Top 40 dates and eras/ significant cases Flashcards
1607
Founding of Jamestown
1492
Columbus sailed the ocean blue
1619
House of burgesses established\ first Africans brought to colonies
1620
Pilgrims arrive at Plymouth
1763
Peace of Paris
1775
Lexington and concord
1776
Declaration of Independence signed
1781
Articles of confederation adopted
1783
Treaty of Paris ends revolutionary war
1789
Ratification of US constitution/ new government established
1800
Election of Thomas Jefferson/ transfer of power to new political party
1803
Louisiana purchase
1815
Treaty of Ghent
1820
Missouri compromise signed
1823
Monroe doctrine established
1828
Tariff of abomination passes
1838
Trail of tears
1845
Manifest destiny
1848
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (gives. US Mexican session land)
1854
Republican Party formed in WI
1860
Lincoln elected/ South Carolina is first to secede
1877
Compromise of 1877 ends reconstruction
1890
Census bureau announces the end if frontier
1896
Plessey vs Ferguson seperate but equal
1929
Stock market crash marks beginning of Great Depression
1941
Pearl Harbor marks entry into WW2
1944
D day invasion of Europe by Allies begins
1945
Yalta conference, VE Day and VJ Day end WW2 in Europe and Japan
1954
Brown v Board reverses Plessey decision on segregation
1957
Sputnik launched, begins space race
1963
Assassination of John. F Kennedy
1964
Civil rights act, Tonkin gulf resolution
1968
Tet offensive in Vietnam, riots at democratic convention, assassinations of MLK & RFK
1974
resignation of Richard Nixon/ Watergate
1979
Establishment of formal relations with communist china
1979-81
Americans held hostage in Iran for 444 days
1989
Fall of Berlin Wall
1991
Gulf War / collapse of USSR
1998
House approves 2 charges of impeachment against Clinton
1607-1776
Colonial period
1725-1750
1st great awakening
1754-1763
F+I war
1776-1783
Revolutionary war
1781-87
Critical period (articles of confederation to constitution)
1789-1800
Constitution and the new republic
1812-1815
War of 1812- second war for independence
1815-1824
Era of good feelings
1824-1840
Age of Jackson: the common man A) Jacksonian democracy B) second great awakening C) era of reform
1845
Era of manifest destiny begins and 1845-1848 war with Mexico
1789-1861
Antebellum period
1861-1865
American civil war
1864-1877
Reconstruction period in American south
1865-1900
Gilded age in America
1898
Spanish American war/ treaty of Paris gives US Guam, Philippines, and Puerto Rico
1900-1917
Progressive era
1914-18
WW1
1929-40
Great Depression
1939-45
WW2
1945-89
Cold War era
1950-53
Korean conflict
1965-73
Direct involvement by United States in Vietnam
1588
Defeat of the Spanish Armada
1980-09
Conservative political swing in America
Columbus sailed the ocean blue
1492
Founding of Jamestown
1607
House of burgesses established\ first Africans brought to colonies
1619
Pilgrims arrive at Plymouth
1620
Peace of Paris
1763
Lexington and concord
1775
Declaration of Independence signed
1776
Articles of confederation adopted
1781
Treaty of Paris ends revolutionary war
1783
Ratification of US constitution/ new government established
1789
Election of Thomas Jefferson/ transfer of power to new political party
1800
Louisiana purchase
1803
Treaty of Ghent
1815
Missouri compromise signed
1820
Monroe doctrine established
1823
Tariff of abomination passes
1828
Trail of tears
1838
Manifest destiny
1845
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (gives. US Mexican session land)
1848
Republican Party formed in WI
1854
Lincoln elected/ South Carolina is first to secede
1860
Compromise of 1877 ends reconstruction
1877
Census bureau announces the end if frontier
1890
Plessey vs Ferguson seperate but equal
1896
Stock market crash marks beginning of Great Depression
1929
Pearl Harbor marks entry into WW2
1941
D day invasion of Europe by Allies begins
1944
Yalta conference, VE Day and VJ Day end WW2 in Europe and Japan
1945
Brown v Board reverses Plessey decision on segregation
1954
Sputnik launched, begins space race
1957
Assassination of John. F Kennedy
1963
Civil rights act, Tonkin gulf resolution
1964
Tet offensive in Vietnam, riots at democratic convention, assassinations of MLK & RFK
1968
resignation of Richard Nixon/ Watergate
1974
Establishment of formal relations with communist china
1979
Americans held hostage in Iran for 444 days
1979-81
Fall of Berlin Wall
1989
Gulf War / collapse of USSR
1991
House approves 2 charges of impeachment against Clinton
1998
Colonial period
1607-1776
1st great awakening
1725-1750
F+I war
1754-1763
Revolutionary war
1776-1783
Critical period (articles of confederation to constitution)
1781-87
Constitution and the new republic
1789-1800
War of 1812- second war for independence
1812-1815
Era of good feelings
1815-1824
Age of Jackson: the common man A) Jacksonian democracy B) second great awakening C) era of reform
1824-1840
Era of manifest destiny begins and 1845-1848 war with Mexico
1845
Antebellum period
1789-1861
American civil war
1861-1865
Reconstruction period in American south
1864-1877
Gilded age in America
1865-1900
Spanish American war/ treaty of Paris gives US Guam, Philippines, and Puerto Rico
1898
Progressive era
1900-1917
WW1
1914-18
Great Depression
1929-40
WW2
1939-45
Cold War era
1945-89
Korean conflict
1950-53
Direct involvement by United States in Vietnam
1965-73
Defeat of the Spanish Armada
1588
Conservative political swing in America
1980-09