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66800032941491-1607Exploration and First Colonization0
66800057041607-1754English Colonization1
66800069771754-1763French and Indian War2
66800080821763-1776Road to the American Revolution3
66800096851776-1783The American Revolution4
66800113081787The U.S. Constitution is written5
66800120721787-1800Early Republic: Washington and Adams6
66800136411800Known as the Revolution; shift from Adams to Jefferson7
66800154301800-1816Age of Jefferson8
66800169861812-1815Second War for American Independence; aka War of 1812.9
66800204931824-1844Age of Jackson10
66800231001820-1860 CulturalEra of Social Reforms; the start of women's moments, anti-slavery movements, early religious movements.11
66800319341830-1860Territorial and Economic expansion; during this period new territories were purchased which further divided the nation.12
66800343001848-1861The Road to the Civil War13
66800368531861-1865The Civil War14
66800380381863-1877Reconstruction15
66800398041865-1898 RegionallyAgriculture shifted to the West, the South became industrialized and the North became specialized in steel, coal and oil.16
66800454041877-1900The Gilded Age politics; remember the presidents are overshadowed by individuals of great wealth; however this era is characterized by political corruption.17
66800516521865-1900Growth of Cities; increased immigration created large over crowed cities; working conditions were terrible.18
66800542681865-1914American Imperialism; Remember Imperialism is an international policy19
66800567501901-1918The Progressive Era; Remember Progressiveness is a domestic policy20
66800603801914-1918World War I; remember the US entered the war late.21
66800632291920The Roaring 20s22
66800639901929-1941The Great Depression23
6680065474October 29, 1929The Stock Market Crash24
6680065537December 7, 1941Attack of Pearl Harbor25
66800689781939-1945World War II26
66800711931945-1952Truman Administration; Cold War27
66800711941952-1960Eisenhower Administration; Cold War28
66800761901960-1968Kennedy and Johnson Administration; Cold War29
66800820081968-1974Nixon Administration; Cold War30
66800846151974-1976Ford Administration; Cold War31
66800892301976-1980Carter Administration; Cold War32
66804497481980-1988The Reagan Administration; Cold War33
66804559341964-1968 DomesticBlack Civil Rights Movement34
66804646231960-1975American physical involvement in Vietnam35
66804676931950-1953Korean War36
66804696831980sEra of Conservatism37
66804732911950sEra of Conformity; an era of returning the United States to normalcy after World War II; being different was bad.38
66804744941960s CultureCounterculture; 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
66804890281918-1920First Red Scare; a fear that immigrants were bring communist values and ideas into the country; resulted in a period of restricted immigration.40
66804936311947-1957Second 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
66805210551945-1991The 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

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