APUSH: Dates to Remember
Make every effort to memorize the following dates:
1492
1607
1620
1730
1754-63
1775
1776
1781
1781-87
1787
1789
1800
1803
1812-1815
1820
1823
1828
1830
1845-6
1848
1850
1854
1860
1861-1865
1864-1877
1886
1890
1896
1898
1898-1917
1914-1918
1917
1929
1932
1941
1945
1947
1950-53
1954
1957
1963
1964
1964-1973
1968
1974
1979-81
1980
1989
1991
2000
First Voyage of Columbus to “New World”
Founding of Jamestown
Arrival of Puritans at Plymouth in New England
Great Awakening
French and Indian War (Seven Years War)
Lexington and Concord
Declaration of American Independence
Yorktown
Articles of Confederation
Constitutional Convention
Ratification of US Constitution/ New Government Established
Election of Jefferson/ Peaceful Transfer of Power
Marbury v. Madison, Louisiana Purchase
War of 1812
Missouri Compromise
Monroe Doctrine
Election of Andrew Jackson, Spread of Democratic Ideals
Indian Removal Act
Annexation of Texas
Seneca Falls Convention
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Election of Lincoln/ Beginning of Southern Secession
American Civil War
Reconstruction Period in American South
Haymarket Riot, Formation of AFL
Census Bureau Announces the End of the Frontier, Battle of Wounded Knee,
Sherman Anti-trust Act
Election of McKinley/ End of Populist Movement
Spanish-American War
Progressive Era
World War I
U.S. Enters WWI
Crash of Stock Market, Beginning of Great Depression
Election of Franklin Roosevelt, New Deal
Pearl Harbor/ US Enters World War II
Yalta Conference; V-E Day and V-J Day
Truman Doctrine
Korean Conflict
Brown v. Board of Education
Sputnik
Assassination of John Kennedy
Civil Rights Act; Tonkin Gulf Resolution
Direct Involvement by United States in Vietnam
Tet Offensive in Vietnam; Anti-War Demonstrations; Riots at Democratic
Convention; Assassinations of MLK and RFK
Resignation of Richard Nixon/ Watergate
Americans Held Hostage in Iran for 444 Days
Election of Ronald Reagan Marks Conservative Political Swing
End of Cold War; Fall of Berlin Wall
Gulf War
Bush v. Gore Supreme Court Decision