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early republic
🟧1788- Ratification of the US Constitution: established a new framework for the US government, defining a balance between states and the federal government
🟧1791-Bill of Rights: ensured basic rights and freedoms for all citizens and limited the power of the federal government.
🟪1803-Louisiana Purchase: doubled the size of the US, opening more opportunity for expansion. -
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George Washington
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John Adams
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Thomas Jefferson
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James maddison
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War of 1812
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Manifest Destiny/Westward Expansion
🟥1845-Annexation of texas: brought Texas into the union escalating tension with Mexico, leading to the mexican american war.
🟥1846-1848- Mexican american war: resulted in the US aquiring california,nevada,utah arizona, new mexico and whyoming
🟪1849-california gold rush: triggered a massive move of settlers to california, accelerating it and transforming its economy. -
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era of good feelings
🟧🟩--Second Bank of the US: Stabilized the economy by regulating state banks and providing a currency.
🟪1819-Adams treaty: acquired florida from spain expanding the US.
🟧1820-Missouri comprimise: Temporarily resolved the issue with slavery by addmitting missouri as a slave state and maine as a free state. -
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James Monroe
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John quincy adams
democratic republican -
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jacksonian era
🟪1830- Indian removal act: forced the relocation of indians tribes southeast leading to the trail of tears.
🟧1832-Nullification crisis: South Carolina declared federal tariffs challenging federal authority.
🟧🟩1837-Panic of 1837: a major economic depression that resulted from Jackson's financial policies. -
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Andrew Jackson
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Martin Van Buren
democraftic -
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John Tyler
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William Henry Harrison
whig -
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James K. Polk
democratic -
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Zachary Taylor
whig -
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Millard Fillmore
whig -
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Franklin Pierce
democratic -
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James Buchanan
democratic -
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civil war
🟥1861- attack on fort sumter: marked begining of civil war a conflict over slavery and states rights that defined the nation.
🟧1863-emancipation proclamation: declared the freedom of slaves in Confederate territories transforming the war into a struggle for human liberation.
🟥1865-surrender at appomattox: signaled the end the the civil war, leading to the reunification of the US and the abolition of slavery. -
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Abraham Lincoln
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progressive era
🟧1906-pure food and drug act: federal oversight of food and drug saftey(FDA)
🟧1913-16th Amendment: federal goverment to collect income taxes(IRS) providing revenue for public programs
🟦1920-19th Amendment: granted women the right to vote, expanding democracy and empowering women. -
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Andrew Johnson
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Ulysses S. Grant
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Gilded Age
🟪1869-first transcontienential railroad: revolutionized transportation
🟧1886-haymarket affair: a labor protest in chicago that turned violent leading to increased labor activism
🟩1890- sherman antitrust act: amied to stop the power of monoplies creating fair compettion in the market -
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Rutherford B. Hayes
republican -
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James A. Garfield
republican -
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Chester A. Arthur
republican -
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Grover Cleveland
democratic -
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Benjamin Harrison
republican -
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Grover Cleveland
democratic -
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William McKinley
republican -
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Theodore Roosevelt
republican -
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William Howard Taft
republican -
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Woodrow Wilson
democratic -
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ww1
🟥1917-US enters WW1: providing crucial military and economic support to the allied forces
🟥1918- armistice signed: ended the fighting in ww1 leading to the tready of versailles and new world order
🟧1919- treaty of versailles: imposed harsh terms on germany contributing to economic instability that would later fuel ww2 -
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roaring 20s
🟦1920-Harlem renaissance: a cultural movment that celebrated african american heritage
🟥1925-scopes trial: the conflict between traditional religious beliefs and modern scientific theories.
🟩1929-the great depression: triggered the great depression leading to economic harship. -
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Warren G. Harding
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Calvin Coolidge
republican -
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great depression
🟩1929- Stock market crash: The dramatic collapse of stock prices triggered the great depression, leading to widspread unemployment and econmic collapse, -
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Herbert Hoover
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
democratic -
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ww2
🟥1941-Pearl harbor: the supprise acttack by japan on the US naval base propplaed the US into WW2
🟥1942-battle of stalingrad: marked the begining of the Wehrmacht's retreat and the eventual Soviet victory against Nazi Germany.
🟥1944-D day: Allied invasion of Normandy, a massive assault accelerating the defeat of nazi Germany -
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Harry S. Truman
democratic -
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cold war
🟥1948-The berlin blockade: the soviet blockade highlighted the early tensions between the soviet union and the western allies.
🟥1962- the cuban missile crisis: this thirteen day standoff between the US and the soviet union over the placment of nukes in cuba brought the world to the brink of nuclear war.
🟥1989-the fall of the berlin wall:the demoliton of the wall simbolized the end of the cold war and the collapse of the soviet communism in europe. -
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
republican -
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John F. Kennedy
democratic -
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Lyndon B. Johnson
democratic -
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Richard Nixon
republican -
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Gerald Ford
republican -
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Jimmy Carter
democratic -
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Ronald Reagan
republican -
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George H. W. Bush
republican -
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contemporary history
🟥2001- 911: the terrrorist attack of 911 leading to the war on terrror and significant changes to international policies.
🟩2008- golobal finacial crisis: the widspread economic downturn triggered global recession and leading to widspread economic hardship.
🟧2010- the arab spring: a anti govermnt uprisings across the arab regimes leading to democratic transitions and significant political instanbility in the region -
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Bill Clinton
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George W. Bush
republican -
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Barack Obama
democratic -
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Donald J. Trump
republican -
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Joe Biden
democratic -
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Donald J. Trump
republican