American History 2

Rutherford B. Hayes

Period: Mar 4, 1877 to Mar 4, 1881

Republican, Vice President: William A. Wheeler

James A. Garfield

Period: Mar 4, 1881 to Sep 19, 1881

Republican, Vice President: Chester A. Aurther

Chester A. Arthur

Period: Sep 19, 1881 to Mar 4, 1885

Republican, came in after Garfield died froom pneumonia

Chinese Exlusion Act of 1882

May 6, 1882

On May 6, 1882 president Auther signed the Chinese Exclusion Act. This prohibted chinese immigration for 10 years.

Grover Cleveland

Period: Mar 4, 1885 to Mar 4, 1889

Democrat, Vice President: Thomas A. Hendricks

Benjamin Harrison

Period: Mar 4, 1889 to Mar 4, 1893

Republican, Vice President: Levi P. Morton

Mckinley Tariff

Oct 1, 1890

Also known as the Tariff Act of 1890 the Mckinley Tariff was signed on this date. It was a tax put on manufactured goods.

Grover Cleveland

Period: Mar 4, 1893 to Mar 4, 1897

Democrat, Vice President: Adlai Stevenson

William McKinley

Period: Mar 4, 1897 to Sep 14, 1901

Republican, VIce President: Garrett Hobart, Theodore Roosevelt

USS Maine

Feb 15, 1898

On this date the USS Maine was suck in Cuba. This was one cause of the Spanish American War.

Spainsh American War

Period: Apr 20, 1898 to Sep 1, 1898

The Spainsh American War was fought in Cuba between the U.S. and Spain. It lasted over the course of 5 months.

Spanish American War

Period: Apr 25, 1898 to Dec 10, 1898

The Spanish American war was between Spain and America where most of the fighting took place in Cuba. The signing of the treaty of paris offically ended the war.

Hawaii

Aug 12, 1898

Hawaii became a U.S. territory on this date. We wante Hawaii because it was full of sugar so we started a revolution organized by John Stevens.

Open Door Policy

Sep 6, 1899

A term in foreign affairs initially used to refer to the United States policy. It was dated on this day.

Theodore Roosevelt

Period: Sep 14, 1901 to Mar 4, 1909

Republican, Vice President: Charles W. Fairbanks, served two terms

Roosevelt Corollary

Dec 6, 1904

Addition to the Monoe Doctrine. Made by Theodore Roosevelt.

William Howard Taft

Period: Mar 4, 1909 to Mar 4, 1913

Republican, Vice President: James S. Sherman

Election of 1912

Nov 5, 1912

This election conssited of Taft for the Republicans, Teddy for the Bull- Moose party, and Wilson for the Democrats. The Republicans not knowing who to vote for split the votes giving Wilson the win.

Woodrow Wilson

Period: Mar 4, 1913 to Mar 4, 1921

Democrat, Vice President: Thomas R.Marshall, served two terms

WWI

Period: Jul 28, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918

World War I was a global war that started over nationalism, alliances, mititarism, and imperialism. An immediate cause was the assassination of Archduke Francis.

Lusitania

May 7, 1915

The Lusitania was a british ship used during WWI that was sunk by Germany. This was one of the imediate causes of WWI.

Fourteen Points

Jan 8, 1918

Woodrow Wilsons fourteen points were eluicidated on this date. The fourteen points were made to help with world peace.

Treaty of Versailles

Jun 28, 1919

This was the first Treaty of Versailles which ended WWI. It was exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

19th Amendement

Aug 18, 1920

The 19th Amendment ended being denied of the right to vote because of sex. Women were able to vote based on the ratification on the 19th Amendment.

Warren G. Harding

Period: Mar 4, 1921 to Aug 2, 1923

Republican, Vice Pesident: Calvin Cooledge

Calvin Coolidge

Period: Aug 2, 1923 to Mar 4, 1929

Republican, Vice president: Charles G. Dawes, served the remainder of Hardingsterm and a whole term

Immigration Quota Act of 1924

May 26, 1924

The Immigration Quota Act of 1924 was passed on this date. This act set qotas for immigration for particular contries.

Herbert Hoover

Period: Mar 4, 1929 to Mar 4, 1933

Republican, Vice President: Charles Curtis, built the Hoover dam

Great Depression

Oct 29, 1929

On this date which is known as Black Tuesday the stock market crashed. This was the beginning of the Great Depression which lasts throughout out the all of the 30s.

Hawley Smoot Tariff

Jun 17, 1930

The Hawley Smoot Tarrif and Mckinley Tarrif were very similar. The Hawley Smoot tariff raised tax up to 59%.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Period: Mar 4, 1933 to Apr 12, 1945

Democrat, Vice president(s): John Nance Garner, Henry A. Wallace, and Harry S. Truman, died in his fourth term as president

Election of 1936

Nov 3, 1936

Relection of FDR making it his second of four terms. FDR ran against Alfred Landon getting 8 electoral votes and FDR getting 523.

WWII

Period: Sep 1, 1939 to Sep 2, 1945

World War II was the second global war dictstorships, militaism, nationalism, imperialism, and failure of appeasement. Pearl harbor brought america into the war.

Four Freedoms Speech

Jan 6, 1941

the Four Freedoms Speech was given by FDR. Speech, worship, want, and fear were the four freedoms given.

Lend Lease Act

Mar 11, 1941

This act was signed on this date by Roosevelt. Provided military aid during WWII.

Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

Pearl Harbor was bombed by Japan onthis date. This event brought America into WWII.

Harry S. Truman

Period: Apr 12, 1945 to Jan 20, 1953

Democrat, Vice President: Alben W. Barkley, came into office after FDR passed, served two terms

Atomic Bomb

Aug 6, 1945

During WWII the U.S. on this date dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima. This caused the surrender of Japan.

truman Doctrine

Mar 12, 1947

The Truman Doctrine was made to stop the spread of communism. President Truman signed on this date.

National Security Act

Jul 26, 1947

Harry S. Truman signed this act on this date. This act restructured foreign policy and military agencies.

Marshall Plan

Apr 3, 1948

American initiative to aid Western Europe, in which the United States gave $13 billion. We wanted to help Europe rebuild after the war.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Period: Jan 20, 1953 to Jan 20, 1961

Republican, Vice President: Richard Nixon, served two terms.

GATT

Jun 8, 1955

General Agreement of Tariffs and Trade. Regulated international trade.

Interstate Highway System

Jun 29, 1956

Dwight D. Eisenhower built the interstate and highway system. The main goal was for quick travel and our defense.

Alaska

Jan 3, 1959

Alaska was purchased from Russia for $7.2 million. On this date Alaska became a U.S. state.

Election of 1960

Nov 8, 1960

Nixon and Kennedy were the front runners of this election. Kennedy won more popular and electoral votes.

John F. Kennedy

Period: Jan 20, 1961 to Nov 22, 1963

Democrat, Vice President: Lyndon B. Johnson, assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald

Immigration Act of 1965

Oct 3, 1963

Lyndon Johnson signed this act at the foot of the Statue of Liberity. This act abolished the National Origins Formula.

Lyndonn B. Johnson

Period: Nov 22, 1963 to Jan 20, 1969

Democrat, Vice president: Herbert Humphrey, served the rest of JFK term and his own term

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Jul 2, 1964

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibited the discrimination for jobs and in schools. I also extended government power in dealing with Civil Rights issues.

Voting Rights Act of 1965

Aug 6, 1965

The Voting Rights Act helped protect the voting rights for blacks. It was signed on this day by president Lyndon Johnson.

Civil Rights Act of 1968

Apr 11, 1968

This Civil Rights Act prohibited the discrimination for housing based on any factor. Withholding loans or houses for qualified buyers based on race was not allowed.

Richard Nixon

Period: Jan 20, 1969 to Aug 9, 1974

Republican, Vice President: Spiro Agnew, Gerald Ford, resigned from office

Gerald Ford

Period: Aug 9, 1974 to Jan 20, 1977

Republican, Vice President: Nelson Rockefeller, served tohe remainder of Nixons term

Jimmy Carter

Period: Jan 20, 1977 to Jan 20, 1981

Democrat, Vice President: Walter Mondale

Election of 1980

Nov 4, 1980

Reagan and Carter were the front runners in theis election. Reagan who ran as a Republican won.

Ronald Reagan

Period: Jan 20, 1981 to Jan 20, 1989

Republican, Vice President: George H. W. Bush, served two terms as president

George H. W. Bush

Period: Jan 20, 1989 to Jan 20, 1993

Republican, Vice president: Dan Qualyle

San Fransico Earthquake

Oct 17, 1989

The San Fransico earthquake was of 7.8 magnitude. The earthquake killed 3000 and destroyed 80% of the city.

Bill Clinton

Period: Jan 20, 1994 to Jan 20, 2001

Demorcrat, Vice President: Al Gore, served two terms

Election of 2000

Nov 7, 2000

Geroge Bush who ran for the Republicans and Al Gore who ran for the Democrats were the two front runners in the 2000 election. Bush won the election by winning the electoral votes from Flordia.

George W. Bush

Period: Jan 20, 2001 to Jan 20, 2009

Republican, Vice President: Dick Chenney. served two presidential terms

9/11 Attack

Sep 11, 2001

On this day the U.S. was attacked by terrorists. This devestated to U.S. and ever since the country has been a lot stricter on security.

Patriot Act

Oct 26, 2001

The patriot act was signed by George Bush on this date. It was anti-terrorism laws that expanded government power.

Hurricane Katrina

Aug 29, 2005

Huricane Kartina hit New Orleans on the morning of August 29, 2005. It left most of the city underwater.

Election of 2008

Nov 4, 2008

Barack Obama for the Democrats and John McCain for the Republicand were the front runners in this election. Obama won and proceeded on to two presidental terms.

Barack Obama

Period: Jan 20, 2009 to Jan 20, 2017

Democrat, Vice President: Joe Biden, served two terms, current president, first african american president.