American History Timeline

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    Early Republic

  • Constitutional Convention

  • The Federalist Papers

  • George Washington

    George Washington
    George was the first president and served from 1789 to 1797 and had no political party.
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    The Second Great Awakening

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    Second Great Awakening

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    Whisky Rebellion

  • John Adams

    John Adams
    John Adams was the second president and served as a Federalist from 1797 to 1801
  • Thomas Jefferson

    Thomas Jefferson
    Thomas Jefferson was the third president and served as a Democratic - Republican from 1801 to 1809.
  • Louisiana Purchase

  • James Madison

    James Madison
    James Madison was the 4th president and served as a Democratic - Republican from 1809 to 1817.
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    Manifest Destiny/ Westward Expansion

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    War of 1812

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    Era of Good Feelings

  • James Monroe

    James Monroe
    James Monroe was the 5th president and served as a Democratic - Republican from 1817 to 1825.
  • Panic of 1819

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    Temperance Movement

  • Missouri Compromise

  • Monroe Doctrine

  • John Quincy Adams

    John Quincy Adams
    John Quincy Adams was the 6th president and served for the Whig party from 1825 to 1829.
  • Andrew Jackson

    Andrew Jackson
    Andrew Jackson was the 7th president and served as a Democratic from 1829 to 1837.
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    Jacksonian

  • Indian Removal Act

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    Trail of Tears

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    Nullification Crisis

  • Martin Van Buren

    Martin Van Buren
    Martin Van Buren was the 8th president and served as Democratic from 1837 to 1841
  • William Henry Harrison

    William Henry Harrison
    William Henry Harrison was the 9th president and served for the Whig party for a couple months in 1841 shortly before dying.
  • John Tyler

    John Tyler
    John Tyler was the 10th president and served in the Whig party from 1841 to 1845
  • The Great Famine and Irish Immigration

  • James K. Polk

    James K. Polk
    James Polk was the 11th president and served as a Democratic from 1845 to 1849
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    Mexican - American War

  • Seneca Falls Convention

  • Zachary Taylor

    Zachary Taylor
    Zachary Taylor was the 12th president and served in the Whig party from 1849-1850. Served 16 months but suddenly died due to a short illness.
  • Millard Fillmore

    Millard Fillmore
    Millard Fillmore was the 13th president and served in the Whig party from 1850 to 1853
  • Franklin Pierce

    Franklin Pierce
    Franklin Pierce was the 14th president and served in the Democratic party from 1853 to 1857.
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    Dred Scott Decision

  • James Buchanan

    James Buchanan
    James Buchanan was the 15th president and served as a Democratic from 1857 to 1861.
  • Abraham Lincoln

    Abraham Lincoln
    Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president and served as a Republican from 1861 to 1865.
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    Civil War

  • Emancipation Proclamation

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    Progressive Era

  • Andrew Johnson

    Andrew Johnson
    Andrew Johnson was the 17th president and served for the Democratic (union) party from 1865 to 1869.
  • Ulysses S. Grant

    Ulysses S. Grant
    Ulysses Grant was the 18th president and served as a Republican from 1869 to 1877.
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    Jim Crow Laws

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    Gilded Age

  • Rutherford B. Hayes

    Rutherford Hayes was the 19th president and served as a Republican from 1877 to 1881.
  • James A. Garfield

    James Garfield was the 20th president and served as a Republican in 1881. served 4 months and was shot at a railroad station in Washington D.C.
  • Chester A. Arthur

    Chester A. Arthur
    Chester Arthur was the 21st president and served as a Republican from 1881 to 1885.
  • Chinese Exclusion Act

  • Grover Cleveland

    Grover Cleveland
    Grover Cleveland was the 22nd president and served as a Democratic from 1885 to 1889
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    Settlement House Movement

  • Benjamin Harrison

    Benjamin Harrison
    Benjamin Harrison was the 23rd president and served as a Republican from 1889 to 1893.
  • Grover Cleveland

    Grover Cleveland
    Grover Cleveland was the 24th president and served as a Democratic from 1893 to 1897.
  • William McKinley

    William McKinley
    William McKinley was the 25th president and served as a Republican from 1897 to 1901.
  • Theodore Roosevelt

    Theodore Roosevelt
    Theodore Roosevelt was the 26th president and served as a Republican from 1901 to 1909
  • William Taft

    William Taft
    William Taft was the 27th president and served as a Republican from 1909 to 1913
  • Woodrow Wilson

    Woodrow Wilson
    Woodrow Wilson was the 28th president and served as a Democratic from 1913 to 1921.
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    WW1

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    Roaring 20s

  • Tulsa Race Massacre

  • Warren G. Harding

    Warren G. Harding
    Warren Harding was the 29th president and served as a Republican from 1921 to 1923.
  • Introduction of the ERA

  • Calvin Coolidge

    Calvin Coolidge
    Calvin Coolidge was the 30th president and served as a Republican from 1923 to 1929.
  • Herbert Hoover

    Herbert Hoover
    Herbert Hoover was the 31st president and served as a Republican from 1929 to 1933
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    The Great Depression

  • Franklin D. Roosevelt

    Franklin D. Roosevelt
    Franklin Roosevelt was the 32nd president and served as a Democratic from 1933 to 1945.
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    Chicano Movement

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    WW2

  • Japanese Internment

  • Zoot Suit Riots

  • Harry S. Truman

    Harry S. Truman
    Harry Truman was the 33rd president and served as a Democratic from 1945 to 1953.
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    The Cold War

  • Dwight D. Eisenhower

    Dwight D. Eisenhower
    Dwight Eisenhower was the 34th president and served as a Republican from 1953 to 1961
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    Red Power Movement

  • John F. Kennedy

    John F. Kennedy
    John Kennedy was the 35th president and served as a Democratic from 1961 to 1963. He was assassinated in an open cab in 1963.
  • Lyndon B. Johnson

    Lyndon B. Johnson
    Lyndon Johnson was the 36th president and served as a Democratic from 1963 to 1969.
  • Stonewall Riots

  • Richard M. Nixon

    Richard M. Nixon
    Richard Nixon was the 37th president and served as a Democratic from 1969 to 1974.
  • Gerald R. Ford

    Gerald R. Ford
    Gerald Ford was the 38th president and served as a Republican from 1974 to 1977.
  • Jimmy Carter

    Jimmy Carter
    Jimmy Carter was the 39th president and served as a Democratic from 1977 to 1981.
  • Ronald Reagan

    Ronald Reagan
    Ronald Reagan was the 40th president and served as a Republican from 1981 to 1989.
  • Second National March on Washington

  • George Bush

    George Bush
    George Bush was the 41st president and served as a Republican from 1989 to 1993.
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    Contemporary History

  • Bill Clinton

    Bill Clinton
    Bill Clinton was the 42nd president and served as a Democratic from 1993 to 2001.
  • George W. Bush

    George W. Bush
    George W. Bush was the 43rd president and served as a Republican from 2001 to 2009.
  • Barack Obama

    Barack Obama
    Barack Obama was the 44th president and served as a Democratic from 2009 to 2017. First Black President.
  • Donald Trump

    Donald Trump
    Donald Trump was the 45th president and served as a Republican from 2017 to 2021.
  • Joe Biden

    Joe Biden
    Joe Biden was the 46th president and served as a Democratic from 2021 to 2025.
  • Donald Trump

    Donald Trump
    Donald Trump is the 47th president and is serving as a Republican in this year 2025.