AP US History: Time Periods Flashcards

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