Important Dates
and eras in US
History
Introduction to US History
Karen Guerrero
What date or era would
you time travel back?
 US History Only
 Why did you choose that era?
Please write down the significance of
the following dates on your entrance
slip:
See if you table group
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1776
1787
1803
1861-65
1877
1898
1914-1918
1917
1929
1939- 1945
Knows these dates
 1941
 1957
 1964-1965
 1968-1969
 1991
 2000
 2001
 2008
1776
Analyze the importance and meaning of:
 The Declaration of
Independence was
signed in 1776.
 The American
Revolution will not be
over until 1783 when
America finally
becomes an
independent nation.
1787 Analyze the
importance and meaning
of:
 The U.S. Constitution
is ratified by 9 out of
13 states on
September 17, 1787.
 This is still the
document that all of
us live by today.
Impressive….
1803
 Louisiana purchase
 Bought from France
 Doubled the size of
the US
1861-65
 The United States
was involved in a
Civil War during this
time.
 The Union (north)
fought the
Confederacy (south).
 Who won?
1898 –
identify major
characteristics of eras in US history.
 America declared
war on Spain to help
Cuba fight for
independence in
1898.
 Sinking of the Maine,
Yellow Journalism,
White Man’s Burden
 America emerged as
a world Power
1914-1918
identify major characteristics of
eras in US history.
 Also known as “The
Great War”, WWI
was fought during
these dates.
 America will try and
stay neutral, but will
enter in the last 6
months of fighting.
1917
identify major characteristics of
eras in US history.
 America enters WWI
 Reasons for entering
include unrestricted
submarine warfare
Zimmerman Note
and sinking of the
Lusitania.
 Wilson’s 14 points
 Treaty of Versailles
1929
 The stock market
crashed in the fall of
1929
 This will be one of
the contributing
factors (causes) to
the Great Depression
which will last an
entire decade
1939-45
 World War II
 Hitler invades Poland
to begin WWII
 America again tries
to stay neutral…
1941
 The attack on Pearl
Harbor (Dec. 7)
 America declares
war on Japan (Dec.
8) after they attacked
our naval fleet in
Oahu.
 “A date which will live
in infamy”--FDR
1957
 Sputnik (satellite) is
launched by the
Soviet Union
 Heightens the Cold
War between the US
and USSR
 America launches its
first satellite quickly
after
 This technology
allows you to have
cell phones!!!!
1950s
 Beginnings of the
Civil Rights
movement.
 Cold War era and
Korean war
 Prosperity
 McCarthyism and
Red Scare
 Beginnings of youth
culture
1960s
 Civil Rights act
 Vietnam War
 Traditional vs
Counter Culture
 Assassinations
 US puts a man on
the moon
 Baby Boom youth
Late 20th Century
 Foreign and
Domestic Crisis.
 Conservative
Revolution
 Ending of Cold War
conflicts
 Rise of terrorism
 United States only
super power
ERAS to know
 Growth of the West
 Industrialization and
Gilded Age
 Progressive
Populism
 Imperialism
 World War I
 Roaring Twenties
 Jazz age
 Great Depression
and New Deal
 World War II
 Civil Rights
 Cold War
 Turbulent 1960s
 Late 20th Century
 Early 21st Century