American History Topics and Timelines
ANTEBELLUM YEARS (BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR) PRE-COLUMBIAN HISTORY (North America, Aztecs, Incas etc.) Aztecs (Mexico) Incas (Peru) North...
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amanda0195
- Apr 26, 2018
- 13 min
Presidents after World War I
1913 - 1921 - Woodrow Wilson (Dem.) 1921 - 1923 - Warren G. Harding (Rep.) 1923 - 1929 - Calvin Coolidge (Rep.) 1929 -,1933 - Herbert...
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amanda0195
- May 10, 2017
- 5 min
Cold War
TIMELINE 1945 End of WWII Winston Churchill’s “Iron Curtain” Speech 1946 George Kennan sent Long Telegram explaining reasons USSR must be...
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Amanda Roraback and Isabella Catania
- Apr 5, 2017
- 5 min
Vietnam War
1939-45 World War II Viet Minh created in 1941 by Ho Chi Minh Primarily led by Communists. Japanese defeat Indochina Viet Minh launch...
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amanda0195
- Mar 12, 2017
- 11 min
Civil Rights Timeline
1930 Nation of Islam (NOI) Founded by Wallace D. Fard Muhammad Goals – to improve the spiritual, mental, social and economic condition of...
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amanda0195
- Feb 28, 2017
- 12 min
World War II - U.S.
LEADING UP TO WORLD WAR II SEEDS OF WAR WWI Heavy reparations payment weakened Germany - caused rise of fascism Strong desire for...
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amanda0195
- Feb 14, 2017
- 10 min
New Deal
ALPHABET SOUP IN A NUTSHELL Glass-Steagall Banking Reform Act (1933) - Created FDIC CCC - Civilian Conservation Corps (1933) - Young men...
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amanda0195
- Feb 13, 2017
- 10 min
1920s
TIMELINE 1920 - Warren Harding elected president 1921 - Immigration Act 1923 - Calvin Coolidge becomes president after Harding's death...
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amanda0195
- Jan 27, 2017
- 7 min
World War I - United States
CAUSES OF WORLD WAR I Long term causes (M.A.I.N.) Militarism New weapons: Maxim Gun, U-Boat, naval war (between Germany and Britain)...
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amanda0195
- Jan 24, 2017
- 13 min
Presidents Civil War to WWI
RECONSTRUCTION ANDREW JOHNSON (1865-1869) Democrat BIO Born in North Carolina then moved to Tennessee Grew up poor Illiterate as adult,...
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amanda0195
- Jan 23, 2017
- 9 min
Progressivism (1880-1917)
PROGRESSIVISM DEFINITION Between end of Reconstruction and start of World War I Middle Class reformers sought to address the problems...
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amanda0195
- Jan 21, 2017
- 19 min
Gilded Age (Reconstruction-1900)
GILDED AGE 1870s-1900 dubbed "Gilded Age" by Mark Twain 1873 novel The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today Because like gilt (thin layer of gold...
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amanda0195
- Jan 19, 2017
- 8 min
Spanish-American War (1898)
EVENTS BEFORE THE WAR MANIFEST DESTINY John O'Sullivan coined the term Manifest Destiny in 1845 Expansion of the U.S. Louisiana Purchase...
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amanda0195
- Jan 18, 2017
- 7 min
Wild West
EXPANSION TO THE WEST Seven Years War 1783 Acquisition of territories of New France west to the Mississippi River Louisiana Purchase 1803...
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amanda0195
- Jan 16, 2017
- 15 min
Reconstruction (1865-1877)
TIMELINE Emancipation Proclamation (Jan. 1, 1863) Wade-Davis Bill (Jun. 1864) Lincoln reelected (Nov. 8, 1864) Sherman's March to the Sea...
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amanda0195
- Jan 15, 2017
- 15 min
Civil War
TIMELINE Events leading to Civil War 1860 Lincoln is elected (Nov. 6) South Carolina secedes (Dec. 17) 1861 Six other states secede (Jan)...
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amanda0195
- Nov 30, 2016
- 6 min
Leading to the Civil War
CHRONOLOGY Missouri Compromise 1820 Manifest Destiny 1845 Texas annexed 1845 Annexation of Oregon 1846 Mexican-American War 1846-1848...
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amanda0195
- Nov 18, 2016
- 6 min
Mexican-American War (1846-1848)
LEADING TO THE WAR BATTLE OF SAN JACINTO (April 21, 1836) See Texas entry Sam Houston led the expedition American Texians defeated the...
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amanda0195
- Nov 18, 2016
- 3 min
Texas
SPANISH TEXAS ADAMS-ONIS TREATY 1819 Spanish gave up Florida In exchange, U.S gave up rights to Texas MEXICAN TEXAS MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE...
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amanda0195
- Nov 10, 2016
- 4 min
Reform Movements
INSPIRATIONS Second Great Awakening (1790-1850) Revivalist preachers said that God created man as a "free moral agent" -- sinners could...
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