Dates Flashcards
(37 cards)
1
Q
1607
A
Jamestown founded
2
Q
1620
A
pilgrims arrive
3
Q
1730-1760
A
First Great Awakening
4
Q
1754-1763
A
Treaty of Paris ends French and Indian War
5
Q
1775-1783
A
Revolutionary War
6
Q
1787
A
Constitutional Convention
7
Q
1793
A
Cotton Gin invented
8
Q
1800
A
Jefferson defeats Adams: ends Federalist Era
9
Q
1812-1814
A
War of 1812
10
Q
1820
A
Missouri Compromise
11
Q
1824
A
“Corrupt Bargain” election Adams over Jackson
12
Q
1840
A
Whigs win under Harrison
13
Q
1846-1848
A
Mexican War
14
Q
1850
A
Compromise of 1850
15
Q
1854
A
Kansas-Nebraska Act
16
Q
1860
A
Election of Lincoln
17
Q
1861-1865
A
Civil War
18
Q
1869
A
Completion of Transcontinental railroad
19
Q
1877
A
Compromise of 1877 ends Reconstruction
20
Q
1883
A
Civil Rights cases of 1883
21
Q
1887
A
Interstate commerce act passes
22
Q
1896
A
McKinley over Bryan and Populists/Democrats
23
Q
1898
A
Spanish American war
24
Q
1912
A
Wison over TR and Taft
25
1914-1918
WW1
26
1917-1918
US involvement in WW1
27
199
October stock market crash
28
1939-1945
WW11
29
1941
December 7 Pearl Harbor bombed
30
1950-1953
Korean War
31
1960
Kennedy defeats Nixon
32
1963
November 2nd, Kennedy assassinated
33
1965
Vietnam Escalation / Voting Rights bill passes (end of civil war era)
34
1968
Tet offensive / death of king RFK / Election of Nixon / Tigers win world series
35
1973
US forces leave vietnam
36
1974
Nixon resigns
37
1980
Reagan defeats carter
