APUSH Bookend Dates

1491-1607

#1 (1 year before Columbus comes - founding of Jamestown)

1607-1754

#2 (Jamestown founded - French and Indian War)

1754-1800

#3 (French and Indian War - Jefferson Presidency)

1800-1848

#4 (Jefferson Presidency - Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Gold Rush, and Seneca Halls Convention)

1848-1877

#5 (Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Gold Rush, and Seneca Halls Convention - Compromise of 1877 {reconstruction ended})

1865-1898

#6 (Civil War - Spanish American War, Hawaii Annexed )

1890-1945

#7 (Wounded Knee, Sherman Antitrust Act - End of WWII)

1945-1980

#8 (End of WWII - Ronald Reagan Presidency)

1980-present

#9 (Ronald Reagan Presidency - 9/11, Covid 19)