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The American Revolution 1763-1783
The American Revolution was the time when the Colonies became a country with George Washington as their first president. They declared independence from Great Britain in 1776 with the Declaration of Independence. -
The New Nation 1783-1815
With the birth of a nation they had to create laws and solidify how they would run the country. They then wrote the bill of rights in 1791, and the constitution in 1787 which stated that there will be check and balances, separation of power, and federalism to state a few. -
Expansion and Reform 1815-1860
This was a very important time in American history, this era held the manifest destiny-a law that made Americans think they could take Native Americans land, the California Gold Rush-when hundreds of people rushed to California in order to find gold and make it big,there was also the Temperance movement-a group of people who wanted alcohol to be illegal, and finally the Womans Suffrage movement-Woman standing up for themselves and fighting to vote and be equal to men. -
Civil War 1861-1865
The Civil War was when the north and south began to disagree about slavery. The north-the Union-wanted to abolish slavery and the south-The Confederacy-wanted to keep it, resulting in war. Eventually Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation declaring that all slaves are from then on free. -
Reconstruction 1865-1877
This was when the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments were ratified. This was also when the Ku Klux Klan was founded from literally the brimstone of hell, and also the jim crow laws were passed which stated that segregation was to be in effect all across america -
Westward Expansion
While the boom of agriculture and railroad and farming was great the Americans began to infringe on Native American territory and that gave rise to conflicts and fights. -
The Gilded Age
The Gilded Age was when America began to become industrial. Some people also used the loose laws to monopolize the economy and become unnecessarily rich, for example Andrew Carnegie. This was also when big cities began to form -
Progressive Era
This was a time of democratic reforms, they began regulating the market so there werent as many monopolies, more consumer protection and environmental awareness, the womans suffrage for the 19th amendment, prohibition was also in effect -
U.S. Imperiaism 1898-1914
This era was about the us expanding its territory over seas, the us annexed hawaii but then brought them back as a state in 1900, Teddy Rosevelt is President and the Spansh-U.S. war was going on. These are so repetitive and this timeline is taking longer than it should I hope these are correct. -
World War 1 1914-1918
highlights of WW1: Woodrow Wilson was resident thoughout the entire thing, lusitania, the Zimmerman Telegram, Trench Warfare, adn the Lleague of Nations -
The Roaring Twenties 1920-1929
Prohibition, Flapper Girls, the "New" kkk, The Scopes trial -
The Great Depression 1929-1941
Stock Market Crash, high unemployment, Herbet Hoover, Franklin D. Roosevelt. -
World War 2 1939-1945
Pearl Harbor, Holocaust, Adolf Hitler, Europe and the Pacific, Atomic Bomb -
The Cold War 1945-1991
Soviet Union, Communism, Containment, Arms Race, Space Race, Espionage. -
Civil Rights Movement 1954-1968
Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Sit Ins, Brown vs. The Board of Education, "I Have a Dream" -
The Vietnam War 1954-1975
Part of The Cold War, US Supported southern vietnam USSR supported north vietnam (communist), Lyndon B. Johnson, Draft, Antiwar Movement. -
The Late 20th Century 1970-1999
Inflation, Oil Crisis,Conservative Resurgence, End of the Cold War, Thecnological Revolution -
Us in the 21st Century 2000-Current
Globalization, 9/11, Attack on Terror, Hurricane Katrina, 2008 economic crash, Barack Obama is presidentnow and forever please dont let trump bepresident if not obama then bernie please obama means family trump means death and white cis straight rich guys rulling the world im gonna die
Please also enjoy this video of me, running away from the orange goblin of doom https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZP_J6gmJYiU
