6680003294 | 1491-1607 | Exploration and First Colonization | 0 | |
6680005704 | 1607-1754 | English Colonization | 1 | |
6680006977 | 1754-1763 | French and Indian War | 2 | |
6680008082 | 1763-1776 | Road to the American Revolution | 3 | |
6680009685 | 1776-1783 | The American Revolution | 4 | |
6680011308 | 1787 | The U.S. Constitution is written | 5 | |
6680012072 | 1787-1800 | Early Republic: Washington and Adams | 6 | |
6680013641 | 1800 | Known as the Revolution; shift from Adams to Jefferson | 7 | |
6680015430 | 1800-1816 | Age of Jefferson | 8 | |
6680016986 | 1812-1815 | Second War for American Independence; aka War of 1812. | 9 | |
6680020493 | 1824-1844 | Age of Jackson | 10 | |
6680023100 | 1820-1860 Cultural | Era of Social Reforms; the start of women's moments, anti-slavery movements, early religious movements. | 11 | |
6680031934 | 1830-1860 | Territorial and Economic expansion; during this period new territories were purchased which further divided the nation. | 12 | |
6680034300 | 1848-1861 | The Road to the Civil War | 13 | |
6680036853 | 1861-1865 | The Civil War | 14 | |
6680038038 | 1863-1877 | Reconstruction | 15 | |
6680039804 | 1865-1898 Regionally | Agriculture shifted to the West, the South became industrialized and the North became specialized in steel, coal and oil. | 16 | |
6680045404 | 1877-1900 | The Gilded Age politics; remember the presidents are overshadowed by individuals of great wealth; however this era is characterized by political corruption. | 17 | |
6680051652 | 1865-1900 | Growth of Cities; increased immigration created large over crowed cities; working conditions were terrible. | 18 | |
6680054268 | 1865-1914 | American Imperialism; Remember Imperialism is an international policy | 19 | |
6680056750 | 1901-1918 | The Progressive Era; Remember Progressiveness is a domestic policy | 20 | |
6680060380 | 1914-1918 | World War I; remember the US entered the war late. | 21 | |
6680063229 | 1920 | The Roaring 20s | 22 | |
6680063990 | 1929-1941 | The Great Depression | 23 | |
6680065474 | October 29, 1929 | The Stock Market Crash | 24 | |
6680065537 | December 7, 1941 | Attack of Pearl Harbor | 25 | |
6680068978 | 1939-1945 | World War II | 26 | |
6680071193 | 1945-1952 | Truman Administration; Cold War | 27 | |
6680071194 | 1952-1960 | Eisenhower Administration; Cold War | 28 | |
6680076190 | 1960-1968 | Kennedy and Johnson Administration; Cold War | 29 | |
6680082008 | 1968-1974 | Nixon Administration; Cold War | 30 | |
6680084615 | 1974-1976 | Ford Administration; Cold War | 31 | |
6680089230 | 1976-1980 | Carter Administration; Cold War | 32 | |
6680449748 | 1980-1988 | The Reagan Administration; Cold War | 33 | |
6680455934 | 1964-1968 Domestic | Black Civil Rights Movement | 34 | |
6680464623 | 1960-1975 | American physical involvement in Vietnam | 35 | |
6680467693 | 1950-1953 | Korean War | 36 | |
6680469683 | 1980s | Era of Conservatism | 37 | |
6680473291 | 1950s | Era of Conformity; an era of returning the United States to normalcy after World War II; being different was bad. | 38 | |
6680474494 | 1960s Culture | Counterculture; defying society's norms, was in part a response to the conformity of the previous decade and to the great dislike of American involvement in Vietnam. | 39 | |
6680489028 | 1918-1920 | First Red Scare; a fear that immigrants were bring communist values and ideas into the country; resulted in a period of restricted immigration. | 40 | |
6680493631 | 1947-1957 | Second Red Scare; lead by Joseph McCarthy during which there was a hunt for communist inside the US government. Eventually this ended when McCarthy accused World War II veterans of being communists. | 41 | |
6680521055 | 1945-1991 | The Cold War; a period of heightened tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union; proxy conflicts of: Berlin Airlift, Korean War, Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam War. | 42 |
AP US History: Time Periods Flashcards
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