dates and amendments

cold war

(1945-1989)

Yalta Conference, end of WW2 and atomic bomb on japan

1945

Truman policy (containment policy begins)

1947

Korean War

1950-1953

Brown v. board of education Topeka

1954

Cuban Missile Crisis

1962

MLK March on Washington/ JFK assassinated/ LBJ presidency begins

1963

Civil Rights Act/ Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (Vietnam)

1964

MLK and Robert F Kennedy Assassinated/ Tet Offensive in Vietnam

1968

Watergate and Nixon resigns, Gerald Ford presidency begins

1974

US exit of Vietnam

1975

Iranian Hostage Crisis

1979-1981

Ronald Reagan Elected

1980

fall of Berlin Wall/ end of Cold War

1989

September 11th terrorist attacks

2001

22nd amendment

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

23rd amendment

suffrage in the District of Columbia. Allows citizens of Washington DC to vote in the presidential elections. However, they cannot vote for member of congress

24th amendment

poll taxes. Forbids making voters pay a poll tax before they can vote in a national election

25th amendment

presidential disability and succession. if president is removed, dies, or resigns, the vice president becomes president. the president fulfills a vice president vacancy, by majority vote of both Houses of Congress

26th amendment

suffrage for 18 year olds, voting age moved to 18

27th amendment

congressional pay raises. any increase in congressional pay does not go into effect until after the next regular election of the House of Representatives

Christopher Columbus Arrives

1492

Jamestown Settled

1607

VA House of Burgesses and First Slavs Arrive

1619

Plymouth Settled

1620

French and Indian War Ends/ Pontiacs Rebellion, and Proclamation line of 1763

1763

Declaration of Independence

1776

Articles of Confederation

1781

Constitutional Convention

1787

Washington Presidency Begins

1789

Bill of Rights

1791

1st Amendment

Freedom of Religion, Speech, and the press; Rights of Assembly and petition

2nd Amendment

Right to Bear Arms; this 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 People; states or people have all powers not given to national government (ie: Marriage)

Thomas Jefferson Elected

1800

Louisiana Purchase

1803

War of 1812

1812-14

Missouri Compromise

1820

Monroe Doctrine

1823

Erie Canal Opens

1825

Andrew Jackson Elected

1828

Trail of Tears

1838

11th Amendment

Lawsuits against states

it is impossible for the citizen of one state to sue another state

12 amendment

Election of President and Vice President

Mexican War

1846-48

gold in California and seneca Falls Convention

1848

compromise of 1850 and Fugitive Slave Act

1850

Uncle toms Cabin

1852

Kansas Nebraska act and bleeding Kansas

1854

Dred scott case

1857

Abraham Lincoln elected and southern secession

1860

emancipation proclamation

1862

1877

compromise of 1877- end of reconstruction

civil war era

1861-65

reconstruction era

1863-77

revolutionary war era

1775-83

transcontinental RR completed

1869

Dawes Severalty act

1887

gilded age

1865-1900

frontier declared closed- US census Bureau

1890

homestead strike

1892

columbian exposition/Chicago Worlds Fair

1893

McKinley elected defeats Bryan and the populist movement

1896

plessy v ferguson

1896

SPAM war

1898

progressive era

1898-1917

McKinley assassinated - TR presidency

1901

WW1

1914-18

US enters WW1

1917

stock market crash/ depression begins

1929

FDR elected

1932

New Deal

1933

WW2 era

1940-45

Pearl Harbor - US enters WW2

1941

13th amendment

abolition of slavery

14th amendment

civil rights

15th amendment

African American suffrage

16th amendment

income taxes

17th amendment

direct election of senators

18th amendment

getting rid of prohibition of liquor

19th amendment

womens suffrage

20th amendment

terms of president and congress

21st amendment

repeals of prohibition