50 Key Dates Flashcards
1
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1492
A
Columbus’ Arrival in the New World
2
Q
1585
A
Establishment of Roanoke Colony: “The Lost Colony”
3
Q
1607
A
Jamestown is founded
4
Q
1637
A
Pequot War
5
Q
1676
A
Bacon’s Rebellion
6
Q
1691
A
Salem Witch Trials
7
Q
1763
A
End of Seven Year’s War/French and Indian War
8
Q
1776
A
Declaration of Independence
9
Q
1783
A
Treaty of Paris
10
Q
1787
A
Ratification of the Constitution
11
Q
1791
A
Ratification of the Bill of Rights
12
Q
1796
A
Washington’s Farewell Address
13
Q
1800
A
Election of Thomas Jefferson
14
Q
1801
A
Marbury vs. Madison
15
Q
1803
A
Louisiana Purchase
16
Q
1815
A
End of the War of 1812
17
Q
1819
A
Adam-Onis Treaty
18
Q
1821
A
Monroe Doctrine
19
Q
1832
A
Indian Removal Act
20
Q
1831
A
Nat Turner Rebellion
21
Q
1848
A
Seneca Falls Convention
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
22
Q
1850
A
Compromise of 1850
23
Q
1854
A
Kansas-Nebraska Act
24
Q
1857
A
Dred Scott Descision
25
1860
Election of Lincoln
26
1863
Emancipation Proclamation
27
1865
End of the Civil War
28
1868
14th Amendment
29
1889
Wounded Knee
30
1893
Panic of 1893
31
1896
Plessy vs. Ferguson
32
1898
Spanish American War
33
1911
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
34
1917
US Entry in WWI
35
1919
Treaty of Paris
36
1920
Ratification of the 19th Amendment
37
1924
The National Origins Act
38
1932
Election of FDR
39
1935
Social Security Act
40
1941
Attack on Pearl Harbour
41
1945
Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
42
1947
Truman Doctrine
43
1950
Start of Korean War
44
1954
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka
45
1962
Cuban Missile Crisis
46
1964
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
47
1974
Nixon Resigns
48
1980
Election of Ronald Reagan
