Key Dates in U.S. History

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When did Washington become the first president of the United States?

1789

When did the Progressive Era begin when Theodore Roosevelt became president?

1901

When did the attack on Fort Sumter begin the Civil War?

1861

When was Jamestown founded?

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When did the Era of Good Feelings begin?

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When did Thomas Jefferson become president?

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When did the U.S. enter World War I?

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When did Franklin Roosevelt become president for his first term?

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When did the Reconstruction Era end?

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When did Edmond Genet challenge U.S. neutrality?

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When was the purchase of Alaska made?

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When were the Camp David Accords signed?

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When was Martin Luther King, Jr. assassinated?

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When was the 19th Amendment ratified?

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When was the transcontinental railroad completed?

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When was the Dawes' Indian Severalty Act passed?

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When did Shays' Rebellion occur?

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When did the Trail of Tears occur?

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When was the Republican Party created?

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When was Dred Scott v. Sandford decided?

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When did Vietnamization begin?

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When did the Scopes trial take place?

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When did the Salem witch trials occur?

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When did Nat Turner's revolt happen?

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When was the Sherman Anti-trust Act passed?

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When was the Clayton Anti-trust Act passed?

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When did John Brown raid Harper's Ferry?

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When was the Franco-American Treaty of alliance signed?

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When was the Treaty of Ghent signed?

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When was the NAACP created?

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When were the Fourteen Points introduced?

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When were Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombed?

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When was the INF Treaty signed?

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When was the Adams-Onis Treaty signed?

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When did James Oglethorpe establish Georgia?

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When did President Jackson destroy the Bank of the United States?

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When was the Knights of Labor created?

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When was the American Federation of Labor (A.F. of L.) created?

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When was the Congress of Industrial Organizations (C.I.O.) created?

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When was the Seneca Falls convention for women's rights held?

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When was the Chinese Exclusion Act enacted?

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When was the Atlantic Charter signed?

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When was the Monroe Doctrine announced?

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When was the Mayflower Compact signed?

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When was Pearl Harbor attacked?

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When was NATO created?

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When was the Marshall Plan announced?

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When was The Jazz Singer released?

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When did the Soviet Union dissolve?

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When did Thomas Paine publish Common Sense?

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When was the Stamp Act enacted?

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When was the 13th Amendment ratified?

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When did the Wounded Knee massacre occur?

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When was Sputnik launched by the U.S.S.R.?

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When was the Good Neighbor Policy announced?

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When did the Bay of Pigs invasion fail?

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When was the Homestead Act passed?

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When did Jonathan Edwards spark the Great Awakening?

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When did John Adams appoint 'midnight judges'?

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When did the Spanish-American War begin?

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When did Lyndon Johnson sign the Civil Rights Act?

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When was Joseph McCarthy censured by the U.S. Senate?

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When did Rosa Parks set off a bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama?

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When was the Hawley-Smoot Tariff enacted?

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When did the stock market crash mark the beginning of the Great Depression?

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When did the Battle of Little Big Horn occur?

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When did the California gold rush begin?

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When was Plessy v. Ferguson decided?

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When was the Emancipation Proclamation issued?

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When was the term 'manifest destiny' first used?

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When did the Yalta Conference take place?

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When did the Iran-Contra scandal take place?

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When did the Tet Offensive happen?

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When did the invasion of Normandy occur?

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When did the Battle of Vicksburg and Gettysburg occur?

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When did Apollo 11 land on the moon?

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When did Nixon open U.S. relations with China?

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When were the Gulf of Tonkin Resolutions passed?

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When did the Cuban Missile Crisis occur?

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When did the Bonus March of WWI veterans occur in D.C.?

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When did Betty Friedan publish The Feminine Mystique?

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When did Harriet Beecher Stowe publish Uncle Tom's Cabin?

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When did Roger Williams establish Rhode Island?

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When did the French and Indian War end?

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When did the Boston Tea Party occur?

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When was the cotton gin invented?

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When were the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions passed?

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When did the Mexican-American War end?

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When did the Wright brothers fly the first airplane?

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When was the Federal Reserve System created?

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When did Charles Lindbergh fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?

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When was the Truman Doctrine announced?

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When did Jackie Robinson sign with the Brooklyn Dodgers?

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When was Brown v. Board of Education decided?

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Study Notes

Key Dates in U.S. History

1789: George Washington inaugurated as the first president of the United States.
1901: The Progressive Era commenced with Theodore Roosevelt's presidency.
1861: Attack on Fort Sumter marked the beginning of the Civil War.
1607: Jamestown established, recognized as the first permanent English settlement in America.
1816: The Era of Good Feelings began, characterized by national unity following the War of 1812.
1801: Thomas Jefferson took office as the third president of the United States.
1960: John F. Kennedy became the youngest president elected in U.S. history.
1917: The United States entered World War I, shifting the balance in favor of the Allies.
1933: Franklin D. Roosevelt began his presidency, initiating the New Deal to combat the Great Depression.
1877: Reconstruction Era officially ended, leading to the rise of Jim Crow laws.
1793: Edmond Genet's actions challenged U.S. neutrality during the French Revolution.
1867: The United States purchased Alaska from Russia, expanding its territory.
1977: Camp David Accords, a peace agreement between Israel and Egypt, were signed.
1968: Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated.
1920: The 19th Amendment was ratified, granting women the right to vote.
1869: Completion of the Transcontinental Railroad, linking the eastern and western U.S.
1887: Dawes' Indian Severalty Act aimed to assimilate Native Americans into American society.
1786: Shays' Rebellion highlighted weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation.
1838: The Trail of Tears resulted in the forced relocation of Native American tribes.
1854: The formation of the Republican Party occurred as an anti-slavery political movement.
1857: Dred Scott v. Sandford decision denied citizenship and rights to African Americans.
1969: Vietnamization policy initiated to reduce U.S. involvement in Vietnam.
1925: The Scopes trial reflected the conflict between science and religion in education.
1692: Salem witch trials demonstrated the dangers of mass hysteria and injustice.
1831: Nat Turner led a significant slave revolt in Virginia.
1890: The Sherman Anti-trust Act was enacted to combat monopolies and protect competition.
1914: Clayton Anti-trust Act strengthened antitrust laws to protect labor unions.
1859: John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry aimed to initiate a slave revolt.
1778: The Franco-American Treaty of alliance was signed during the American Revolutionary War.
1814: The Treaty of Ghent ended the War of 1812, restoring pre-war boundaries.
1909: The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was formed.
1918: President Wilson introduced the Fourteen Points as a basis for peace negotiations after WWI.
1945: Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki led to Japan's surrender in WWII.
1987: The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty was signed between the U.S. and the USSR.
1819: Adams-Onís Treaty resulted in the U.S. acquiring Florida from Spain.
1733: James Oglethorpe founded Georgia as a safe haven for debtors.
1837: President Andrew Jackson abolished the Bank of the United States, causing economic turmoil.
1869: The Knights of Labor, an early labor organization, was founded.
1886: The American Federation of Labor (A.F.L.) was established to improve workers' rights.
1935: The Congress of Industrial Organizations (C.I.O.) formed to unite industrial workers.
1848: The Seneca Falls Convention advocated for women's rights and suffrage.
1882: The Chinese Exclusion Act restricted Chinese immigration and denied citizenship.
1941: The Atlantic Charter established Allied goals for the post-war world.
1823: The Monroe Doctrine asserted U.S. opposition to European colonialism in the Americas.
1620: The Mayflower Compact was signed, laying a foundation for self-governance in Plymouth.
1941: Attack on Pearl Harbor prompted U.S. entry into World War II.
1949: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was created for collective security.
1947: The Marshall Plan was introduced to aid European recovery after WWII.
1927: The Jazz Singer, the first major "talkie" film, revolutionized cinema.
1991: The dissolution of the Soviet Union marked the end of the Cold War.
1776: Thomas Paine published "Common Sense," arguing for American independence.
1765: The Stamp Act imposed taxes on paper goods, igniting colonial dissent.
1865: The 13th Amendment abolished slavery in the United States.
1890: The Wounded Knee Massacre marked a tragic end to Native American resistance.
1957: The Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the first artificial satellite, initiating the Space Race.
1933: The Good Neighbor Policy aimed to improve relations with Latin America.
1961: The Bay of Pigs invasion aimed to overthrow Castro's regime and failed miserably.
1930: The Hawley-Smoot Tariff raised U.S. tariffs on imports, worsening the Great Depression.
1929: Stock market crash served as a catalyst for the Great Depression.
1876: The Battle of Little Bighorn resulted in a significant victory for Native American forces.
1855: The California Gold Rush attracted thousands in search of fortune.
1896: The Plessy v. Ferguson case upheld racial segregation under the "separate but equal" doctrine.
1862: The Emancipation Proclamation declared freedom for enslaved people in Confederate states.
1845: The term "manifest destiny" was first used to justify westward expansion.
1945: The Yalta Conference set post-war principles among Allied leaders.
1985: The Iran-Contra scandal revealed covert U.S. operations in Central America.
1968: The Tet Offensive dramatically shifted American perceptions of the Vietnam War.
1944: The Invasion of Normandy (D-Day) initiated the liberation of Western Europe from Nazi control.
1863: The Battles of Vicksburg and Gettysburg were turning points in the Civil War.
1969: Apollo 11 successfully landed humans on the moon for the first time.
1972: President Nixon's visit to China normalized diplomatic relations between the two nations.
1964: The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution escalated U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.
1962: The Cuban Missile Crisis brought the U.S. and Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear war.
1932: The Bonus March highlighted the struggles of WWI veterans during the Great Depression.
1963: Betty Friedan published "The Feminine Mystique," sparking second-wave feminism.
1852: Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" raised awareness about the horrors of slavery.
1906: Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle" exposed the unsanitary conditions in the meatpacking industry.
1636: Roger Williams established Rhode Island as a refuge for religious freedom.
1763: The French and Indian War concluded, reshaping territorial boundaries in North America.
1773: The Boston Tea Party protested taxation without representation against British rule.
1793: Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin, revolutionizing the cotton industry and slavery.
1798: The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions argued for states' rights against federal authority.
1848: The Mexican-American War ended, resulting in significant territorial gains for the U.S.
1903: The Wright brothers achieved the first powered flight, marking the dawn of aviation.
1913: The Federal Reserve System was established to regulate the U.S. banking system.
1927: Charles Lindbergh's solo transatlantic flight captured the world's attention.
1947: The Truman Doctrine was announced to contain communism and provide support to threatened nations.
1947: Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball's color barrier by signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers.
1954: The Brown v. Board of Education decision declared racial segregation in schools unconstitutional.
1957: Little Rock High School integrated with federal troops ensuring compliance with desegregation.
1965: Malcolm X, a key figure in the civil rights movement, was assassinated.
1968: The American Indian Movement (AIM) was founded to address Native American rights.
1963: Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his iconic "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington.

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