U.S. Presidents, Wars, and Key Events: APUSH Review

George Washington

Set precedents (cabinet, 2 terms), neutrality (Proclamation of Neutrality), avoided political parties

Thomas Jefferson

Louisiana Purchase, reduced federal power, embargo hurt economy

Andrew Jackson

Expanded democracy (common man), Indian Removal Act, Bank War

Abraham Lincoln

Preserved Union, Emancipation Proclamation, led during Civil War

Theodore Roosevelt

Trust-busting, Square Deal, conservation, big stick diplomacy

Woodrow Wilson

WWI leadership, 14 Points, League of Nations

Franklin D. Roosevelt

New Deal, led U.S. through Great Depression & WWII

John F. Kennedy

Cold War (Cuban Missile Crisis), New Frontier

Lyndon B. Johnson

Great Society, Civil Rights Act, Vietnam escalation

Ronald Reagan

Reaganomics, Cold War end influence, conservative shift

American Revolution

1775-1783, Presidents: None (pre-Constitution)

War of 1812

1812-1815, President: James Madison

Mexican-American War

1846-1848, President: James K. Polk

Civil War

1861-1865, President: Abraham Lincoln

Spanish-American War

1898, President: William McKinley

World War I

1917-1918 U.S., President: Woodrow Wilson

World War II

1941-1945 U.S., Presidents: FDR / Truman

Korean War

1950-1953, President: Truman

Vietnam War

1955-1975, Presidents: Eisenhower → Nixon

Persian Gulf War

1990-1991, President: George H. W. Bush

War in Iraq

2003-2011, President: George W. Bush

War in Afghanistan

2001-2021, Presidents: Bush → Biden

1492

Columbus sails

1607

Jamestown

1763

French & Indian War ends

1776

Declaration of Independence

1787

Constitutional Convention

1789

Washington becomes president

1817-1825

Era of Good Feelings

1865-1877

Reconstruction

1877-1900

Gilded Age

1890-1920

Progressive Era

1914-1918

WWI

1929-1939

Great Depression

1939-1945

WWII

1947-1991

Cold War

1972-1974

Watergate

2001

9/11

Washington - Farewell Address

Warns against political parties & foreign alliances

Jefferson - First Inaugural

Unity, limited government

Lincoln - "House Divided"

Nation cannot survive half slave/half free

Lincoln - Gettysburg Address

Equality, purpose of Civil War, national unity

William Jennings Bryan - "Cross of Gold"

Free silver, help farmers, anti-gold standard

Wilson - War Message

"Make world safe for democracy"

FDR - First Inaugural

"Fear itself," New Deal confidence

JFK - First Inaugural

Cold War unity, "ask not..."

MLK Jr. - "I Have a Dream"

Racial equality, civil rights

Marbury v. Madison

Judicial review

McCulloch v. Maryland

Federal supremacy, elastic clause

Gibbons v. Ogden

Federal control of interstate commerce

Worcester v. Georgia

Native American sovereignty

Dred Scott v. Sandford

Slaves not citizens, Missouri Compromise unconstitutional

Plessy v. Ferguson

"Separate but equal"

Schenck v. U.S.

Limited free speech (clear & present danger)

Korematsu v. U.S.

Japanese internment upheld

Brown v. Board

Segregation unconstitutional

Period 1 (1491-1607)

Native societies, European exploration

Period 2 (1607-1754)

Colonies develop, slavery expands

Period 3 (1754-1800)

Revolution, Constitution & new gov

Period 4 (1800-1848)

Expansion (Manifest Destiny), Market Revolution

Period 5 (1844-1877)

Civil War, Reconstruction

Period 6 (1865-1898)

Industrialization, Gilded Age inequality

Period 7 (1890-1945)

Progressivism, World Wars

Period 8 (1945-1980)

Cold War, Civil Rights Movement

Period 9 (1980-present)

Conservatism (Reagan), Globalization