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PRE-COLUMBIANCULTURES

(c.a. 12,000 b.c.e.–1492 c.e.)

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1438

1492

•AsiansbeginseveralmigrationsoverBeringStrait

•MaizecultivationbeginsinsouthernMexico

•OlmecpeopleflourishalongGulfofMexico

•Hopewellculturesetsupmassivetradingnetwork

•MayancityofTikalfeatures20,000residentsandmanytemples

•Teotihuacán’spopulationreaches100,000atpeakofculture

•HohokamcivilizationdevelopsinpresentArizonaandNewMexico

•CollapseofmanyMayancities

•AnasazibuildcliffvillagesinAmericansouthwest

•LeifEricsonandNorsemensettleVinlandincurrentNewfoundland

•CityofCahokia(nearpresent-daySt.Louis)has15,000residentsand100templemounds

•AztecsbuildTenochtitlánonsiteofcurrentMexicoCity

•IncasbeginconquestofAndeanregionofSouthAmerica

•ColumbuslandsatSanSalvadorinBahamas

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The Colonial

Period

(1500-1763)


1517

1521

1533

1539

1540

1555

1585

1607

1608

1611

1619

1620

•MartinLutherchallengesRomanCatholicauthority,beginningProtestantReformationinEurope

•CortésconquersAztecsinMexico

•Magellancircumnavigatestheglobe

•PizarrocapturesIncacapitalinPeru

•DeSotoexploressoutheasternU.S.

•CoronadoexploressouthwesternU.S.

•ElizabethItakesthroneinEngland

•RoanokeIslandcolonyestablishedoffVirginiacoast,thendisappears

•Jamestowncolonyfounded

•ChamplainfoundsQuebec

•FirstVirginiatobaccocropharvested

•FirstAfricansarriveinVirginia

•PlymouthColonyfounded

•HouseofBurgessesestablishedinVirginia

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The Colonial

Period

(1500-1763)

1622

1630

1635

1636

1660

1642- 1648

1647

1649

1660

1662

1676

1681

1688

•PowhatanConfederacyattacksVirginiasettlers

•MassachusettsBayColonyfounded

•RogerWilliamsestablishesRhodeIslandcolony

•HarvardCollegefounded

•AnneHutchinsonexpelledfromMassachusettsBayColony

•EnglishCivilWar

•Massachusettslawrequiresapublicschoolineverytown

•KingCharlesIexecuted

•CharlesIIbecomesking

•HalfwayCovenantestablishedinNewEngland

•Bacon’sRebellioninVirginia

•PennsylvaniaestablishedbyWilliamPenn

•GloriousRevolutioninEngland

•WilliamandMarysucceedJamesII

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1692

1714

1734

1739

1743

1754

1759

1763

•WitchcrafttrialsbegininSalem

•GeorgeItakesthrone,beginningHanoverdynasty

•GreatAwakeningbegins

•StonoRebellioninNorthCarolina

•GeorgeWhitefieldbeginspreachinginAmerica

•BenjaminFranklinsetsuptheAmericanPhilosophicalSociety

•FrenchandIndianWarbegins

•AlbanyPlanofUnion

•BritaincapturesQuebec

•RegulatormovementintheCarolinas

•Pontiac’sRevolt

•TreatyofParis

The Colonial

Period

(1500-1763)

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The American

Revolution

(1763-1783)


1763

1764

1765

1767

1770

1772

1773

1774

1775

•ProclamationLineof1763

•SugarAct

•CurrencyAct

•StampAct

•SonsofLibertyformed

•TownshendDuties

•Dickinson’s“LettersofaPennsylvaniaFarmer”

•BostonMassacre

•LordNorthbecomesBritishprimeminister

•H.M.S.GaspeeburnedoffcoastofRhodeIsland

•TeaAct

•BostonTeaParty

•IntolerableActs

•FirstContinentalCongress

•LexingtonandConcord

•BattleofBunkerHill

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•Common SensepublishedbyThomasPaine

•DeclarationofIndependence

•BattleofNewYorkCity

•BattleofTrenton

•Britishsurrender5,800menatSaratoga

•AmericanarmyatValleyForge

•French-Americanallianceestablished

•BritishbeginSouthernstrategyandcaptureSavannah

•BritishcaptureCharleston

•FrencharmylandsinConnecticut

•ArticlesofConfederationapproved

•Gen.CornwallissurrendersatYorktown

•TreatyofParisendswar,grantsAmericanindependence

•NewburghConspiracyofAmericanarmyofficers

The American

Revolution

(1763-1783)

1776

1777

1778

1780

1781

1783

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The United StatesConstitution

(1785-1789)


1785

1786

1787

1788

1789

•LandOrdinanceprovidesfororderlydevelopmentofterritories

•SpainclosestheMississippiRivertoAmericanshipping

•AnnapolisConvention

•VirginiaadoptsJefferson’s“StatuteofReligiousFreedom”

•Shays’Rebellion

•NorthwestOrdinanceprohibitsslaveryinnewterritories

•ConstitutionalConventionmeetsinPhiladelphia

•Federalist Paperspublished

•NewHampshireisninthstatetoratifyConstitution,makingitthelawoftheland

•Washingtonelectedandinauguratedaspresident

•FrenchRevolutionbeginsasBastilleisstormed

•FrenchNationalAssemblyissues“DeclarationofRightsofMan”

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The New Nation

(1789-1824)

•JudiciaryActsetsupfederalcourtsystem

•BillofRightsapproved

•FirstBankofUnitedStateschartered

•WashingtonissuesProclamationofNeutrality

•LouisXVIexecutedinFrance

•CottonginpatentedbyEliWhitney

•WhiskeyRebellion

•JayTreaty

•PinckneyTreaty

•TreatyofGreenville

•AdamsdefeatsJeffersonforpresidency

•XYZAffair

•AlienandSeditionActs

VirginiaandKentuckyResolutions

•JeffersondefeatsAdamsforpresidency

•Prosser’sRebellion

•JohnMarshallbecomesChiefJustice

•MidnightjudgesappointedbyAdams

1789

1791

1793

1794

1795

1796

1798

1800

1801

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•Marbury v. Madisondecision

•LouisianaPurchase

•LewisandClarkExpedition

•Chesapeake-Leopardincident

•EmbargoAct

•RobertFultonbuildsClermont,firststeamboat

•BattleofTippecanoe

•CongressdeclareswaronBritain

•BritishburnWashington,D.C.

•TreatyofGhentendsWarof1812

•HartfordConvention

•JacksondefeatsBritishatNewOrleans

•FirstsectionofErieCanalisopened

•Panicof1819

•McCullough v. Marylanddecision

•MissouriCompromise

•MonroeDoctrine

•Congresssetsprotectivetariffs

•Gibbons v. Ogdendecisionpromotesinterstatetrade

The New Nation

(1789-1824)

1802

1804

1807

1811

1812

1814

1815

1819

1820

1823

1824

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JacksonianDemocracy

and Westward Expansion

(1825-1849)

•JohnQuincyAdamswinsCorruptBargainpresidentialelection

•TariffofAbominations•Jacksonwinspresidency

•JacksonvetoesMaysvilleRoadextension•Baltimore&Ohiobecomesfirstrailroadcompany •JosephSmithpublishesBook of Mormon

•Cherokee Nation v. GeorgiadeniesIndianclaimofnationhood•NatTurner’sRebellion

•JacksonvetoesU.S.Bankre-charter•NullificationcrisisinSouthCarolina

•WomenworkersatLowell,Massachusetts,stagefirststrike

•Texasindependencefight•GagrulepreventsdiscussionofslaveryinCongress

•Panicof1837

•TrailofTears

•Commonwealth v. Huntlegalizesunions

•AnnexationofTexas

•U.S.declareswaronMexico•OregonTreaty

•WinfieldScottcapturesMexicoCity

•GolddiscoveredinnorthernCalifornia•TreatyofGuadalupeHidalgo•SenecaFallsstatementofwomen’srights

•Californiagoldrush

1825

1828

1830

1831

1832

1834

1836

1837

1838

1842

1845

1846

1847

1848

1849

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Seasonal Conflict And

The Cause Of the

Civil War

(1850-1860)


1850

1852

1854

1856

1857

1858

1859

1860

•Compromiseof1850

•FugitiveSlaveLawpassed

•Uncle Tom’s Cabinpublished

•OstendManifesto

•Kansas-NebraskaAct

•RepublicanPartyformed

•“BleedingKansas”

•Dred Scottdecision

•LecomptonConstitutioninKansas

•Lincoln-Douglasdebates

•JohnBrown’sraid

•Lincolnelectedpresident

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The Civil Warand

Reconstruction

(1860-1877)

1860

1861

1862

1863

1864

1865

•CrittendenCompromiseproposed

•SouthCarolinasecedes

•Confederacyformed

•FiringonFt.Sumter

•FirstBattleofBullRun

•Shiloh

•Antietam

•HomesteadAct

•EmancipationProclamationannounced

•Vicksburg

•Gettysburg

•NewYorkCitydraftriots

•GranttakescommandofallUnionarmies

•ShermancapturesAtlanta

•LeesurrendersatAppomattox

•Lincolnassassinated

•13thAmendmentendsslavery

•Freedmen’sBureauestablished

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The Civil Warand

Reconstruction

(1860-1877)

•AlaskapurchasedfromRussia

•Grangefounded

•PresidentJohnsonimpeached

•14thAmendmentpassed

•Grantelectedpresident

•Transcontinentalrailroadcompleted

•KnightsofLaborformed

•Slaughterhousecase

•Panicof1873

•DwightL.Moodybeginsurbanrevivalismmovement

•CusterdefeatedbySiouxatLittleBigHorn

•Compromiseof1877

•Reconstructionends

1867

1868

1869

1873

1875

1876

1877

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Industrialism, War, and the Progressive

Era

(1877-1912)

•SanFranciscoanti-chineseriots

•Bland-AllisonAct

•Edisoninventsthelightbulb

•PresidentGarfieldassassinated

•HelenHuntJacksonwritesA Century of Dishonor

•StandardOilTrustformed

•ChineseExclusionAct

•PendletonCivilServiceAct

•FirstskyscraperbuiltinChicago

•HaymarketSquarebombinginChicago

•AmericanFederationofLaborformed

•DawesAct

•JaneAddamsfoundsHullHouseinChicago

•SiouxmassacredatWoundedKnee

•ShermanAntitrustAct

•ShermanSilverPurchaseAct

•U.S.Censusdeclaresfrontier’send

•AlfredMahanwritesThe Influence of Sea Power upon History

•PopulistPartyformed

1877

1878

1879

1881

1882

1883

1885

1886

1887

1889

1890

1891

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•HomesteadSteelStrike

•Panicof1893

•GreatNorthernRailroadcompleted

•Pullmanstrike

•Coxey’sArmy

•BookerT.Washington’sAtlantaCompromisespeech

•Plessy v. Fergusonupholdsseparatebutequal

•McKinleydefeatsBryanforpresident

•U.S.S.MainesinksinHavanaHarbor

•Spanish-AmericanWarDeweycapturesPhilippineIslands

•HawaiiannexedbyU.S.

•AguinaldoleadsFilipinosagainstAmericans

•TreatyofParisendsSpanish-AmericanWar

•OpenDoorPolicyinChina

•BoxerRebellioninChina

•TheodoreRooseveltbecomespresident

•PlattAmendment

•PresidentRooseveltsettlescoalstrike

•U.S.recognizesPanama’sindependence


Era

(1877-1912)

1892

1893

1894

1895

1896

1898

1899

1900

1901

1902

1903

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1904

1906

1908

1909

1911

1912

•NorthernSecuritiesTrustdissolved

•RooseveltCorollarydeclared

•UptonSinclairwritesThe Jungle

•PureFoodandDrugAct

•HepburnActpassed

•PresidentRooseveltwinsNobelPeacePrize

•Muller v. Oregonlimitswomen’sworkinghours

•Taftelectedpresident

•NAACPformed

•TriangleShirtwaistFire

•MexicanRevolutionerupts

•RooseveltformsProgressivePartytochallengeTaft

•Wilsonelectedpresident


Era

(1877-1912)

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Wilson and World War I

(1912-1920)

1912

1913

1914

1915

1916

1917

1918

1919

1920

•Wilsonelectedpresident

•UnderwoodTariff•FederalReserveAct•16thAmendment(incometax)ratified•17thAmendment(directsenatorelection)ratified

•ClaytonAntitrustAct•PanamaCanalopens•WorldWarIbegins

•GermanssinkLusitania

•MargaretSangerorganizesNewYorkBirthControlLeague•Gen.PershingpursuesPanchoVillainMexico

•Germanyresumesunrestrictedsubmarinewarfare•U.S.declareswaronGermany•WarIndustriesBoardestablished•EspionageActpassed•RussianRevolution•CommitteeonPublicInformationestablished

•WilsonproposesFourteenPoints•Armisticeendswar•U.S.troopsinterveneinRussia

•TreatyofVersailles•RedScareandPalmerraids•SenaterejectsU.S.roleinLeagueofNations•18thAmendment(Prohibition)ratified•Over20percentofU.S.laborforcegoesonstrike• Schenck v. United States•RaceriotsandlynchingsthroughoutU.S.

•19thAmendment(women’ssuffrage)ratified

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The Roaring

Twenties and Economic Collapse

(1920-1929)

1920

1921

1923

1924

1925

1927

1928

1929

•SaccoandVanzettiarrested•Hardingelectedpresident•Firstcommercialradiobroadcast

•WashingtonNavalConference•EmergencyQuotaActrestrictsimmigration

•TeapotDomescandal•MarcusGarveyclaims6millionfollowers•KuKluxKlanclaims5millionmembers

•NationalOriginsActsets2percentquotasforimmigration

•Scopes Tennesseeevolutiontrial•ModelTForddropstocostof$290(three

months’wages)

•Lindbergh’ssoloflightacrosstheAtlantic•SaccoandVanzettiexecuted•BabeRuthhits60homerunsfortheYankees•AlJolsonstarsinThe Jazz Singer,thefirsttalkingfilm

•Hooverelectedpresident•Fifty-twonationssignKellogg-BriandPactrenouncing

war

•StockMarketcrashesinOctober

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THE GREAT DEPRESSION

AND THE NEW DEAL

(1929–1941)

•AgriculturalMarketingActattemptstosupportfarmprices

•JapaninvadesManchuria

•ReconstructionFinanceCorporationattemptstosupportindustry

•BonusExpeditionaryForcemarchesonWashington,D.C.

•FranklinRooseveltwinspresidency

•Hawley-SmootTariffraisesdutiesonfarmproductsandmanufacturinggoods

HohokamcivilizationdevelopsinpresentArizona


•SecuritiesandExchangeCommissionestablished

•HueyLongbeginsShareOurWealthclubs

•Dr.FrancisTownsendpromotesOldAgeRevolvingPensionPlan

•NyeCommitteeprobesWorldWarIprofiteeringbyAmericanindustrialists

•Prohibitionrepealed

•HundredDaysoflegislationfollowsFDR’sinauguration

•Banksclosedafterover6,000fail

•FDICestablishedbyGlass-SteagallAct

•AgriculturalAdjustmentActpassed

•NationalIndustrialRecoveryActpassed

•TennesseeValleyAuthorityestablished

•CivilianConservationCorpsenrolls250,000youngmen

•HitlerbecomeschancellorofGermany

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934 Research &EducationAssociation

•Schecter v. United StatesrulesNIRAunconstitutional

•WorksProgressAdministrationestablished

•NationalLaborRelations(Wagner)Actprotectsworkers’rights

•SocialSecurityActpassed

•CongresspassesfirstofannualNeutralityActs


•FDRdefeatsRepublicanLandonandthird-partyUnionPartyforpresident

•GeneralMotorssitdownstrike

•GermanyoccupiestheRhineland

•SpanishCivilWarbegins

•EthiopiafallstoItaly

•FDRproposescourt-packingplan,whichfails

•JapaninvadesChina

•U.S.gunshipPanaysunkbyJapaneseinYangtzeRiver

•AppeasementatMunichbyEngland’sChamberlainasGermanytakesSudeten

•CzechoslovakiafallstoGermany

•AustriavotestobeannexedbyGermany

•GermanyinvadesPoland

•NeutralityActallowscash-and-carryformilitarypurchases

•GermanyandSovietUnionsignnonaggressionpact

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AND THE NEW DEAL

(1929–1941)

1935

1936

1937

1938

1939

•GermanyconquersDenmark,Norway,theNetherlands,Belgium,andFrance

•Congressapprovesfirstpeace-timedraft

•U.S.andGreatBritainsigndestroyersforbasesdeal

•AmericaFirstCommitteeestablished,urgingU.S.neutrality

•Italy,Germany,andJapanformtheRome-Berlin-TokyoAxis

•FDRwinsunprecedentedthirdtermforpresident

•Lend-LeaseActallowsU.S.tofinanciallyassistAlliednations

•FDRandChurchillsignAtlanticCharter,pledgingself-determinationforallnations

•GermanyinvadesSovietUnion

•JapanattacksPearlHarbor,Hawaii,onDecember7,killing2,323U.S.servicemen

•U.S.declareswaronJapanonDecember8

1941

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1940


AND THE NEW DEAL

(1929–1941)

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World War II And The

Postwar Era

(1941-1960)

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

•AxisPowersdeclarewarontheU.S.threedaysafterPearlHarbor

•JapancapturesPhilippineIslandsasBataanandCorregidorfall•WarProductionBoardestablished•U.S.beginsinterningJapanese-Americancitizens•Germanysinks400Americanships•BattleofCoralSea•BattleofMidway•U.S.attacksVichyforcesandGermansinNorthAfrica•ManhattanProjectbegins

•CasablancaConference•AmericansseizeGuadalcanalIsland•SovietsdefeatGermansatStalingrad•AlliesinvadeItaly•TeheranConference

•AlliesinvadeFranceatNormandy(D-Day)June6•BattleofLeyteGulf•Rooseveltelectedpresidentforfourthterm•Island-hoppingcampaignretakesGuamIsland•BattleoftheBulge

•YaltaConference•U.S.bombingraidsdestroy250,000buildingsinTokyo•50nationsapproveUnitedNationsCharterinSanFrancisco

Conference•HitlercommitssuicideinBerlinbunker•V-EDay•AmericansrecapturethePhilippineIslands•PotsdamConference•BombdroppedonHiroshima•SovietsdeclarewaronJapan•BombdroppedonNagasaki•V-JDay

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1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

1953

•Churchillgives“IronCurtain”speech•GeorgeKennanproposescontainmentpolicy

•TrumanDoctrineaidsnationsresistingcommunism•MarshallPlanprovideseconomicaidtoEurope•HouseUn-AmericanActivitiesCommitteeinvestigates

Hollywood•JackieRobinsonbreakscolorlineinbaseball•Taft-HartleyActslowsgrowthoflaborunions

•SovietsblockaccesstoWestBerlininBerlinAirlift•AlgerHisscasebegins•Trumansignsarmedforcesdesegregationorder•Israelbecomesanation•TrumandefeatsDeweyinpresidentialelection

•NATOformed•SovietUnionexplodesatomicbomb•MaoleadscommunisttakeoverinChina

•KoreanWarbegins•U.S.troopsinvadeNorthKorea•Chinesetroopsenterwar•Rosenbergspytrialbegins•McCarthybeginsanti-communistcampaign•U.S.beginshydrogenbombprogram

•Gen.MacArthurrelievedofcommandinKorea•PeacenegotiationsbegininPanmunjon,Korea

•U.S.endsJapanoccupation•Eisenhowerelectedpresident

•KoreanWarendswithtruceanddemilitarizedzone•Stalindies


Postwar Era

(1941-1960)

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1954

1955

1956

1957

1959

•Brown v. Topeka Board of Education•Army-McCarthyhearings•FrenchsurrenderatDienbienphuinVietnam•Sen.McCarthycensuredbySenate

•MartinLutherKingJr.beginsMontgomeryBusBoycott

•Suezcrisis•SovietscrushHungarianrevolt

•SovietslaunchSputnik•EisenhowerDoctrinecommitseconomicaidtoMiddleEast•LittleRockschooldesegregationcrisis

•CastrotakesoverinCuba•SovietPremierKhrushchevvisitsU.S.


Postwar Era

(1941-1960)

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The New Frontier,

Vietnam, and Social

Upheaval

(1960-1972)

•KennedyandNixonparticipateinfirsttelevised

presidentialdebates

•Greensborosit-inprotests

•KennedydefeatsNixon

•BayofPigsinvasionfails

•Freedomrides

•BerlinWallbuilt

•PeaceCorpsestablished

•AllianceforProgressestablished

•CubanMissileCrisis

•StudentsforaDemocraticSocietyformed

•Rev.KingbeginsBirminghamdesegregationefforts

•UniversityofAlabamaadmitsfirstblackstudent

•CivilRightsMarchonWashington

•PremierDiemofSouthVietnamtoppledbyU.S.-

approvedcoup

•PresidentKennedyassassinated

•PresidentJohnsonannounceswaronpoverty

•FreedomsummervoteregistrationcampaigninMississippi

•CivilRightsActpassed

•VISTAestablished

•BerkeleyFreeSpeechMovement

•GulfofTonkinResolutionpassed

•U.S.beginsbombingofNorthVietnam

•Johnsonelectedpresident

1960

1961

1962

1963

1964

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The New Frontier,

Vietnam, and Social

Upheaval

(1960-1972)

•Medicarefundingbegins

•RaceriotsinWatts

•MalcolmXassassinated

•AmericancombattroopssenttoVietnam

•NationalOrganizationforWomen(NOW)formed

•StokelyCarmichaelleadsblackpowermovement

•RaceriotsinDetroitandNewark

•MassiveantiwarprotestinWashington,D.C.

•Israel,ArabneighborsfightSix-DayWar

•VietConglaunchTetOffensive

•Johnsonwithdrawsfrompresidentialrace

•Dr.MartinLutherKingJr.assassinated

•RobertKennedyassassinated

•ProtestsatChicagoDemocraticConvention

•Nixonelectedpresident

•Woodstockfestival

•Apollo11crewlandsonmoon

•StonewallRiotslaunchgayliberationmovement

•U.S.invadesCambodia

•KentStateMassacre

•NixonvisitsPeople’sRepublicofChina

•DétentebeginswithSovietUnion

•SALTITreatysignedwithSovietUnion

1965

1966

1967

1968

1969

1970

1972

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Watergate, Conservatism’s

Rise, and Post-Cold War

Challenges

(1972-2006)

•Watergatebreak-inoccursatDemocraticHeadquarters•NixondefeatsMcGovernforpresidency•HaiphongHarborinNorthVietnamminedbyU.S.

•U.S.,NorthVietnamsignParisPeaceAccords • Roe v. Wade expandsabortionrights•YomKippurWarinIsrael•Vice-PresidentAgnewresignsindisgrace

•ImpeachmentproceedingsbeginagainstPres.Nixon•U.S. v. Richard Nixonrulesthattapesmustbeturnedover

•Nixonresigns;Vice-PresidentFordsucceedshim•FordpardonsNixon

•U.S.abandonsSouthVietnamasitfallstoNorthVietnam

•Bakke v. University of California Regentsaffirmativeactioncase•CampDavidAccordsbetweenIsraelandEgypt

•U.S.andChinaestablishdiplomaticrelations•Irandeposesshah•IranmilitantscaptureU.S.embassyandtakehostages•SovietUnioninvadesAfghanistan•Three-MileIslandnuclearaccident•SandinistasoverthrowSomozainNicaragua

•U.S.boycottsMoscowOlympics•Reaganelectedpresident

•Iranreleaseshostages•Reaganbreaksairtrafficcontrollerstrike•SandraDayO’ConnornamedfirstfemaleSupremeCourtjustice•AIDSepidemicreachesU.S.

1972

1973

1974

1975

1978

1979

1980

1981

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Watergate, Conservatism’s

Rise, and Post-Cold War

Challenges

(1972-2006)

•241MarineskilledinLebanon•U.S.invadesGrenada

•GorbachevtakespowerinSovietUnion

• Iran-Contraaffair•Challengerspaceshuttleexplodesaftertakeoff

•ExxonValdezrunsagroundinAlaska•Studentsbeginpro-democracydemonstrationsinChina•BerlinWallfalls

•SaddamHusseinofIraqinvadesKuwait

•OperationDesertStormendsIraq’soccupationofKuwait•SovietUnionbreaksupasColdWarends

•LosAngelesriotsfollowRodneyKingverdict•Clintonelectedpresident

•NorthAmericanFreeTradeAgreementapproved

•U.S.,NATOforcesenforcepeaceinBosnia

•ClintonacquittedfollowingHouseimpeachment

•GeorgeW.BushdefeatsGoreindisputedelection

•HijackerscrashplanesintoWorldTradeCentertowersandPentagon

•U.S.invadesAfghanistantooverthrowTalibangovernment•PatriotActgivesU.S.broadpowerstoinvestigateterrorism

•GeorgeW.Bushre-electedpresident

•PresidentBushurgesCongresstoreauthorizetheUSAPatriotAct

1982

1985

1986

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1995

1999

2000

2001

2004

2006

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