 1913 Federal Reserve Act Jan 4, 1914 Mother's Day established as a national holiday Period: Jan 24, 1914 to Dec 2, 1930 The Great War Jan 25, 1914 World War 1 begins in Europe May 18, 1914 ABC Nations Jul 20, 1915 RMS Lusitania sunk Oct 21, 1916 Federal Farm Loan Act Feb 20, 1917 U.S. Virgin Islands purchased from Denmark Sep 17, 1917 U.S. enters World War I Nov 19, 1917 Zimmermann telegram Nov 19, 1917 Espionage and Sedition Acts Feb 18, 1918 President Wilson's Fourteen Points, which assures citizens that that the Great War was being fought for a moral cause and for postwar peace in Europe Jun 12, 1918 First Red Scare Jan 9, 1919 United States Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles and League of Nations Feb 6, 1919 Treaty of Versailles ends World War I May 23, 1919 18th Amendment, establishing Prohibition Period: Jun 7, 1919 to Sep 26, 1939 Property and Depression Oct 1, 1920 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote Oct 17, 1920 First radio broadcasts in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Detroit, Michigan Jun 19, 1921 Emergency Quota Act Sep 18, 1924 Immigration Act Basic Law May 15, 1925 Nellie Tayloe Ross elected governor of Wyoming Jul 26, 1927 Charles Lindbergh makes first trans-Atlantic flight May 17, 1928 Disney's Steamboat Willie opens, the first animated picture to feature Mickey Mouse Jul 7, 1928 Kellogg-Briand Pact Jul 21, 1930 Frozen vegetables, packaged by Clarence Birdseye, become the first frozen food to go on sale Jul 12, 1931 Empire State Building opens in New York City. Feb 22, 1932 Bonus Army marches on DC Jan 20, 1933 20th Amendment, establishing the beginning and ending of the terms of the elected federal offices on January 20. Mar 4, 1933 Franklin Delano Roosevelt sworn in as President; he is the last president to be inaugurated Jun 21, 1933 21st Amendment, ending Prohibition Feb 24, 1934 Dust Bowl begins, causing major ecological and agricultural damage to the Great Plains Jun 8, 1934 John Dillinger killed Feb 4, 1935 Social Security Act Feb 22, 1935 The F.B.I. is established with J. Edgar Hoover as its first director. Apr 3, 1935 Neutrality Act May 6, 1937 Hindenburg disaster, killing 35 people and marking an end to airship travel Jan 11, 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act Sep 1, 1939 Nazi Germany invades Poland; World War II begins Period: Sep 1, 1939 to Aug 9, 1945 World War II Sep 3, 1939 Britain and France declare war on Germany. Jun 14, 1940 German troops march into Paris, France surrenders on June 22 Jul 11, 1940 The 'Battle of Britain' air campaign begins. Jun 22, 1941 Germany invades Russia. Hitler orders "maximum cruelty" against civilians, which results in fanatic Russian resistance. Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor Jun 4, 1942 The battle of Midway. Four Japanese carriers are sunk, and one American carrier. Japan's naval superiority is lost. Jul 6, 1944 D-Day. American, British, Canadian forces invade France at the beaches of Normandy Apr 30, 1945 Adolph Hitler commits suicide in his bunker in Berlin. He appoints Admiral Doenitz as his successor. Sep 2, 1945 V.J Day Period: Sep 8, 1945 to Jun 23, 1980 Recovery, Prosperity, Turmoil and the Cold War Dec 20, 1946 Employment Act Aug 25, 1947 The Marshall Plan Feb 12, 1948 Alger Hiss Case May 23, 1950 Korean War begins Feb 13, 1955 Rosa Parks incites the Montgomery Bus Boycott Nov 1, 1955 Vietnam War Jun 15, 1961 John F. Kennedy becomes President. Oct 21, 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion Jul 20, 1969 1969 - Neil Armstrong walks on the Moon May 15, 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty signed with USSR Period: Oct 14, 1973 to May 18, 2011 The United States since Vietnam Oct 19, 1973 Watergate scandal: President Nixon fires three Attorneys General over disposition of the secret tapes and the actions of the Special Prosecutor. Apr 20, 1975 Fall of Saigon May 30, 1980 John Lennon assassinated Jun 17, 1989 The animated comedy The Simpsons debuts May 22, 1990 1990 - Iraq invades Kuwait leading to the Gulf War. Nov 14, 1991 Cold War ends as the USSR dissolves. Jan 20, 2001 George W. Bush is inaugurated Sep 11, 2001 September 11th terrorist attacks Feb 21, 2004 The social networking site Facebook is launched Dec 23, 2007 Recession officially begins in December. Jun 25, 2009 Pop icon Michael Jackson dies, creating the largest public mourning for an entertainer since the death of Elvis Presley. May 2, 2011 Osama bin Laden, leader of al-Qaeda and mastermind of the September 11 attacks, is killed in Abbottabad, Pakistan by Navy Seals Team 6.
