US History 2 Hour 2 Timeline (Adrian Bayless)

Treaty of Paris

Sep 3, 1783

Seneca Falls Convention

Jul 19, 1848

Peak Power of Tammany Hall Ring

Period: 1858 to 1877

First Ironclad Warships Built

1859

Presidency of Abraham Lincoln

Period: Mar 4, 1861 to Apr 15, 1865

American Civil War

Period: Apr 12, 1861 to May 9, 1865

Emancipation Proclamation

Jan 1, 1863

Abraham Lincoln announces the end of slavery in the Confederacy

Reconstruction

Period: Jan 1, 1863 to Mar 31, 1877

Public Education Enacted Through All States

Period: 1865 to 1895

Presidency of Andrew Jackson

Period: Apr 15, 1865 to Mar 4, 1869

Das Kapital Published

1867

U.S. Settles Midway Islands

1867

U.S. Settles Midway Islands

1867

U.S. Purchase of Alaska

Mar 30, 1867

First Cuban Rebellion (Ten Years War)

Period: Oct 8, 1868 to 1878

Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant

Period: Mar 4, 1869 to Mar 4, 1877

Battle of Little Bighorn

Jun 26, 1876

major defeat pf U.S. Army by Native American forces

Great Strike of 1877

1877

Jim Crow Era

Period: 1877 to 1965

Presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes

Period: Mar 4, 1877 to Mar 4, 1881

Presidency of James Garfield

Period: Mar 4, 1881 to Sep 19, 1881

Presidency of Chester A. Arthur

Period: Sep 19, 1881 to Mar 4, 1885

Chinese Exclusion Act Begins

May 6, 1882

Joseph Pulitzer Builds The New York World Newspaper

1883

Pendleton Civil Service Act Passed

Jan 16, 1883

Presidency of Grover Cleveland

Period: Mar 4, 1885 to Mar 4, 1897

Haymarket Affair

May 4, 1886

NAWSA Founded

1890

Sherman Antitrust Act Passed

1890

Homestead Strike

Jun 29, 1892

Economic Panic of 1893

1893

Overthrow of Hawaiian Monarchy

Jan 17, 1893

William Randolph Heart begins buying up newspapers

1895

Cuba Libre Movement Launched

1895

Presidency of William McKinley

Period: Mar 4, 1897 to Sep 14, 1901

U.S.S. Maine Explodes

Feb 15, 1898

268 Men Killed

Philippines Revolt against the U.S.

Period: Jun 2, 1899 to Jul 2, 1902

"Open Door" Policy Introduced

Sep 6, 1899

Boxer Rebellion

Period: Nov 2, 1899 to Sep 7, 1901

Carrie Nation's Hatchitations

Period: 1900 to 1901

American Occupation of Puerto Rico finally ends

1901

Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt

Period: Sep 14, 1901 to Mar 4, 1909

1902 Coal Strike

Period: May 12, 1902 to Oct 23, 1902

Panama Canal Construction

Period: 1903 to 1914

Cuba is Protectorate of U.S.

Period: 1903 to 1934

Panama Declares Independence

Nov 3, 1903

Treaty of Portsmouth

Period: 1904 to 1906

Ended the Russo-Japanese War

I.W.W Founded

Jun 27, 1905

Gentlemen's Agreement

1906

Bunting v. Oregon

1906

Pure Food and Drug Act

1906

"The Jungle" Published

Feb 26, 1906

Meat Inspection Act

1907

Great White Fleet

Period: Dec 16, 1907 to Feb 22, 1909

Employer's Liability Act

1908

Muller v. Oregon

1908

NAACP Founded

Feb 12, 1909

Presidency of William H. Taft

Period: Mar 4, 1909 to Mar 4, 1913

Mexican Revolution

Period: 1910 to 1920

Porfirio Diaz Overthrown

1911

Triangle Shirtwaist Tragedy

Mar 25, 1911

Deceased - 146
Injured - 71

Bull Moose/Progressive Party Active

1912

16th Amendment Ratified

Feb 3, 1913

Presidency of Woodrow Wilson

Period: Mar 4, 1913 to Mar 4, 1921

17th Amendment Ratified

Apr 8, 1913

Federal Reserve Created

Dec 23, 1913

Clayton Antitrust Act

1914

Federal Trade Commission Created

Sep 26, 1914

U.S. Marines Occupy Haiti

Period: 1915 to 1934

Guillaume Sam Massacre

Jul 27, 1915

Keating-Owen ActChild Labor Act

1916

General Pershing hunts Pancho Villa

1916

U.S. Marines Occupy Santo Domingo

Period: 1916 to 1924

Full Citizenship of Puerto Ricans

1917

Ratification of the 18th Amendment

Jan 16, 1919

Ratification of the 19th Amendment

Aug 18, 1920

U.S. Leaves Haiti

1934

Philippines Officially Become Independent

Jul 4, 1946