APUSH DATES AND AMENDMENTS

1491

Pre-Columbus

1607

Jamestown founded

1660's

Navigation Acts

1676

Bacon's Rebellion

1730's-1740's

Great Awakening

1754-1763

French and Indian War

1775-1783

American Revolution

1776

Declaration of Independence

1787

Constitution of the United States was written.

1799

Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions

1800

Revolution of 1800

1803

Louisiana Purchase

1819

McCulloch v. Maryland

1828

Election of Andrew Jackson

1832

Nullification Crisis

1790's-1840's

Second Great Awakening

1848

Seneca Falls Convention

1790's-1860's

Market Revolution

1844

James K. Polk elected president

1846-1848

Mexican-American War

1850

Compromise of 1850

1854

Kansas-Nebraska Act

1861-1865

Civil War

1865-1877

Reconstruction

1877

Compromise of 1877

1865-1890's

Gilded Age

1882

Chinese Exclusion Act

1890

Battle of Wounded Knee

1870's-1920's

Second Industrial Revolution

1890

end of the open frontier

1896

Plessy v. Ferguson

13th Amendment

abolished slavery

14th Amendment

Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and are guaranteed equal protection of the laws

15th amendment

Citizens cannot be denied the right to vote because of race, color , or precious condition of servitude

1890's - 1914

Progressive Era

1898

Spanish-American War

1899-1902

Philippine-American War

1914-1918

World War I

1917

US enters WWI

1920-1929

Roaring 20s

1929

Stock Market Crash (Black Tuesday)

1929-1939

Great Depression

1939-1945

World War II

1941

Pearl Harbor, entry of US into WWII

16th Amendment

graduated income tax 

17th Amendment

direct election of senators 

18th Amendment

Prohibtion

19th Amendment

All women can vote

1945-1991

Cold War

1950-1953

Korean War

1957

Sputnik launch, beginning of the space race 

1955-1975

Vietnam War

1968

MLK assassination

1969

Lunar landing, end of the space race

1980

Election of Ronald Regan

1990 - 1991

Persian Gulf War

2001

September 11 Attacks

2001- 2021

War in Afghanistan

2003 - 2011

Iraq War

24th Amendment

Elimination of Poll Tax

26th Amendment

Lowered Voting Age to 18