APUSH Turning Points

A set of flashcards detailing key events in American history with corresponding dates.

1492

Columbus Arrives in the Americas

1607

Jamestown Founded

1619

1st Enslaved Africans Arrive

1620

Plymouth founded by Pilgrims

1675

King Philip’s War

1676

Bacon’s Rebellion

1754

Start of French & Indian War

1763

Proclamation of 1763

1775

Lexington & Concord

1776

Declaration of Independence

1783

End of Revolutionary War

1789

Constitution Goes Into Effect

1857

Dred Scott v. Sandford decision

1860

South Carolina Secedes from Union

1861

Civil War Begins

1863

Emancipation Proclamation Issued

1865

13th Amendment Ratified

1868

14th Amendment Ratified

1870

15th Amendment Ratified

1877

End of Reconstruction

1880

Edison Promotes Electric Light

1882

Chinese Exclusion Act

1886

Haymarket Affair/Riot

1896

Plessy v. Ferguson decision

1791

Bill of Rights Ratified

1800

Revolution of 1800

1803

Louisiana Purchase

1803

Marbury v. Madison decision

1815

War of 1812 Ends (Treaty of Ghent)

1820

Missouri Compromise

1835

Texas Declares Independence

1837

Trail of Tears Underway

1848

Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

1848

Gold Discovered in California

1848

Seneca Falls Convention

1850

Compromise of 1850

1852

Uncle Tom’s Cabin is Published

1898

US v. Wong Kim Ark decision

1898

Spanish American War

1906

The Jungle is published

1909

The NAACP is founded

1914

WWI Begins

1919

US Rejects Treaty of Versailles

1919

18th Amendment Ratified

1920

19th Amendment Ratified

1924

Immigration Act of 1924

1925

Scopes Monkey Trial

1927

Sacco & Vanzetti Executed

1929

The Great Stock Market Crash

1932

New Deal Proposed

1968

Dr. King’s Assassination

1969

Stonewall Riots/Uprising

1969

Apollo 11 Moon Landing

1971

26th Amendment Ratified

1974

Watergate Scandal/Nixon Resigns

1989

Fall of Berlin Wall

1991

End of the Cold War/Collapse of USSR

1991

Rodney King Beating & Trial

1999

President Clinton Impeached

2001

9/11 Terrorist Attacks

2008

Great Recession Begins

2008

President Obama Elected

2020

Covid Pandemic Shutdown

1963

March on Washington

1963

JFK Assassinated

1964

Civil Rights Act Passed

1968

Tet Offensive Launched

1941

Pearl Harbor Attacked

1942

Executive Order 9066 Issued

1948

Berlin Blockade/Berlin Airlift

1948

Truman Desegregates the Military

1954

Brown v. Board of Ed. decision

1945

Atomic Bombs Used to End WWII

1957

Little Rock 9

1960

JFK Elected