U.S Timeline
By: Angelica Lopez
1776 Americanism
1776- Declaration of Independence
1787- United States Constitution
1787- United States Constitution
- Bill of Rights- First 10 Amendments
1861-1865 Civil War
1863- Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln (President) assassinated
Abraham Lincoln (President) assassinated
1865-1877 Reconstruction
13 Amendment- Abolished Slavery
14 Amendment- Citizenship for former slaves
15 Amendment- Black males right to vote
14 Amendment- Citizenship for former slaves
15 Amendment- Black males right to vote
1872-1912 Imperialism
1898- Spanish American War
- Teddy Roosevelt fought with the Rough Riders
1877-1900 Gilded Age
Corruption
- Political bosses
- Business (monopolies and trusts), unsafe working conditions
1900-1914 Progressibe Era
Three Progressibe Presidents
17 Amendment- Direct election of senators
- Theodore Roosevelt
- William Taft
- Woodrow Wilson
17 Amendment- Direct election of senators
1914-1918 World War 1
Woodrow Wilson- President
U.S joined in 1917 because of unrestricted submarine warfare
U.S joined in 1917 because of unrestricted submarine warfare
1918-1938 Between wars
1921-1929- Roaring 20s
- Flappers- women challenging morals
- Prohibition- organized crime
- 18 Amendment- Prohibition of alcohol
- 19 Amendment- Women's right to vote
- 21 Amendment- Repealed prohibition
- Stock market crash
- Dust bowl
1938-1945 World War 2
Franklin Roosevelt- President
U.S. joined WWII after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor
Harry Truman- President- atomic bombs
U.S. joined WWII after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor
Harry Truman- President- atomic bombs
1954-1968 Civil Rights
Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks
1963- JFK assassinated
Lyndon B. Johnson- Civil Rights Act 1964 and Voting Rights Act 1965
Plessy vs. Ferguson and Brown vs. Board of Education
1963- JFK assassinated
Lyndon B. Johnson- Civil Rights Act 1964 and Voting Rights Act 1965
Plessy vs. Ferguson and Brown vs. Board of Education
1969-1977 Nixon/ Ford
Nixon impeached and resigned from office because of Watergate
Ford pardoned Nixon
Ford pardoned Nixon
1989-2008 Bush/ Clinton/ Bush
HW Bush- Desert storm
Clinton- Lewinsky affair
W. Bush- 9/11 attacks
W. Bush- Iraq war
Clinton- Lewinsky affair
W. Bush- 9/11 attacks
W. Bush- Iraq war