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🟪 Declaration of Independence adopted
formal announcement written and adopted by continental congress on July 4th, 1776 where it declared the 13 American colonies independent from Great Britain -
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Early Republic
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🟧 US Constitution signed
The convention approved the constitution and was ratified after 9 states had to approve it -
🟧 Hamiltons financial plan
Federalist Alexander Hamiltons Financial Plan as the nation was in debt from the revolutionary war, his plan was to sell US Treasury bonds, create excise taxes, create tariffs, and create a national bank to stabilize the economy. -
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George Washington
George Washington wasn't associated with a political party -
🟧 Judiciary Act Adopted
During its first session congress formally established the federal judiciary. -
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🟦 The Second Great Awakening
Spread religion through revivals and emotional preaching. It sparked a number of reform movements. Aimed to increase church membership and increase in new denominations like Methodists and baptists. -
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John Adams
John Adams was a Federalist -
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Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was a democratic-republican -
🟩 Louisiana Purchase
A land deal where the US acquired around 828,000 square miles of land from France for $15 million -
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James Madison
James Madison was a democratic-republican -
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Manifest Destiny/Westward Expansion
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🟥 War of 1812
War between the United States and Great Britian. -
🟥 The Capital was Burned in the war of 1812
fire was set to major federal buildings including the presidents house, the Capitol, and the Treasury building. -
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James Monroe
James Monroe was a democratic-republican -
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Era of Good Feeling
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🟥 British are defeated (battle of New Orleans)
American Settlers begin large migration to the old southwest which is Alabama and Mississippi -
🟧 James Monroe
James Monroe and Daniel Tompkins are elected President and Vice President -
🟧 Mississippi admitted to the Union as the 20th State
After arguments about this event, President James Monroe signed the Resolution that admitted Mississippi as the nations 20th State -
🟧 Connecticut abolishes property ownership as a requirement for voting
In order to vote, an elector had to be a white male, a US Citizen, 21 years or older, a resident of the town where the citizen wanted to vote, have good morals, and either own land valued at least $7 or be a tax payer within the last year. -
🟧 Temperance Movement
Social and political campaign to eliminate or at least decrease alcohol consumption. -
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John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams was a whig -
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Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson was a democrat -
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Jacksonian
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🟪 Indian Removal Act
signed into law by andrew jackson for an exchange of lands with the indians residing in any of the states or territories and for their removal east of the mississippi river -
🟥 Texas Revolution
The Texas Revolution starts when tension is created over slavery, immigration, and customs. -
🟧 Jackson Vetoes the Second National Bank Jackson Vetoes the Second National Bank
Andrew Jackson vetoed the bill to recharter the Second Bank of the US, citing concerns about the constitutionality of it, the potential corruptness of it, and the concentration of power in the hands of some, sparting the Bank war. -
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Martin Van Buren
Martin Van Buren was a democrat -
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William Henry Harrison
William Henry Harrison was a whig -
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John Tyler
John Tyler was a democrat -
🟪 The Great Famine and Irish Immigration
Triggered a huge wave of Irish immigration and had around 1-2 million people leaving Ireland, and for the most part going to the US, Great Britain, and other parts of North America. This was to escape starvation and disease and to have an overall better life. -
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James K. Polk
James K. Polk was a democrat -
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🟥 Mexican American War
conflict between US and Mexico stemming from the annexation of Texas and disputes over the border between the two nations -
🟦 Seneca Falls Convention
The first Womens Rights Convention in the US -
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Zachary Taylor
Zachary Taylor was a whig -
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Millard Fillmore
Millard Fillmore was neither a democrat or republican -
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Franklin Pierce
Franklin Pierce was a democrat -
🟧 Kansas Nebraska Act
The Kansas Nebraska Act created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and let the settlers in these territories decide for each of their own if they should allow slavery or not. -
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James Buchanan
James Buchanan was a democrat -
🟧 Election of Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln gets elected as president while Hannibal Hamlin earns the name of vice president. This was the first time a republican was elected president. -
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Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was a republican -
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🟥 Civil War
violet conflict and division in our country freeing millions of slaves -
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Progressive Era
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Andrew Johnson
Andrew Johnson was a democrat -
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🟪 Jim Crow
Collection of State and local statutes that legalized racial segregation -
🟧 Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
President Abraham Lincoln, shot by John Wilkes Booth in Washington D.C while watching a play and died the next day as a result. He was the first president to be assassinated. -
🟧 13th Amendment
Abolished slavery and forced labor in the US, except for punishment for a crime committed. -
🟧 Reconstruction Acts
Series of laws that outlined how the previously confederate states would be allowed to rejoin the union. Also gave African-Americans the right to vote. -
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Gilded Age
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🟧 14th Amendment
Allowed citizenship to all people ¨ born or naturalized in the United States¨. This included former slaves. -
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Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant was a republican -
🟧 15th Amendment
Granted the rights for all men to vote no matter their color or previous slave status. -
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Rutherford B. Hayes
Rutherford B. Hayes was a republican -
🟦 Settlement House Movement
Social Movement focusing on establishing settlement houses in more poor places where middle class volunteers/settlers lived and worked with low income residents. This provided services like education, healthcare and cultural programs. -
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James A. Garfield
James A. Garfield was a republican -
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Chester A. Arthur
Chester A. Arthur was a republican -
🟧 Chinese Exclusion Act
US Federal law that was the first and only major federal legislation to explicitly suspend immigration for a specific nationality -
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Grover Cleveland
Grover Cleveland was a democrat -
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Benjamin Harrison
Benjamin Harrison was a republican -
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Grover Cleveland
Grover Cleveland was a democrat -
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William Mckinley
William Mckinley was a republican -
🟥 Spanish American War
Conflict between the US and Spain in 1898 -
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Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt was a republican -
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William Howard Taft
William Howard Taft was a republican -
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Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson was a democrat -
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WWl
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Warren G. Harding
Warren G. Harding was a republican -
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Roaring 20s
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🟥 Tulsa Race Massacre
believed to be the single worst incident of racial violence in american history. a white mob attacked residents homes and businesses in a neighborhood of tulsa oklahoma. -
🟦 Introduction of the Era
Proposed Amendment to the US Constitution aimed at guaranteeing equal rights for women, prohibiting discrimination based on gender and ensuring that your gender should not be the determining factor of legal rights. -
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Calvin Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge was a republican -
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Herbert Hoover
Herbert Hoover was a republican -
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The Great Depression
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🟪 The Dust Bowl
The man made Dust Bowl disaster was caused by poor farming practices, over plowing while increasing crop production, removing thick protective layer of prairie grass with nothing to hold top soil down.The Dust Bowl was a series of Dust storms and droughts with insane wind, forcing migration and leaving ecological damage. -
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🟪 The New Deal
President Roosevelt toom action in response to the Great Depression, providing jobs electricity and water, creating organizations, starting projects prior to becoming president, providing direct intervention and so much more. -
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt was a democrat -
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🟪 Chicano Movement
Transformed the identity, politics, and community dynamics of Mexican Americans -
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WWll
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🟥 Pearl Harbor Attack
A surprise attack by Japan that led to the US entering World War 2 -
🟪 Japanese Internment
The policy of the US Government that people of Japanese descent including US citizens would be incarnated in isolated camps -
🟦 Zoot Suit Riots
Conflicts that occurred in LA between US servicemen and Mexican american youths , the latter that wore outfits called zoot suits -
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Harry S. Truman
Harry S. Truman was a democrat -
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Cold War
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🟦 Civil Rights Movement
Social Movement in the US that aimed at ending legalized racial segregation and discrimination particularly African Americans -
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🟥 Korean War
A major conflict in the Cold War and was fought between North and South Korea with support from their respective allies -
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower was a republican -
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🟥 Vietnam War
Major conflict between North Vietnam and South Vietnam -
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John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy was a democrat -
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson was a democrat -
🟦 The Stonewall Riots
Series of spontaneous riots and demonstrations against a police raid. Turning point in the fight for LGBTQ rights. -
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Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon was a republican -
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🟦 Red Power Movement
Native American Civil Rights movement pursued protection and autonomy in white culture that pursued culture from the 1960´s to the 70s -
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Gerald Ford
Gerald Ford was a republican -
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Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter was a democrat -
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Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan was a republican -
🟦 Second National March on Washington
Advocated for Lesbian and Gay rights. It was a huge political rally in Washington D.C. -
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🟩 Contemporary History
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George H. W. Bush
George H. W. Bush was a republican -
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🟥 The Gulf War
The Gulf War marked a major conflict in the post-cold war era, led by the US -
🟥 9/11 Attacks
Terrorist attack on the US killing nearly 3,000 people -
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Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton is a democrat -
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George W. Bush
George W. Bush is a republican -
🟥 The Iraq War
US and coalition forces moved into Iraq and within three weeks coalition forces captured the major cities. George Bush who was president at the time, then ended combat operations.Despite the declaration of military victory, a persistent guerrilla war waged on for years following the initial combat operations. -
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Barack Obama
Barack Obama is a democrat -
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Donald Trump
Donald Trump is a republican -
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Joe Biden
Joe Biden is a democrat -
Donald Trump
Donald Trump is a republican