U.S History Timeline for C-Base
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- 1607 - Jamestown, Virginia Settlement
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John Smith is the leader
Starvation and Indian attacks - 1607
- Jamestown, Virginia
- 1620 - Pilgrim Colony
- Mayflower Compact
- 1620
- Pilgrim Colony/Mayflower Compact
- 1754 - French and Indian War
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Indians side with fur-trading French, British with colonists
Colonists win and receive French territory - 1754
- French and Indian War
- 1776 - Declaration of Independence
- Written by Thomas Jefferson
- 1776
- Declaration of Independence
- 1781
- End of American Revolution
- 1787 - Constitutional Convention
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Ratified finally in 1788
Established US Congress - 1801
- Presidency of Thomas Jefferson #3
- 1803 - Louisiana Purchase
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Made by Thomas Jefferson and bought from France
Land spanned from Mississippi River to Rocky Mountains - 1803
- Louisiana Purchase
- 1812 - War of 1812
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War against Great Britain due to attacks on US ships
Battle of New Orleans end war in 1814 - 1812
- War of 1812
- 1820 - Missouri Compromise
- Maine may enter Union as free state if missouri enters as slave state
- 1820
- Missouri Compromise
- 1836 - Alamo
- Texans wanting independence defeated by Mesicans in 13 days
- 1836
- Alamo
- 1848 - Women's Rights Movement
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Convention in Seneca Falls, NY
Susan B. Anthony of NY takes lead - 1848
- Women's Rights Movement
- 1850 - Public Education Issues
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Education is public responsibility according to Horace Mann
Schools train children to be good citizens - 1850
- Public Education Issues
- 1858 - Lincoln-Douglas Debates
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Debates between two politicians over slavery issues
Lincoln more liberal and wins presidency - 1858
- Lincoln-Doublas Debates
- 1861 - Civil War
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Caused by tension over slavery and rise of northern power
Famous battles: Gettysburg and Antietam
Emancipation Proclamation (1863) - 1861
- Civil War
- 1863
- Emancipation Proclamation -- freed slaves in any Confederate states but not in any border states that stayed in the Union
- Gettysburg
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Turning point in war
Victory for North - 1865 - Reconstruction
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Congress-ordered military occupation of South
13th Amendment (no slavery)
14th Amendment (non-racial citizenship -- gave all blacks US citizenship) - 1865
- Reconstruction
- 1890 - Populist Movement
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Political movement emphasizing public's wishes
Helps to establish labor unions - 1890
- Populist Movement
- 1896 - Spanish-American War
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Caused by Spain's harshmess toward Cuba
US receives Puerto Rico and other Pacific islands - 1896
- Spanish-American War
- 1914 - WW I
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Caused by assassination of Austrian archduke
Allied (Germany, Austria) vs Central Powers (Great Britain, France)
Trench warfare used
US enters war due to Lusitanis sinking - 1914
- WW I
- 1919 - Prohibition
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18th Amendment prohibits sale, transfer, production of alcohol
Later repealed by 21st Amendment
Carry Nation uses violent efforts to destroy saloons and alsohol - 1919
- Prohibition
- 1920 - Women's Suffrage
- 19th Amendment gives women right to vote
- 1920
- Women's Suffrage
- 1925 - NY Stock Exchange
- Great Stock Market Crash 1929
- 1925
- NY Stock Exchange
- 1929 - Great Depression
- Caused in part by Great Stock Market Crash
- 1929
- Great Depression
- 1933 - Franklin D. Roosebelt becomes President
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President from 1933-1945
New Deal helps US overcome Depression - 1933
- FDR is president
- 1939 - WW II
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Caused by Germany's invasion of Poland
Axis (Germany, Italy, Japan) vs Allied Powers
Attack of Pearl Harbor and Atomic Bomb
Day-care industry becomes popular with working moms - 1939
- WW II
- 1945 - United Nations Formed
- Delegates from 50 Countries
- 1945
- United Nations Formed
- 1950 - Korean War
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North Korea (Communist) vs South Kores - supported by US
Lasts until 1969 - 1950
- Korean War
- 1950's - Cold War
- Arms race between Capitalist and Communist countried
- 1950's
- Cold War
- 1955 - Civil Rights struggle begins
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Rosa Parks and Montogomery bus boycott
Brown vs Topeka Board of Education - 1955
- Civil Rights struggle begins
- 1962 - Vietnam War (Conflict)
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North (Communist) eventually wins vs South (US supported)
Lasts until mid-1970's - very controversial - 1962
- Vietnam War (Conflict)
- 1964
- Civil Rights Act passed by Congress
- 1968
- Martin Luther King, Jr assassinated
- 1969
- First moon landing
- 1972
- Watergate Scandal
- 1991
- Operation Desert Storm between US and Iraq
- 1993
- NAFTA - North American Free Trade Agreement