APUSH Dates Quiz Flashcards

1492

Columbus encounters the new world in the Caribbean

1607

Founding of Jamestown

1619

First people enslaved in British Colonies transported to Americas

1676

Bacon’s Rebellion. Slavery based more on race

1763

End of Slavery Neglect

1776

Declaration of Independence

1776-1783

American Revolutionary War

1786

Shay’s Rebellion

1787

Writing of the Consitution

1787

Northwest Ordinance: Slavery banned in Northwest Territories(Midwest)

1794

Whiskey’s Rebellion

1800

“Revolution of 1800” First Political Parties form

1803

Louisiana Purchase: The U.S. vastly expands

1815-1825

Era of Good Feeling: One Party Rules (Democrat-Republicans)

1830

Trail of Tears (Indian Removal)

1848

Seneca falls Convention (Women’s Rights)

1854

Kansas-Nebraka Act

1857

Dred-Scott case: Slaves considered property

1862

Homestead Act

1861-1865

Civil War (Before- Antebellum and After- Reconstruction/Gilded Age)

1865

13th Amendment: Passed to end slavery in most cases

1877

Federal troops removed from the South/ Reconstruction Ends

1882

Chinese Exclusion Act

1898

Plessy v. Ferguson case: Segregation made official

1890s-1910s

Progressive Era/ Muckrakers

1917-1919

U.S. involvement in WW1

1920

19th Amendment Passed: Women get the right to vote

1920s

Prohibition; buying/selling of alcohol illegal —> Huge failure

1930s

Great Depression/ New Deal

1941-1945

U.S. involvement in WW2

1946-1991

Cold War

1950s-1960s

Civil Rights Movement

1960s

Great Society/ Dominance of Liberals

1960s-1970s

Vietnam War

1980s

Dominance of Reagan and Neo Conservatives