U.S. history timeline | Timetoast Timelines

Period: Jan 1, 1780 to Jan 1, 1830

Early Republic
Jan 1, 1789

George Washington

Federalist
Jan 1, 1797

John Adams

Federalist
Jan 1, 1801

Thomas Jefferson

Democratic-Republican
Jan 1, 1801

James Madison

Democratic-Republican
Period: Jan 1, 1809 to Jan 1, 1867

Manifest Destiny/Westward Expansion
Period: Jan 1, 1815 to Jan 1, 1825

Era Of Good Feelings
Jan 1, 1817

James Monroe

Democratic-Republican
Jan 1, 1825

John Quincy Adams

National Republican
Jan 1, 1829

Andrew Jackson

Democratic
Period: Jan 1, 1829 to Jan 1, 1854

Jacksonian
Jan 1, 1837

Martin Van Buren

Democratic
Jan 1, 1837

William Henry Harrison

Whig
Jan 2, 1841

John Tyler

Whig
Period: Jan 1, 1861 to Jan 1, 1865

Civil War
Period: Jan 1, 1863 to Jan 1, 1899

Progressive Era
Period: Jan 1, 1870 to Jan 1, 1890

Gilded Age
Period: Jan 1, 1914 to Jan 1, 1921

WW1
Period: Jan 1, 1920 to Jan 1, 1929

Roaring 20s
Period: Jan 1, 1929 to Jan 1, 1939

Great Depression
Period: Jan 1, 1941 to Jan 1, 1945

WW2
Period: Jan 1, 1947 to Jan 1, 1989

Cold War
Period: Jan 1, 1989 to Feb 3, 2025

Contemporary History