All APUSH Dates and Amendments

1869

Transcontinental Railroad completed

1887

Dawes Severalty Act

1865-1900

The Gilded Age

1890

Frontier Declared Closed- U.S. Census Bureau

1892

Homestead Strike

1893

Columbian Exposition/ Chicago Worlds Fair

1896

William McKinley Elected defeats Wm. Jennings Bryan and the Populist Movement

1896

Plessy v. Feguson

1846-1848

Mexican War

1848

Gold in California and Seneca Falls Convention

1850

Compromise of 1850 and Fugitive Slave Act

1852

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

1854

Kansas Nebraska Act and Bleeding Kansas

1857

Dred Scott Case

1860

Abraham Lincoln Elected and Southern Secession

1861-1865

Civil War Era

1862

Emancipation Proclamation

1863-1877

Reconstruction Era

1877

Compromise of 1877- End of Reconstruction

13th Amendment

Abolition of Slavery

1st CIVIL WAR AMENDMENT - Slavery is illegal

14th Amendment

Civil Rights

2nd CIVIL WAR AMENDMENT - Slaves receive Citizenship and protection of due process

15th Amendment

African American Suffrage

3rd CIVIL WAR AMENDMENT - African Americans receive the right to vote.

1800

Thomas Jefferson elected

1803

Louisiana Purchase

1812-1814

War of 1812

1820

Missouri Compromise

1823

Monroe Doctrine

1825

Erie Canal Opens

1828

Andrew Jackson Elected

1838

Trail of Tears

11th Amendment

Lawsuits Against States

It is impossible for the citizen of one state to sue another state.

12th Amendment

Election of President and Vice President

(1804) Provides that members of the electoral college (called electors), vote for one person as president and one person as vice president.

1763

French and Indian War Ends / Pontiacs Rebellion &

Proclamation of 1763

1776

Declaration of Independence

1781

Articles of Confederation

1787

Constitutional Convention

1789

Washington Presidency Begins

1791

Bill of Rights

1754-1763

French and Indian War Era

1775-1783

Revolutionary War Era

1st Amendment

Freedom of Religion, Speech and the Press; Rights of Assembly and Petition.

2nd Amendment

Right to Bear Arms. The amendment was adopted so that Congress could not disarm a state militia.

3rd Amendment

Housing of Soldiers. Grew directly out of an old complaint against the British, who had forced people to take soldiers

into their homes.

4th Amendment

Search and Seizure. You may not be searched or have property seized without probable cause and/or a search

warrant.

5th Amendment

Rights of the accused (Self-incrimination, Double Jeopardy, Due Process, Just Compensation)

6th Amendment

Rights to a Fair Trial (Speedy and Public Trial by Jury, Tried in state where crime was committed, Informed of charges against accused, Witnesses, Right to a lawyer)

7th Amendment

Rights in Civil Cases (Trial by jury in civil cases over $20)

8th Amendment

Cruel and Unusual Punishment Bails, fines and punishments must be humane and fit the crime committed

9th Amendment

Rights Retained by the People. Any rights not listed in the Constitution are still protected

10th Amendment

Powers Retained by the States and the People States or people have all powers not given to national government. (ie: marriage)

Spanish American War

1898

McKinley (assassinated), Theodore Roosevelt Presidency

1901

US Enters WW1

1917

Stock Market Crash, Great Depression Begins

1929

Franklin D. Roosevelt Elected

1932

New Deal Begins

1933

Pearl Harbor- US enters WW2

1941

Yalta Conference, End of WW2, Atomic Bomb on Japan

1945

16th Amendment

Income Taxes: Congress has the power to lay and collect taxes on incomes

17th

Direct Election of Senators: The states have the power to directly elect senators to represent them. (before this, the state legislature decided who the senators were)

18th Amendment

Prohibition of Liquor: (1919) Forbade people to make, sell, or transport liquor.

19th Amendment

Women's Suffrage Gives women the power to vote

20th Amendment

Terms of President and Congress: Moves the date that newly elected presidents and members of Congress take office close to election time. President: January 20th, Congress: January 3rd

21st Amendment

Repeal of Prohibition Repeals the 18th amendment.

1940-1945

WW2 era

1914-1918

WW1 Era

1898-1917

Progressive Era

1945

Yalta conference, end of WW2, atomic bomb on Japan

1947

Truman Doctrine, containment policy begins

1950-1953

Korean war

1954

Brown v. Board of education Topeka

1962

Cuban missile crisis

1963

MLK march on Washington, JFK assassinated, LBJ presidency begins

1964

Civil Rights Act, Gulf of Tonkin resolution (Vietnam)

1968

MLK assassinated, Robert F. Kennedy assassinated, Tet Offensive Vietnam

1974

Watergate Nixon (resigns), Gerald Ford presidency begins

1975

US exits Vietnam

1979-1981

Iranian hostage crisis

1980

Ronald Reagan elected

1989

Fall of Berlin Wall, end of Cold War

2001

September 11 terrorist attacks

2008

Barack Obama elected

22nd Amendment

Limitation of presidents to Two Terms. No person can be elected president more than twice

23rd Amendment

Suffrage in Washington DC (only presidential, not Congress members)

24th Amendment

Poll taxes banned

25th Amendment

Presidential Disability and Succession, VP fills president's role if he dies, resigns, or is removed

26th Amendment

Suffrage for 18 year olds, voting age moved to 18

27th Amendment

Congressional Pay Raises, any congressional pay increase does not go into effect until after next regular election of House of Reps

1492

Christopher Columbus Arrives

1607

Jamestown Settled

1619

VA House of Burgesses and First Slaves Arrive

1620

Plymouth Settled