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Early Republic
During this era, the people witnessed the fall of the federal constitution, and the rise of initial modern political systems, and practices -
🟧 George Washington's Presidency
Between the years 1789 through 1797, George Washington was the President of the United States of America. This made him the first ever president of the United States. -
🟩 Hamilton’s Financial Plan
Alexander Hamilton's financial plan, developed while serving as the first Secretary of the Treasury, focused on establishing a stable and prosperous economy for the newly formed United States. -
🟦 The Second Great Awakening
The Second Great Awakening led to a period of antebellum social reform and an emphasis on salvation by institutions. -
🟥 Whiskey Rebellion
The Whiskey Rebellion was a tax protest during 1791 and 1794. This was the first tax imposed on a domestic product by the new federal government. -
🟧 John Adam's Presidency
John Adams was a founding father of the U.S, and was the second ever president of the United States. He was also the first Vice President, under George Washington. -
🟧 Thomas Jefferson's Presidency
Thomas Jefferson was the 3rd president of the United States, and was also a founding father. He also wrote the Declaration of Independence, which granted us our freedom from Britain. -
🟧 James Madison's Presidency
James Madison was the 4th president of the United States -
🟥 The war of 1812
The war of 1812 was fought over British sailors impressing Americans into joining the Royal Navy, also due to the restriction of American trade through Orders in Council, and tension with westward expansion, due to the British supporting the native tribes in Northwestern Territory. -
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Westward Expansion
The movement of American settlers westward from the original colonies, driven by factors like land availability, economic opportunities, and the belief in Manifest Destiny. -
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Era of Good Feelings
This era marks a point of political history that reflected a desire for unity for Americans after the war of 1812. -
🟧 The Collapse of the Federalist Party
The Federalist Party was first defeated by the Democratic - Republican party in 1800, before fully being demolished the the year 1816. -
🟧 James Monroe's Presidency
James Monroe was the 5th president of the United States. He was also the first President during the era of Good Feelings. -
🟩 The Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was the Compromise that gave balance between Slave States, and the northern, paid worker States. It did this by making Missouri a slave state, and Maine a northern state. -
🟦 Temperance Movement
first urged moderation, then encouraged drinkers to help each other to resist temptation, and ultimately demanded that local, state, and national governments prohibit alcohol outright. -
🟧 John Quincy Adam's Presidency
John Quincy Adams was the 6th president of the United States. -
Introduction to the ERA
Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex -
🟧 Andrew Jackson's Presidency
Andrew Jackson was the 7th president of the Unites States. he is who the Jacksonian era is named after -
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Jacksonian Era
The Jacksonian era changed voting laws, and changed taxes and other political means. -
🟪 Indian Removal Act
The Indian Removal Act authorized the president to grant lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders. -
🟩 Jackson Vetoes the Second National Bank
Andrew Jackson vetoed a bill to re-create the Second Bank of the United States. He thought that the bank favored wealthy interests at the expense of the common people and that it was unconstitutional. -
🟥 The Second Seminole War
The Second Seminole War was a war in Florida, that was fought against the Seminole Tribe. This was an impact of the Indian Removal Act. -
🟧 Martin Van Buren's Presidency
Martin Van Buren was the 8th President of the United States. -
🟧 William Henry Harrison's Presidency
William Henry Harrison was the 9th President of the United States. However, he died only 30 days after being in office. -
🟧 John Tyler's Presidency
John Tyler was the 10th President of the United States. -
🟧 James Knox Polk's Presidency
James Knox Polk was the 11th president of the United States. -
🟪 The potato famine and Irish Immigration Movement
The peak of Irish emigration resulted from the Great Famine of 1845-1852. It has been estimated that nearly two million people - about a quarter of the population - emigrated to the United States in a ten year period at that time. -
🟥 Mexican American War
The Mexican-American War, fought from 1846 to 1848, was a conflict between the United States and Mexico primarily over territory. -
🟧 Seneca Falls Convention
The Seneca Falls Convention was the first women's rights convention. Its organizers advertised it as a convention to discuss the social, civil, and religious condition and rights of woman. -
🟧 Zachary Taylor's Presidency
Zachary Taylor was the 12th president of the United States. -
🟧 Millard Fillmore's Presidency
Millard Fillmore was the 13th president of the United States. -
🟧 Franklin Pierce's Presidency
The 14th president of the United States was Franklin Pierce, who served from 1853 to 1857. He was a Democrat from New Hampshire. -
🟩 Kansas Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act, passed in 1854, was a US law that created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, and allowed residents to decide whether or not to permit slavery. -
🟧 James Buchanan's Presidency
James Buchanan was the 15th President of the United States, serving from 1857 to 1861. He was a Democrat from Pennsylvania and the only bachelor president. -
🟧 Abraham Lincoln's Presidency
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. -
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The Civil War
A conflict between the Union (Northern states) and the Confederacy (Southern states), primarily over the issue of slavery. -
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Progressive Era
This was a period of significant social and political reform in the United States. Progressives sought to address issues like poverty, unsafe working conditions, and the power of big business. -
🟧 Andrew Johnson's Presidency
Andrew Johnson was the 17th President of the United States, serving from 1865 to 1869. He assumed the presidency following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. -
🟥 Abraham Lincoln's Assasination
On the evening of April 14, 1865, while attending a special performance of the comedy, "Our American Cousin," President Abraham Lincoln was shot. -
🟧 13th Amendment
The 13th Amendment to the US Constitution, ratified in 1865, abolished slavery and involuntary servitude throughout the country, except as punishment for a crime. -
🟧 Reconstruction Act
The Reconstruction Acts were a series of U.S. laws passed during Reconstruction, following the Civil War, that aimed to reintegrate Southern states into the Union. -
🟧 14th Amendment
The Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1868, is a landmark piece of legislation that guarantees citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States, including formerly enslaved people, and ensures equal protection under the law for all citizens. -
🟧 Ulysses S. Grant's Presidency
The 18th President of the United States was Ulysses S. Grant, serving two terms from 1869 to 1877. -
🟧 15th Amendment
The Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1870, prohibits the denial or abridgment of the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude. -
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Gilded Age
The period in American history from roughly 1870 to 1900, characterized by rapid industrialization, economic growth, and massive wealth accumulation. -
🟧 Rutherford B. Hayes's Presidency
Rutherford B. Hayes was the 19th President of the United States, serving from 1877 to 1881. -
🟧 Settlement House Movement
The Settlement House Movement was a reform effort that emerged in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, primarily in the United States, aimed at addressing urban poverty and improving the lives of immigrants and the poor. -
🟪 Settlement House Movement
The Settlement House Movement, with Hull House as its shining example, played a pivotal role in addressing poverty and inequality in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. -
🟧 Chester A. Arthur's Presidency
The 21st President of the United States was Chester A. Arthur, who served from 1881 to 1885. -
🟧 James A. Garfield's Presidency
The 20th President of the United States was James A. Garfield, who served from March 4, 1881, to September 19, 1881. -
🟧 Chinese Exclusion Act
This act provided an absolute 10-year ban on Chinese laborers immigrating to the United States. -
🟧 Grover Cleveland's Presidency
The 22nd president of the United States was Grover Cleveland. He served two non-consecutive terms: from 1885 to 1889, and again from 1893 to 1897. -
🟧 Benjamin Harrison's Presidency
Benjamin Harrison was the 23rd President of the United States, serving from 1889 to 1893. He was a Republican and the grandson of the ninth president, William Henry Harrison. -
🟧 Grover Cleveland's Presidency
The 24th President of the United States was Grover Cleveland. He served two non-consecutive terms, first as the 22nd President from 1885-1889 and then as the 24th President from 1893-1897. -
🟧 William McKinley's Presidency
William McKinley was the 25th President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1897, until his assassination on September 14, 1901. -
🟥 Spanish American War
The Spanish-American War, fought in 1898, was a conflict between the United States and Spain. -
🟧 Theodore Roosevelt's Presidency
The 26th president of the United States was Theodore Roosevelt. He served from 1901 to 1909, succeeding President William McKinley after his assassination. -
🟧 William Howard Taft's Presidency
William Howard Taft was elected the 27th President of the United States (1909-1913) and later became the tenth Chief Justice of the United States (1921-1930), the only person to have served in both of these offices. -
🟧 Woodrow Wilson's Presidency
The 28th president of the United States was Woodrow Wilson, serving from 1913 to 1921. He was the only Democrat to hold the office during the Progressive Era. -
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World War I
WW1 was a global conflict that took place from 1914 to 1918, primarily in Europe. It involved most of the nations of Europe and other regions, including the United States, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific. -
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Roaring 20's
The roaring 1920s, a decade in the United States characterized by a booming economy, rapid social and cultural changes, and a general feeling of optimism. -
🟧 Warren G. Harding's Presidency
The 29th President of the United States was Warren G. Harding, who served from March 4, 1921, until his death on August 2, 1923. -
🟥 Tulsa Race Massacre
The Tulsa Race Massacre was a two-day-long white supremacist terrorist massacre -
🟧 Calvin Coolidge's Presidency
The 30th president of the United States was Calvin Coolidge. He served from 1923 to 1929, succeeding Warren G. Harding after Harding's death. -
🟧 Herbert Hoover's Presidency
The 31st president of the United States was Herbert Hoover, serving from 1929 to 1933. He was a Republican and held the office during the Stock Market Crash of 1929 and the beginning of the Great Depression. -
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Great Depression
A period of severe worldwide economic decline that began in the United States in 1929 and lasted through the 1930s. -
🟩 The New Deal
The New Deal was a series of programs enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1930 to combat the Great Depression. These programs aimed to provide relief to those in need, promote economic recovery, and reform the financial system. -
🟩 The Dust Bowl
The Dust Bowl was a period of severe drought and dust storms that ravaged the American Great Plains during the 1930s. It was a man-made ecological disaster caused by a combination of drought, poor farming practices, and the expansion of wheat farming on marginal land. -
🟧 Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Presidency
The 32nd president of the United States was Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He served from 1933 to 1945, leading the nation through the Great Depression and World War II. -
🟪 Chicano Movement
The Hispanic community embarked on a social movement aimed at combating institutional racism, increasing cultural hegemony, and guaranteeing equal labor and political rights. -
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WWII
World War II was a Major European and Pacific conflict between Nazi Germany and the Axis powers against the Allied powers. -
🟪 Japanese Internment
The United States forcibly relocated and incarcerated about 120,000 people of Japanese descent in ten concentration camps operated by the War Relocation Authority, mostly in the western interior of the country. -
🟥 Zoot Suit Riots
The Zoot Suit Riots were a series of riots that took place June 3–8, 1943, in Los Angeles, California, United States, involving American servicemen stationed in Southern California and young Latino and Mexican American city residents. -
🟧 Harry S. Truman's Presidency
Harry S. Truman was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953. -
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Cold War
A period of political tension and ideological conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union. -
🟥 Korean War
The Korean War was a conflict fought primarily between North and South Korea, with the United States, the United Nations, and China involved. -
🟧 Dwight D. Eisenhower's Presidency
The 34th president of the United States was Dwight D. Eisenhower, who served from 1953 to 1961. -
🟥 Vietnam War
The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, was a long and complex conflict that lasted from 1955 to 1975. -
🟦 Red Power Movement
The Red Power movement was a social movement which was led by Native American youth who demanded self-determination for Native Americans in the United States. -
🟧 John F. Kennedy's Presidency
The 35th President of the United States was John F. Kennedy. He served from 1961 until his assassination in 1963 -
🟧 Lyndon B. Johnson's Presidency
The 36th President of the United States was Lyndon B. Johnson, also known as LBJ. He served from 1963 to 1969, succeeding John F. Kennedy after Kennedy's assassination. -
🟧 Jim Crow Laws
Jim Crow Laws were laws that mandated segregation of schools, parks, libraries, drinking fountains, restrooms, buses, trains, and restaurants. -
🟧 Richard Milhous Nixon's Presidency
The 37th president of the United States was Richard Milhous Nixon. He served from 1969 to 1974, resigning under pressure due to the Watergate scandal. -
🟥 Stone Wall Riots
The Stonewall riots were a series of spontaneous riots and demonstrations against a police raid that took place in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969. -
🟧 Gerald R. Ford's Presidency
The 38th president of the United States was Gerald R. Ford. He became president after Richard Nixon resigned in 1974. -
🟧 Jimmy Carter's Presidency
The 39th president of the United States was Jimmy Carter, who served from 1977 to 1981. He was a Democrat from Georgia, and his presidency was marked by his commitment to human rights and peace. -
🟧 Ronald Reagan's Presidency
The 40th president of the United States was Ronald Reagan, who served two terms from 1981 to 1989. -
🟦 Second National March on Washington
The Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights was a large political rally that took place in Washington, D.C., on October 11, 1987. -
🟧 George H. W. Bush's Presidency
George Herbert Walker Bush was the 41st president of the United States, serving from 1989 to 1993. -
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The history of events within the lifetime of the historian, often considered to be the period roughly since 1989 to present -
🟧 Bill Clinton's Presidency
The 42nd president of the United States was Bill Clinton, who served from 1993 to 2001. He was the first Democratic president since Franklin D. Roosevelt to be elected to two full terms. -
🟧 George W. Bush's Presidency
George Walker Bush is an American politician and businessman who was the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009. -
🟧 Barack Obama's Presidency
The 44th president of the United States was Barack Obama, who served two terms from 2009 to 2017. -
🟧 Donald J. Trump's Presidency
The 45th president of the United States was Donald J. Trump, who served from 2017 to 2021. -
🟧 Joe Biden's Presidency
Joe Biden was the 46th president of the United States. -
🟧 Donald Trump's Presidency
Donald Trump is the current president, and the 47th president of the United States.