AP U.S. History Unit 5 Important Dates (1844-1877)

Vocabulary flashcards covering major key terms, dates, acts, and events in AP U.S. History Unit 5 (1844-1877).

1844

Election of James K. Polk (The "Manifest Destiny" election).

1845

Texas Annexation; John O’Sullivan coins the term "Manifest Destiny."

1846–1848

The Mexican- American Way

1846

Wilmot Proviso is proposed

1848

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

1848

Seneca Falls Convention

1848

Free Soil Party

1849

California Gold Rush begins

1850

Fugitive Slave Act; CA enters as a free state.

1852

Publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe.

1854

Kansas-Nebraska Act (Repeals Missouri Compromise; introduces popular sovereignty); Formation of the Republican Party.

1856

"Bleeding Kansas" (Violence between pro- and anti-slavery settlers); The Brooks-Sumner Affair in the Senate.

1857

Dred Scott v. Sandford decision

1858

Lincoln-Douglas Debates

1859

John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry

1860

Election of Abraham Lincoln, South Carolina secedes

1861

Fort Sumter fired upon (War begins); First Battle of Bull Run.

1862

Homestead Act and Pacific Railway Act; Battle of Antietam

1863

Emancipation Proclamation

1863

Battle of Gettysburg and Battle of Vicksburg

1864

Sherman’s March to the Sea begins.

1865

Appomattox Court House (Lee surrenders to Grant); Assassination of Abraham Lincoln; 13th Amendment ratified (Abolishing slavery).

1865

Freedmen’s Bureau established.

1868

14th Amendment ratified (Citizenship and Equal Protection); Impeachment of Andrew Johnson.

1869

Completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad.

1870

15th Amendments

1877

Hayes becomes President, federal troops withdraw from the South, Reconstruction ends)

1873

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