APUSH Important Dates to Know

Flashcards encompass key events and concepts in American history crucial for APUSH exam preparation, with definitions clarifying their significance.

Columbian Exchange

1492

Jamestown

1607

First African slaves in America

1619

Navigation Acts

1660s

King Philip’s War

1675

French & Indian War

1763

Declaration of Independence

1776

U.S. Constitution

1789

Louisiana Purchase

1803

Lowell Mills

1811

Missouri Compromise

1820

Monroe Doctrine

1823

Jacksonian Democracy

1830s

Mexican War

1846

Seneca Falls Convention

1848

Kansas-Nebraska Act

1854

Civil War

1861-1865

Reconstruction

1865-1877

Transcontinental Railroad

1869

Dawes Severalty Act

1887

Spanish-American War

1898

Progressive Movement

1890-1920

U.S. entry into WWI

1917

Stock Market Crash

1929

U.S. entry into WWII

1941

End of WWII beginning of Cold War

1945

Korean War

1950

Brown v. Board of Education

1954

Sputnik

1957

Tet Offensive

1968

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

1970

Election of Reagan

1980

Fall of Berlin Wall

1989

9/11 Attacks

2001

Immigration, Urbanization, Industrialization

1880s (Guilded Age)