APUSH TOP 40

1492

Christopher Columbus 1st voyage to the New World

1588

English defeat of the Spanish Armada

1607

The first English settlement of Jamestown is established

1620

Pilgrims arrive in Plymouth, New England

1763

Treat of Paris ends the French and Indian War (7 Years War)

Proclamation Line

1776

The American Declaration of Independence from Britain

1781-1787

Critical Period (The Articles of Confederation)

1789

The ratification of the Constitution

Establishment of New Government

1800

The Election of Thomas Jefferson

Transfer of political power to different party (Demo-Repub)

1803

The Louisiana Purchase (France)

1828

The election of Andrew Jackson

1838

The Trail of Tears

1845

The peak of Manifest Destiny

1850

Henry Clay proposes the Compromise of 1850 and further delays Civil War by 10 years

1860

The election of Abraham Lincoln

The beginning of southern secession

1861-1865

The American Civil War

1864-1877

Reconstruction period (South)

1890

Census Bureau declares end of the frontier

1896

Election of William McKinley

End of the Populist Movement

1898

The Spanish-American War (Ended with Treat of Paris (1898))

1898-1917

The Progressive Era

1914-1918

World War 1

1929

The Stock Market Crash marks the beginning of the Great Depression

1932

The Election of FDR

1941

The U.S enters World War 2 (Pearl Harbor)

1945

The Yalta Conference

End of World War 2 (V-E and V-J day)

1947

Truman Doctrine

1950-1953

Korean Conflict

1957

Sputnik

1963

Assassination of JFK

1964

Civil Rights Movement

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

1964-1973

Direct involvement in Vietnam

1968

Anti-war protests and riots

Assassination of MLK and RFK

1974

Nixon resignation

Watergate

1979

Former relations established with China

1979-1981

Americans held hostage in Iran for 444 days

1980

Election of Ronald Reagan

Conservative political swing (New Right)

1989

End of the Cold War

Fall of the Berlin Wall

Political changes in Eastern Europe

1991

Gulf War

2000

Bush v. Gore