APUSH Money Year

Important events in APUSH

1492

1492

-(America in the World)

-Event: Columbus sailed and landed on Hispaniola

-Outside info: Spain sends Columbus to find route to India to avoid Muslims

1607

-(Migration)

-Event: Jamestown, Virginia- first English settlement

-Outside info: A joint-stock venture (investors pooling money together for something, ex. journey to America)

1720s-1750s

-(Society & Culture)

-Event: First Great Awakening (religious revival)

-Outside info: Preacher George Whitefield

1754

-(America in the World)

-Event: French & Indian War (war over control of Ohio Valley; France would give up all of its American territory)

-Outside info: Pontiac Uprising- Pontiac drove the British out of Ohio Valley

1776

-(Politics & Power)

-Event: Declaration of Independence

-Outside info: Created after Olive Branch Petition (attempt at peace with Great Britain & King George III) was rejected

1783

-(Politics & Power or America in the World)

-Event: Second Treaty of Paris (Ended American Revolution)

-Outside info: John Jay negotiated the treaty

1800

-(Politics & Power)

-Event: Election of Thomas Jefferson

-Outside info: John Adams lost and left the presidency

1803

-(America in the World)

-Event: Louisiana Purchase

-Outside info: Napoleon sold the entire territory for $15 million

1815

-(America in the World or Politics & Power)

-Event: Treaty of Ghent (ended War of 1812)

-Outside info: Halted fighting, returned all conquered land, & recognized pre-war Canadian & U.S. borders

1816-1824

-(America in the World)

-Event: Era of Good Feelings (James Monroe’s presidency)

-Outside info: Marked by a spirit of nationalism, optimism, and good will

1820

-(Politics and Power)

-Event: Missouri Compromise

-Outside info: Made Missouri a slave state & Maine a free state; prohibited slavery north of latitude 36’ 30”

1823

-(America in the World)

-Event: Monroe Doctrine

-Outside info: Declared U.S. policy towards Europe; Latin America was part of U.S.’ sphere of influence

1820s-1840s

-(Society & Culture)

-Event: Second Great Awakening (religious revival)

-Outside info: A reaction against rationalism; embraced more liberal & forgiving doctrines

1845

-(America in the World)

-Event: Annexation of Texas

-Outside info: Led to Mexican-American War (war over disputed border & Texas)

1848

-(America in the World)

-Event: Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (End Mexican-American War)

-Outside info: Recognized Rio Grande as Southern border of Texas; took possession of California and New Mexico; paid $15 million to Mexico

1860

-(Politics & Power)

-Event: Election of Lincoln

-Outside info: South seceded after Lincoln (Republican) won election; won electoral vote; minority president

1865

-(Politics & Power)

-Event: 13th Amendment

-Outside info: Ended slavery

1877

-(Politics & Power)

-Event: Compromise of 1877

-Outside info: Democrats allowed Hayes to be President; ended federal support in the south; support for a southern railroad

1893

-(Work, Exchange, & Technology)

-Event: Panic of 1893

-Outside info: Worst depression up to that point

1898

-(America in the World)

-Event: Spanish-American War

-Outside info: U.S. Maine explodes; U.S. acquires Puerto Rico & Philippines

1914

-(America in the World)

-Event: WW1 starts

-Outside info: Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand in Sarajevo

1918

-(Culture & Society)

-Event: Spanish Flu

-Outside info: Killed 675,000 Americans

1925

-(Culture & Society)

-Event: Scopes Monkey Trial

-Outside info: Court case on teaching evolution

1929

-(Work, Exchange, & Technology)

-Event: Black Tuesday

-Outside info: October 29, 1929, beginning of Great Depression

1932

-(Politics & Power)

-Event: Election of FDR

-Outside info: Begins New Deal program (starts Social Security)

1941

-(America in the World)

-Event: Bombing of Pearl Harbor

-Outside info: December 7, 1941, America enters WWII

1945

-(America in the World)

-Event: America drops 2 atomic bombs on Japan

-Outside info: Japan surrenders & WWII ends

1954

-(Culture & Society)

-Event: Brown V. Board of Education

-Outside info: Supreme Court order end to segregation in schools

1957

-(Politics & Power)

-Event: Little Rock Nine

-Outside info: Eisenhower sends army to Little Rock, Arkansas

1963

-(Politics & Power)

-Event: JFK Assassination

-Outside info: LBJ becomes president

1964

-(Politics & Power)

-Event: Civil Rights Act of 1964

-Outside info: Put an end to Jim Crow; desegregate South

1968

-(Politics & Power)

-Event: Political Upheaval

-Outside info: Robert Kennedy assassinated after California Primary win; MLK assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee; George Wallace shot & dropped out of presidency race; Nixon becomes president

1975

-(America in the World)

-Event: Vietnam War ends

-Outside info: Causes massive refugee crisis; 100,000 fled to U.S.

1980

-(Politics & Power)

-Event: Ronald Reagan elected

-Outside info: Conservative revolution; first time religion plays a major role

1989

-(America in the World)

-Event: Fall of Berlin War

-Outside info: End of Cold War

2001

-(America in the World)

-Event: 9/11

-Outside info: Beginning of War on Terror

2008

-(Work, Exchange, & Technology)

-Event: Great Recession

-Outside info: Housing crisis, banking crisis, stock market crash, world economic crisis