US History Timeline: Freedom, Empire, Democracy, and Equality

Comprehensive vocabulary and timeline flashcards covering key events from 1619 to the early 21st century as outlined in the lecture notes.

First African people (enslaved) land in British colony

1619

John Punch

Individual involved in a 1640 legal case related to the status of enslaved people.

Elizabeth Key

Individual associated with a 1655 legal case regarding freedom.

1660’s Status Laws

Laws changed regarding status of freedom for kids + parents; freedom was determined by material status.

Bacon's Rebellion

Conflict that occurred during 1676-1677.

First documented use of the word “white”

1691

Virginia Slave Codes

Legislation enacted in 1705.

Stono Rebellion

A 1739 slave uprising.

The Declaration of Independence

1776

Shay’s Rebellion

A 1786 uprising of farmers.

The Constitutional Convention (Philadelphia)

1787

Slavery Abolished (Transcript Date)

1808

Frederick Dougals

Individual whose life spanned from 1818-1891.

Compromise over the international slave trade

1808

Mississippi/Alabama Forced Migration (1810-1820)

137,000 people were forced to move to these western regions.

The Missouri Compromise

1820

Cotton production sales (1820-1860)

2 million people were sold to satisfy the need for cotton production.

Indian Removal Act of 1830

1830

Cherokee v. Georgia

1831

Treaty of New Echota

1835

Cherokee Removal (trail of tears)

1838

US War with Mexico

1846-1848

1850 Compromise

1850

Kansas Nebraska Debate Act

1854

The Dred Scott decision

1857

Southern Secession

1860-1861

Start of the civil war

1860

Speech by Alexander H. Stevens

1861

Convict Leasing

A system active from 1846-1928.

Emancipation Proclamation

1863

“What the Black Man Wants”

Published in 1865.

Reconstruction

The period from 1865-1877.

Black Codes Passes

1865-1866

13th Amendment

1865

14th Amendment

1868

15th Amendment

1870

Jim Crow South

1877-1960s

Great Migration

1910

Harlem Renaissance

1920s

19th Amendment

1920

Massacre of Tulsa’s ‘Black Wall Street’

1921

Gilded Age

1870s - 1890s

Chinese Exclusion Act

1882

Progressive Era

1890-1920s (early 1900s)

The Haymarket Affair

1886

The Homestead Strike

1892

The Pullman Strike

1894

Clayton Antitrust Act

1914

1919 Panic

Also known as the First Red Scare; 1919-1920.

Asian Exclusion Act

1924

The Butler Act

1925

The Great Depression

1929

Japanese Incarceration (Start)

1929

Dust Bowl

1931-1939

FDR Presidency

1933-1945

The New Deal

1933-1938

Japanese planes attacked Pearl Harbor

1941

Executive order 9066

1942

Double V. Campaign

1942

Black American service/supply confinement (1942-1945)

150,000 Black Americans were confined to service/supply roles.

Truman Doctrine

1947

Cold War early phase

1947-1954; characterized by fear of Soviet infiltration.

Bloody Sunday

March 1965

Selma to Montgomery March

March 1965

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation act passed

1973

Civil rights movement

1954-1968

Brown v Board

1954

Civil Rights Act

1964

Voting Rights Act

August 1965; formalized ban of literacy tests, poll taxes, and other discriminatory practices.

Watts Rebellion

1965

War on Drugs

Initiated in 1971.

Drug Enforcement Administration

1973

Briggs Initiative

1978

Aids Epidemic (Reagan)

1981; addressed publicly almost 2 years later.

“just say no” campaign

Led by Nancy Reagan in the 1980s as part of Nixon’s legacy.

Vincent Chin Murder

1982

Geneva Summit

1985

Anti-Drug Abuse Act

1986

Murder of Natasha Harlins

1991

Beating of Rodney King

1991

LA Uprising

1992

Election of 2000

George W Bush v. Al Gore

NAFTA

1994

TANF

Formed in 1996 when welfare was removed.

Patriot Act

2001; related to the war on terror.

War in Iraq

2003

Market Crash

2008