American History Timeline

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    Early Republic

  • George Washington

    George Washington served from April 30, 1789 to March 4, 1797. He was not affiliated to any party inparticular.
  • Hamilton’s Financial Plan (1790)

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    The Second Great Awakening (1790s-1830s)

  • John Adams

    March 4, 1797

    March 4, 1801 Federalist party
  • Thomas Jefferson

    March 4, 1801

    March 4, 1809 Democratic Republican party
  • James Madison

    March 4, 1809

    March 4, 1817 Democratic Republican party
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    Manifest Destiny/Westward Expansion

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    Era Of Good Feelings

  • James Monroe

    March 4, 1817

    March 4, 1825 Democratic Republican party
  • Temperance Movement (1820s)

  • John Quincy Adams

    March 4, 1825

    March 4, 1829 Democratic Republican Party
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    Jacksonian

  • Andrew Jackson

    March 4, 1829

    March 4, 1837 Democratic Party
  • Indian Removal Act (1830)

  • Jackson Vetoes the Second National Bank (1836)

  • Martin Van Buren

    March 4, 1837

    March 4, 1841 Democratic Party
  • William Henry Harrison

    March 4, 1841

    April 4, 1841 Whig party
  • John Tyler

    April 4, 1841

    March 4, 1845 Whig party
  • The Great Famine and Irish Immigration (1845)

  • James K Polk

    March 4, 1845

    March 4, 1849 Democratic Party
  • Seneca Falls Convention (1848)

  • Zachary Taylor

    March 4, 1849

    July 9, 1850 Whig Party
  • Millard Filmore

    July 9, 1850

    March 4, 1853 Whig Party
  • Franklin Pierce

    March 4, 1853

    March 4, 1857 Democratic Party
  • Kansas Nebraska Act

  • James Buchanan

    March 4, 1857

    March 4, 1861 Democratic
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    Civil War

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    Civil war

  • Abraham Lincoln

    March 4, 1861

    April 15, 1865 Republican
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    Progressive Era

  • Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

  • Andrew Johnson

    April 15, 1865

    March 4, 1869 Democratic
  • 13th Amendment

  • Reconstruction Acts

  • Settlement House Movement (Mid-to-Late 1880s)

  • 14th Amendment

  • Ulysses S grant

    March 4, 1869

    March 4, 1877 Republican
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    Jim Crow (1870s-1965)

  • 15th Amendment

  • Rutherford B Hayes

    March 4, 1877

    March 4, 1881 Republican
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    Gilded Age

  • James A Garfeild

    March 4, 1881

    September 19, 1881 Republican
  • Chester A Arthur

    September 19, 1881

    March 4, 1885 Republican
  • Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)

  • Grover Cleveland

    March 4, 1885

    March 4, 1889 Democratic
  • Benjamin Harrison

    March 4, 1889

    March 4, 1893 Republican3
  • Grover Cleveland (2nd term)

    March 4, 1893

    March 4, 1897 Democratic
  • William McKinley

    March 4, 1897

    September 14, 1901 Republican
  • Theodore Roosevelt

    September 14, 1901

    March 4, 1909 Republican
  • William Howard Taft

    March 4, 1909

    March 4, 1913 Republican
  • Woodrow Wilson

    March 4, 1913

    March 4, 1921 Democratic
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    WWI

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    Roaring 20s

  • Tulsa Race Massacre (1921)

  • Warren G Harding

    March 4, 1921

    August 2, 1923 Republican
  • Introduction of the ERA (1923)

  • Calvin Coolidge

    August 2, 1923

    March 4, 1929 Republican
  • Great Depression (1929)

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    Great Depression

  • Herbert Hoover

    March 4, 1929

    March 4, 1933 Republican
  • The Dust Bowl (1930)

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    The New Deal (1933-1936)

  • Franklin D Roosevelt

    March 4, 1933

    April 12, 1945 Democratic
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    Chicano Movement (1940s-1970s)

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    WWII

  • Japanese Internment (1942)

  • Zoot Suit Riots (1943)

  • Harry S Truman

    April 12, 1945

    January 20, 1953 Democratic
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    WWII

  • Dwight D Eisenhower

    January 20, 1953

    January 20, 1961 Republican
  • John F Kennedy

    January 20, 1961

    November 22, 1963 Democratc
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    Red Power Movement (1960s-1970s)

  • Lyndon B. Johnson

    November 22, 1963

    January 20, 1969 Democratic
  • The Stonewall Riots (1969)

  • Richard Nixon

    January 20, 1969

    August 9, 1974 Republican
  • Gerald Ford

    August 9, 1974

    January 20, 1977 Republican
  • Jimmy Carter

    January 20, 1977

    January 20, 1981 Democratic
  • Ronald Reagan

    January 20, 1981

    January 20, 1989 Republican
  • Second National March on Washington (1987)

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    Contemporary History

  • George H. W. Bush

    January 20, 1989

    January 20, 1993 Republican
  • Bill Clinton

    January 20, 1993

    January 20, 2001 Democratic
  • George H. W. Bush

    January 20, 2001

    January 20, 2009 Republican
  • Barack Obama

    January 20, 2009

    January 20, 2017 Democratic
  • Donald Trump

    January 20, 2017

    January 20, 2021 Republican
  • Joe Biden

    January 20, 2021

    January 20, 2025 Democratic
  • Donald Trump (2nd term)

    January 20, 2025

    Present Republican