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Early Republic
Louisiana Purchase - A deal between U.S. and France where U.S. got half of America
War of 1812 - Was against US and Britain
French Revolution - Political and societal change between France and US -
George Washington
1789 - 1797 -
John Adams
1789 - 1801
Federalist -
🟩 Hamilton's Financial Plan
*Get out of revolutionary war debt
1. sell US Treasury bonds
2. Excise Taxes
3. Tariffs
4. National Bank -
🟦 The Second Great Awakening
Religious movement of people creating a more personal experiance and social reform. -
Thomas Jefferson
1801 - 1809
Democratic republican -
JAMES MADDISON
1809 - 1817
Democratic Republican -
🟥War of 1812
Britain and France at war, intervening with American trade -
Period: to
Manifest Destiny/Western Expansion
Louisiana Purchase - US buying half of America
Texas Annexation - Incorporation of Republic of Texas into the US
Trail of Tears - Removing Indians from their native land -
Period: to
Era of Good Feelings
Missouri Compromise - To stop slavery in northern states
Panic or 1819 - Financial crisis towards western expansion
Second party system - a political party system -
JAMES MONROE
1817 - 1825
Democratic republican -
🟦 Temperance Movement
Advocating for no consumption of alcohol leading into the Prohibition Era -
John Quincy Adams
1825 - 1829
Federalist -
ANDREW Jackson
1829 - 1837
Democratic -
Period: to
Jacksonian
The Alamo - Texans winning against Mexico and making a self governing government
Trail of Tears - The removal of native Americans
Second Great Awakening - Changing the war Americans worshiped and converting many into Christianity -
🟪 Indian Removal Act
Signed by Andrew Jackson, he removed all of the native Indians -
🟩Jackson Vetoes the Second National Bank
Believed the bank was unconstitutional and flavored the wealthy. -
🟥The Alamo
Texas's struggle to fight for independence from Mexico. Texas Revolution -
Martian Van Buren
1837 - 1841
Democratic -
William Henry Harrison
1841
Whig -
John Tyler
1841 - 1845
Whig -
🟧Texas Annexation
Texas had their independence from Spain but became a state of the U.S. -
James K Polk
1845 - 1849
Democratic -
🟪 The Great Famine and Irish Immigration
Irish immigration impacted the economy and development of infrastructure. -
🟥Mexican American War
Driven by Texas Annexation and Mexico not recognizing Texas independence -
🟧 Seneca Falls Convention
The first woman's rights convention to discuss social, and political rights of women. -
Zachary Taylor
1849 - 1850
Whig -
Millard Fillmore
1850 - 1853
Whig -
Franklin Pierce
1853 - 1857
Democratic -
James Buchanan
1857-1861
Democratic -
Abraham Lincoln
1861 - 1865
National Union -
Period: to
🟥Civil War
Virginia Convention - to consider whether Virginia should secede from the United States.
Battle of Gettysburg - Battle between Union and confederate forces
Battle of Antietam - -
🟧 Jackson Vetoes the Second National Bank
States that the National Bank was not authorized by the constitution -
Period: to
Progressive Era
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Andrew Johnson
1865-1869
Democratic -
🟪Atlantic Slave Trade(end)
Europeans forced Africans to move to the Americas for free labor. -
Ulysses S Grant
1869-1877
Republican -
🟧 Jim Crow
Laws that made segregation legal. -
Period: to
Gilded Age
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Rutherford B Hayes
1877-1881
Republican -
🟦 Settlement House Movement
urban areas building houses and community centers to get people out of poverty and homelessness. -
James A Garfield
1881
Republican -
Chester A Arthur
1881 - 1885
Republican -
🟪Chinese Exclusion Act
The first law restricting immigration, putting a 10 year ban on Chinese immigration -
Grover Cleveland
1885-1889 / 1893-1897
National Democratic -
Benjamin Harrison
1889-1893
Republican -
William Mckenly
1897-1901
Repiblican -
🟥Spanish American War
U.S. getting involved with the rebellion in Cuba for their independence from Spain. -
Theodore Roosevelt
1901-1909
Republican -
William Howard Taft
1909-1913
Republican -
Woodrow Wilson
1913-1921
Democratic -
🟥WWI
Allied Powers vs. Central Powers. Tensions built up as countries grew stronger. -
Warren G Harding
1921-1923
Republican -
Period: to
Roaring 20's
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🟥 Tulsa Race Massacre
A group of white people killed black residence. -
Calvin Coolidge
1923-1929
Republican -
🟧 Introduction of the ERA
The Equal Rights Amendment - was introduced by Alice Paul, campaigning for a new amendment that would grant women equal rights. Failed to meet a number of state ratifications. -
Herbert Hoover
1929-1933
Republican -
🟥 Great Depression
The stock market crashes causing citizens and government to lose money -
The Dust Bowl
Rural areas weren't hit at first by the Despression but farms started over plowing and cropping making dirt go in the air covering rural towns. Removed soil, droughts -
Franklin D Roosevelt
1933-1945
Democratic -
🟩 The New Deal
Promised jobs and income to citizens for them to get back together. -
🟥WWII
Hitler attempted and took over many nations and the Allied powers declared war on the central nations. -
🟦 Chicano Movement
Mexicans fighting for their civil rights -
🟦 Zoot Suit Riots
Happened in California and symbolized the tension between Mexicans and Californians -
🟪Japanese Internment
During WW2, the U.S. government put Japanese people in concentration camps. -
Harry T Truman
1945-1953
Democratic -
🟥Cold War
Tension between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. No shots were fired -
🟥Korean War
Conflict between North Korea(S.U. and China) and South Korea(U.S./U.N.) and want never resolved and have an armed border splitting the two. -
Dwight D Eisenhower
1953-1961
Republican -
🟥Vietnam War
Conflict between North and South Vietnam with the assistance of U.S. -
🟧 Red Power Movement
Gave native Indians more rights. 1960's-1970's -
John F Kennedy
1961-1963
Democratic -
Lyndon B Johnson
1963-1969
Democratic -
Richard M Nixon
1969-1974
Republican -
🟦 The Stonewall Riots
Riots demonstrating against police raids -
Gerald R Ford
1974-1977
Republican -
Jimmy Carter
1977-1981
Democratic -
Ronald Reagan
1981-1989
Republican -
🟦 Second National March on Washington
A rally fighting for lesbian and gay rights -
George Bush
1989-1993
Republican -
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Contemporary History
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William J Clinton
1993-2001
Democratic -
🟥9/11
Terrorists attacked the world trade center and the pentagon in New York killing many people. -
George W Bush
2001-2009
Republican -
Barack Obama
2009-2017
Democratic -
Donald J Trump
2017-2021 / 2025-
Republican -
Joseph R Biden
2021-2025
Democratic