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Start Date: 1800
End Date: 1848
Key Concepts: - Speed: Defined as how fast something moves (scalar quantity). - Velocity: Speed coupled with direction of movement. - Defined as a vector since it contains both magnitude (speed) and direction. - Force (F): Refers to the influence that causes an object to change its velocity, measured as follows: - Displacement (D): The change in position of an object, considered as a vector component. - Direction (Q): The line along which something moves.
Key Chronological Dates: - 1803: Louisiana Purchase - 1807: Embargo Act - 1808: International Slave Trade Ends - 1812: War of 1812 - 1815: Treaty of Ghent / Battle of New Orleans - 1820: Missouri Compromise - 1823: Monroe Doctrine - 1828: Election of Andrew Jackson - 1831: Nat Turner's Rebellion - 1832: Nullification Crisis - 1832: Indian Removal Act - 1830s: Peak of the Second Great Awakening - 1836: Texas wins Independence - 1848: Seneca Falls Convention

Start Date: 1844
End Date: 1877
Key Concepts: - Notable mention of expansionism under President James K. Polk, associated with the political climate of this unit.
Key Chronological Dates: - 1845: Annexation of Texas - 1846: War with Mexico Begins - 1848: Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo - 1850: Compromise of 1850 - 1855: Bleeding Kansas - 1857: Dred Scott Decision - 1859: John Brown's Failed Uprising - 1860: Election of Abraham Lincoln - 1860: South Carolina Secedes - 1863: Emancipation Proclamation - 1865: Lee's Surrender at Appomattox - 1865: Assassination of Lincoln - 1867: Reconstruction Acts Passed - 1868: Impeachment of Johnson - 1868: 14th Amendment Ratified - 1871: Enforcement Act (Ku Klux Klan Act) - 1873: Panic of 1873 - 1877: Compromise of 1877

Start Date: 1865
End Date: 1898
Key Concepts: - Closure marking the end of the Civil War and significant progress in the nation that followed.
Key Chronological Dates: - 1869: First Transcontinental Railroad Completed - 1869: Knights of Labor Founded - 1873: Panic of 1873 - 1876: Sioux Wars / Battle of Little Bighorn - 1877: Great Railroad Strike - 1886: Haymarket Square Riot - 1886: American Federation of Labor Founded - 1887: Dawes Act - 1887: Interstate Commerce Act Passed - 1889: Hull House Opened - 1890: Sherman Antitrust Act Passed - 1892: Homestead Strike - 1893: Panic of 1893 - 1894: Pullman Strike - 1896: Plessy v. Ferguson - 1896: Bryan's "Cross of Gold" Speech

Start Date: 1890
End Date: 1945
Key Concepts: - Noteworthy is the Census of 1890 and the implications of the closing of the frontier; present during a pivotal turn in U.S. history, leading up to WWII.
Key Chronological Dates: - 1898: Spanish American War - 1901: McKinley Assassinated / Theodore Roosevelt President - 1903: Philippine War Ends - 1905: U.S. Forest Service Created - 1906: Work on Panama Canal Begins - 1906: Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle" - 1911: Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire - 1917: U.S. Enters World War I - 1919: Treaty of Versailles Signed - 1919: Prohibition Begins - 1920: First Red Scare Peaks - 1920: 19th Amendment Ratified - 1920s: Great Migration Peaks - 1924: National Origins Act Passed - 1929: Stock Market Crash - 1933: FDR's New Deal Begins - 1937: FDR's Court Packing Scheme - 1941: U.S. Enters World War II - 1944: D-Day - 1945: FDR Dies / VE Day / VJ Day

Start Date: 1945
End Date: 1980
Key Concepts: - Marks the inception of the Cold War following World War II."
Key Chronological Dates: - 1946: First Levittown - 1946: Churchill's "Iron Curtain" Speech - 1947: Marshall Plan - 1947: Taft-Hartley Act - 1949: Chinese Revolution - 1950: Internal Security Act (Red Scare) - 1952: First Hydrogen Bomb Tested - 1953: Korean War Ends - 1954: Brown v. Board of Education - 1956: Montgomery Bus Boycott Ends - 1956: Interstate Highway Act - 1957: Soviets Launch Sputnik - 1962: Cuban Missile Crisis - 1963: March on Washington - 1964: Civil Rights Act of 1964 - 1964: Launch of Great Society Programs - 1964: Gulf of Tonkin Resolution - 1965: Voting Rights Act of 1965 - 1965: Immigration Act of 1965 - 1968: Violence/Protests at DNC Convention - 1969: Moon Landing - 1969: Woodstock - 1970: EPA signed into law by Nixon - 1972: Nixon's China Visit - 1973: Roe v. Wade - 1973: Oil Embargo - 1974: Resignation of Nixon - 1979: SALT 2 Treaty

Start Date: 1980
End Date: Present
Key Concepts: - Acknowledges ongoing developments in U.S. history from the 1980s to the present.
Key Chronological Dates: - 1981: First Personal Computer - 1982: SDI (Star Wars Initiative) - 1991: Collapse of the Soviet Union - 1993: NAFTA Signed into Law - 2001: September 11th Terrorist Attacks - 2003: Iraq War

Start Date: 1491
End Date: 1607
Key Concepts: - Denotes the last year before European contact. This era culminates with the founding of Jamestown.
Key Chronological Dates: - 1492: Voyage of Columbus - 1494: Treaty of Tordesillas - 1512: Encomienda System Begins - 1525: Transatlantic Slave Trade Initiated

Start Date: 1607
End Date: 1754
Key Concepts: - Registration of the founding of Jamestown until the beginning of the Seven Years War.
Key Chronological Dates: - 1607: Founding of Jamestown - 1608: Founding of Quebec - 1619: First Slave Sold in Virginia - 1620: Founding of Plymouth Colony - 1640s: Beaver Wars - 1664: New Amsterdam Captured (now New York) - 1675: Metacom's War - 1676: Bacon's Rebellion - 1680: Pueblo Revolt - 1730s: First Great Awakening

Start Date: 1754
End Date: 1800
Key Concepts: - Marks the beginning of the Seven Years War and concludes with the Jefferson "Revolution" of 1800.
Key Chronological Dates: - 1754: Start of Seven Years War - 1763: Pontiac's Rebellion - 1763: Proclamation of 1763 - 1765: Stamp Act - 1773: Boston Tea Party - 1775: Battles of Lexington & Concord - 1776: Declaration of Independence - 1778: Alliance Between France & the U.S. - 1781: Battle of Yorktown - 1783: Treaty of Paris - 1786: Shays' Rebellion - 1787: Constitutional Convention - 1789: Washington's First Term Begins - 1791: Bill of Rights Ratified - 1794: Whiskey Rebellion - 1796: Washington's Farewell Address - 1798: Alien and Sedition Acts - 1800: Election of Thomas Jefferson as President.