Top 40 dates and eras/ significant cases Flashcards
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1607
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Founding of Jamestown
1
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1492
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Columbus sailed the ocean blue
2
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1619
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House of burgesses established\ first Africans brought to colonies
3
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1620
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Pilgrims arrive at Plymouth
4
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1763
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Peace of Paris
5
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1775
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Lexington and concord
6
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1776
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Declaration of Independence signed
7
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1781
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Articles of confederation adopted
8
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1783
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Treaty of Paris ends revolutionary war
9
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1789
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Ratification of US constitution/ new government established
10
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1800
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Election of Thomas Jefferson/ transfer of power to new political party
11
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1803
A
Louisiana purchase
12
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1815
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Treaty of Ghent
13
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1820
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Missouri compromise signed
14
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1823
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Monroe doctrine established
15
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1828
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Tariff of abomination passes
16
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1838
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Trail of tears
17
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1845
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Manifest destiny
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1848
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (gives. US Mexican session land)
19
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1854
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Republican Party formed in WI
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1860
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Lincoln elected/ South Carolina is first to secede
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1877
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Compromise of 1877 ends reconstruction
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1890
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Census bureau announces the end if frontier
23
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1896
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Plessey vs Ferguson seperate but equal
24
1929
Stock market crash marks beginning of Great Depression
25
1941
Pearl Harbor marks entry into WW2
26
1944
D day invasion of Europe by Allies begins
27
1945
Yalta conference, VE Day and VJ Day end WW2 in Europe and Japan
28
1954
Brown v Board reverses Plessey decision on segregation
29
1957
Sputnik launched, begins space race
30
1963
Assassination of John. F Kennedy
31
1964
Civil rights act, Tonkin gulf resolution
32
1968
Tet offensive in Vietnam, riots at democratic convention, assassinations of MLK & RFK
33
1974
resignation of Richard Nixon/ Watergate
34
1979
Establishment of formal relations with communist china
35
1979-81
Americans held hostage in Iran for 444 days
36
1989
Fall of Berlin Wall
37
1991
Gulf War / collapse of USSR
38
1998
House approves 2 charges of impeachment against Clinton
39
1607-1776
Colonial period
40
1725-1750
1st great awakening
41
1754-1763
F+I war
42
1776-1783
Revolutionary war
43
1781-87
Critical period (articles of confederation to constitution)
44
1789-1800
Constitution and the new republic
45
1812-1815
War of 1812- second war for independence
46
1815-1824
Era of good feelings
47
1824-1840
Age of Jackson: the common man A) Jacksonian democracy B) second great awakening C) era of reform
48
1845
Era of manifest destiny begins and 1845-1848 war with Mexico
49
1789-1861
Antebellum period
50
1861-1865
American civil war
51
1864-1877
Reconstruction period in American south
52
1865-1900
Gilded age in America
53
1898
Spanish American war/ treaty of Paris gives US Guam, Philippines, and Puerto Rico
54
1900-1917
Progressive era
55
1914-18
WW1
56
1929-40
Great Depression
57
1939-45
WW2
58
1945-89
Cold War era
59
1950-53
Korean conflict
60
1965-73
Direct involvement by United States in Vietnam
61
1588
Defeat of the Spanish Armada
62
1980-09
Conservative political swing in America
63
Columbus sailed the ocean blue
1492
64
Founding of Jamestown
1607
65
House of burgesses established\ first Africans brought to colonies
1619
66
Pilgrims arrive at Plymouth
1620
67
Peace of Paris
1763
68
Lexington and concord
1775
69
Declaration of Independence signed
1776
70
Articles of confederation adopted
1781
71
Treaty of Paris ends revolutionary war
1783
72
Ratification of US constitution/ new government established
1789
73
Election of Thomas Jefferson/ transfer of power to new political party
1800
74
Louisiana purchase
1803
75
Treaty of Ghent
1815
76
Missouri compromise signed
1820
77
Monroe doctrine established
1823
78
Tariff of abomination passes
1828
79
Trail of tears
1838
80
Manifest destiny
1845
81
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (gives. US Mexican session land)
1848
82
Republican Party formed in WI
1854
83
Lincoln elected/ South Carolina is first to secede
1860
84
Compromise of 1877 ends reconstruction
1877
85
Census bureau announces the end if frontier
1890
86
Plessey vs Ferguson seperate but equal
1896
87
Stock market crash marks beginning of Great Depression
1929
88
Pearl Harbor marks entry into WW2
1941
89
D day invasion of Europe by Allies begins
1944
90
Yalta conference, VE Day and VJ Day end WW2 in Europe and Japan
1945
91
Brown v Board reverses Plessey decision on segregation
1954
92
Sputnik launched, begins space race
1957
93
Assassination of John. F Kennedy
1963
94
Civil rights act, Tonkin gulf resolution
1964
95
Tet offensive in Vietnam, riots at democratic convention, assassinations of MLK & RFK
1968
96
resignation of Richard Nixon/ Watergate
1974
97
Establishment of formal relations with communist china
1979
98
Americans held hostage in Iran for 444 days
1979-81
99
Fall of Berlin Wall
1989
100
Gulf War / collapse of USSR
1991
101
House approves 2 charges of impeachment against Clinton
1998
102
Colonial period
1607-1776
103
1st great awakening
1725-1750
104
F+I war
1754-1763
105
Revolutionary war
1776-1783
106
Critical period (articles of confederation to constitution)
1781-87
107
Constitution and the new republic
1789-1800
108
War of 1812- second war for independence
1812-1815
109
Era of good feelings
1815-1824
110
Age of Jackson: the common man A) Jacksonian democracy B) second great awakening C) era of reform
1824-1840
111
Era of manifest destiny begins and 1845-1848 war with Mexico
1845
112
Antebellum period
1789-1861
113
American civil war
1861-1865
114
Reconstruction period in American south
1864-1877
115
Gilded age in America
1865-1900
116
Spanish American war/ treaty of Paris gives US Guam, Philippines, and Puerto Rico
1898
117
Progressive era
1900-1917
118
WW1
1914-18
119
Great Depression
1929-40
120
WW2
1939-45
121
Cold War era
1945-89
122
Korean conflict
1950-53
123
Direct involvement by United States in Vietnam
1965-73
124
Defeat of the Spanish Armada
1588
125
Conservative political swing in America
1980-09
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