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Early Republic 🟧
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George Washington 🟧
1789-1797
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Hamilton's Financial Plan 🟩
Aimed to stabilize the American economy by assuming state debts, creating a national bank, and tariffs -
The Second Great Awakening 🟦
Religious revival and religion spread across America. -
John Adams 🟧
1797-1801
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Thomas Jefferson 🟧
1801-1809
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James Madison 🟧
1809-1817
Party: Democratic- Republican -
War of 1812 🟥
A war that was between the US and Great Britain -
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Westward Expansion 🟪
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Era of Good Feelings 🟧
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James Monroe 🟧
1817-1825
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Temperance Movement 🟦
A social movement that advocated for the reduction or elimination of alcohol. -
John Quincy Adams 🟧
1825-1829
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Jacksonian 🟧
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Andrew Jackson 🟧
1829-1837
Party: Democratic -
Indian Removal Act 🟪
The removal of Native Americans; President Andrew Jackson caused them to trek the Trail of Tears -
Jackson vetoes the Second National Bank 🟩
President Andrew Jackson vetoed the decision of having a second national bank because he saw it unnecessary. -
Martin Van Buren 🟧
1837-1841
Party: Democratic -
William Henry Harrison 🟧
1841-1841
Party: Whig -
John Tyler 🟧
1841-1845
Party: Whig, Unaffiliated -
The Great Famine and Irish Migration 🟪
This was the mass emigration of Irish people into America because there was a famine in Ireland, and Irish people sought refuge. -
James K. Polk 🟧
1845-1849
Party: Democratic -
Mexican-American War 🟥
A war that was caused by the annexation of Texas and them fighting over the land -
Seneca Falls Convention 🟦
A convention held by women suffragists to advocate for women's rights -
Zachary Taylor 🟧
1849-1850
Party: Whig -
Millard Fillmore 🟧
1850-1853
Party: Whig -
Franklin Pierce 🟧
1853-1857
Party: Democratic -
Kansas-Nebraska Act 🟧
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was a law that was passed that established where popular sovereignty decided whether Kansas and Nebraska allowed slaves or not. -
James Buchanan 🟧
1857-1861
Party: Democratic -
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Civil War 🟥
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Abraham Lincoln 🟧
1861-1865
Party: Republican -
Civil War 🟥
The North and South of the United States separated and fought each other because they believed in different things -
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Progressive Era 🟧
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Jim Crow Laws 🟧🟥
The Jim Crow Laws were laws implemented by southern states to segregate African Americans from Whites. -
Andrew Johnson 🟧
1865-1869
Party: Democratic -
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln 🟥
April 15th, 1865, Abe Lincoln was shot and killed in Ford's Theater by John Wilkes Booth. -
13th Amendment 🟧
The 13th Amendment abolished slavery in America. -
14th Amendment 🟧
The 14th Amendment grants citizenship to people who were born in America. -
The Reconstruction Acts 🟧
The Reconstruction Acts outlined the terms for readmission to the Union after the rebel states seceded. -
Ulysses S. Grant 🟧
1869-1877
Party: Republican -
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Gilded Age 🟧
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15th Amendment 🟧
The 15th Amendment granted the right for all US citizens to vote no matter their race, color, or previous servitude. -
Rutherford B. Hayes 🟧
1877-1881
Party: Republican -
Spanish-American War 🟥
A war between the US and Spain, the US helped Cuba and the Philippines become independent from Spain. -
James A. Garfield 🟧
1881-1881
Party: Republican -
Chester A. Arthur 🟧
1881-1885
Party: Republican -
Chinese Exclusion Act 🟪
This act prohibited the immigration of any more Chinese laborers into America -
Settlement House Movement 🟦
This movement was aimed to put a bridge between the gap or the wealthy and poor. -
Grover Cleveland 🟧
1885-1889
Party: Democratic -
Benjamin Harrison 🟧
1889-1893
Party: Republican -
Grover Cleveland 🟧
1893-1897
Party: Democratic -
William McKinley 🟧
1897-1901
Party: Republican -
Theodore Roosevelt 🟧
1901-1909
Party: Democratic -
William Howard Taft 🟧
1909-1913
Party: Republican -
Woodrow Wilson 🟧
1913-1921
Party: Democratic -
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WWI 🟥
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WWI 🟥
A war in Europe between the Allies and the Central Powers, caused by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. -
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Roaring 20's 🟧
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Warren G. Harding 🟧
1921-1923
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Tulsa Race Massacre 🟥
A violent racial massacre where many African Americans were killed by a white mob. -
Introduction of the ERA 🟧
This amendment ensured that men and women have equal rights. -
Calvin Coolidge 🟧
1923-1929
Party: Republican -
The Great Depression 🟩
An economic crisis where unemployment rates were high and there was a widespread increase in poverty. -
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Great Depression 🟧
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Herbert Hoover 🟧
1929-1933
Party: Republican -
The Dust Bowl 🟩
A severe drought that affected farming practices greatly and impacted the economic side of farming. -
The New Deal 🟩🟧
A series of programs implemented by FDR to help combat the affects of The Great Depression -
Franklin D. Roosevelt 🟧
1933-1945
Party: Democratic -
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Chicano Movement 🟦
This was a movement among Mexican Americans to highlight their mistreatment and advocate for their rights. -
WWII 🟥
A war in Europe between the Allies and the Axis powers, was fought to stop Hitler. -
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WWII 🟥
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Japanese Internment 🟪
Japanese interment camps were forced living spaces that Japanese-Americans were moved to after Pearl Harbor. -
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Zoot Suit Riots 🟥
These riots were racially motivated attacks where Mexican Americans were violently attacked just for wearing zoot suits -
Harry S. Truman 🟧
1945-1953
Party: Democratic -
Cold War 🟥
Not really a war but it was a race where people were building nuclear weapons -
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Cold War 🟥
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Korean War 🟥
A war fought between North and South Korea that tried to reunify the Korean peninsula under communist rule. -
Dwight D. Eisenhower 🟧
1953-1961
Party: Republican -
Vietnam War 🟥
A war between North and South Vietnam where the North was trying reunify the country under communist rule. -
John F. Kennedy 🟧
1961-1963
Party: Democratic -
Lyndon B. Johnson 🟧
1963-1969
Party: Democratic -
Assassination of JFK 🟥
President JFK was riding through a presidential motorcade when he was fatally shot. -
Assassination of MLK 🟥
MLK was a black civil rights activist who was shot and killed. -
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Red Power Movement 🟦
A social movement led by Native Americans who aimed to bring attention to treaty violations. -
Richard Nixon 🟧
1969-1974
Party: Republican -
The Stonewall Riots 🟦
LGBTQ+ patrons advocated for gay rights against police. -
Gerald Ford 🟧
1974-1977
Party: Republican -
Jimmy Carter 🟧
1977-1981
Party: Democratic -
Ronald Reagan 🟧
1981-1989
Party: Republican -
Second National March on Washington 🟦
A march that advocated for gay and lesbian rights. -
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Contemporary History 🟧
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George H. W. Bush 🟧
1989-1993
Party: Republican -
Bill Clinton 🟧
1993-2001
Party: Democratic -
George W. Bush 🟧
2001-2009
Party: Republican -
9/11 🟥
A terrorist attack against America, where planes were hijacked and crashed into the Twin Towers. -
Stock market crash of 2008 🟩
An economic crisis where the stock market crashed due to the collapse of the US housing market -
Barack Obama 🟧
2009-2017
Party: Democratic -
Donald Trump 🟧
2017-2021
Party: Republican -
COVID-19 🟩
A global pandemic where countries were forced to shut down and the entire world became "abandoned," and businesses struggled. -
Joe Biden 🟧
2021-2025
Party: Democratic -
Donald Trump 🟧
2025- now
Party: Republican