Important Dates in US History

Flashcards covering key dates and events in US history for exam preparation.

Age of Exploration

1492-1607

Jamestown

Established in 1607.

British Colonies

Established from 1607 to 1763.

Mayflower Compact

Signed in 1620 by the Pilgrims.

French and Indian War

Lasted from 1754 to 1763.

Conflict in the Colonies

Occurred from 1763 to 1776.

Stamp Act

Passed in 1765.

Boston Massacre

Took place in 1770.

American Revolution

Lasted from 1776 to 1783.

Battle of Saratoga

Fought in 1777.

Battle of Yorktown

Took place in 1781.

Early Republic

Period from 1783 to 1820.

Shays’ Rebellion

Occurred in 1787.

Invention of Cotton Gin

Invented in 1793.

Marbury v. Madison

Landmark case decided in 1803.

Battle of New Orleans

Fought in 1815.

Market Revolution

Took place from 1820 to 1840.

Completion of Erie Canal

Completed in 1824.

Trail of Tears

Began in 1838.

Antebellum

Lasted from 1840 to 1860.

Mexican-American War

Took place from 1846 to 1848.

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Passed in 1854.

Civil War

Lasted from 1861 to 1865.

Battle of Antietam

Fought in 1862.

Battles of Gettysburg/Vicksburg

Both fought in 1863.

Reconstruction

Lasted from 1865 to 1877.

Fourteenth Amendment

Ratified in 1868.

Transcontinental Railroad

Completed in 1869.

Gilded Age

Lasted from 1877 to 1898.

Chinese Exclusion Act

Passed in 1882.

Interstate Commerce Act

Passed in 1887.

Progressive Era and Empire Building

Lasted from 1898 to 1919.

Spanish-American War

Occurred in 1898.

The Jungle published

Published in 1906.

US involvement in WWI

Lasted from 1917 to 1918.

Boom and Bust

Period from 1920 to 1929.

First Red Scare

Occurred in 1919.

19th Amendment

Ratified in 1920.

Scopes Trial

Took place in 1925.

Great Depression

Lasted from 1929 to 1941.

Dust Bowl

Occurred from 1930 to 1936.

Emergency Banking Relief Act

Passed in 1933.

Social Security Act

Passed in 1935.

US involvement in World War II

Lasted from 1941 to 1945.

Atlantic Charter

Established in 1941.

GI Bill of Rights

Passed in 1944.

United Nations

Founded in 1945.

Cold War

Lasted from 1945 to 1991.

First Levittown

Established in 1947.

Korean War

Lasted from 1950 to 1953.

Brown v. Board of Education

Ruling made in 1954.

Launch of Sputnik

Occurred in 1957.

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Passed in 1964.

US Combat Troops in Vietnam

Present from 1965 to 1973.

Nixon resigns over Watergate

Resigned in 1974.

Destruction of Berlin Wall

Occurred in 1989.