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the first permanent English settlement founded in 1609

Jamestown

100

the 1803 acquisition of French territory, doubling U.S. land under President Jefferson

Louisiana Purchase

100

the late 19th-century era of industrialization, wealth inequality, and political corruption

Gilded Age

100

terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, killing nearly 3,000 people

9/11

100

only president to win unanimous election

Washington
200

English settlers seeking religious freedom who founded a colony

Pilgrims

200

conflict with Britain, reinforcing U.S. sovereignty and nationalism.

War of 1812

200

the early 20th-century period of social, political, and economic reforms.

Progressive Era

200

a global health crisis that disrupted societies and economies on an unprecedented scale

COVID-19 Pandemic

200

early 20th-century investigative journalists, like Upton Sinclair, exposing corruption and social issues

muckrakers

300

the settlement established by the Pilgrims

Plymouth

300

the 19th-century belief that the U.S. was destined to expand across North America

manifest destiny

300

the 1898 conflict resulting in U.S. control of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines

Spanish-American War

300

the terrorist group, led by Osama bin Laden, responsible for the 9/11 attacks

Al-Qaeda

300

the "father of the Constitution"

James Madison

400

A British tax on colonial paper goods, sparking protests and cries of “no taxation without representation.”

Stamp Act

400

conflict between the Union and Confederate states over states’ rights & slavery

Civil War (War Between the States)

400

the 1930s economic crisis following the 1929 stock market crash

Great Depression

400

2001–2021 war to dismantle al-Qaeda and remove the Taliban from power

Afghanistan War

400

the president of the Confederate States of America

Jefferson Davis

500

the 1754–1763 conflict between Britain and France over North American territory

French & Indian War

500

the 1865–1877 period to rebuild the South and integrate freed slaves into society

Reconstruction

500

period of global geopolitical rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union

Cold War

500

the 2001 law expanding government surveillance powers to prevent terrorism.

Patriot Act

500

the infamous senator who uncovered and alleged vast communist conspiracy in US government

Joseph McCarthy

600

the description colonial trade network between Europe, Africa, and the Americas

triangular trade

600

the 1823 policy opposing European intervention in the Americas

Monroe Doctrine

600

the 1950s–1960s struggle for racial equality, led by figures like Martin Luther King Jr

Civil Rights Movement

600

2003–2011 war to oust Saddam Hussein, based on claims of weapons of mass destruction

Iraq War

600

the "King of Rock & Roll"

Elvis

700

a religious revival in the 1730s–1740s that influenced colonial culture and identity

Great Awakening

700

the 1857 Supreme Court ruling denying citizenship and rights to African Americans

Dred Scott decision

700

the June 6, 1944, Allied invasion of Normandy, France, a turning point in the European theate

D-Day

700

the U.S. military detention facility established in 2002 to hold suspected terrorists

Guantanamo Bay 

700

n FBI program (1956–1971) targeting political groups, including civil rights leaders, through surveillance and disruption

COINTELRPO

800

British policy prohibiting colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains

Proclamation of 1763

800

conflict resulting in U.S. acquisition of the Southwest and California

Mexican War

800

FDR’s 1930s programs to address the Great Depression through relief, recovery, and reform

New Deal

800

a conservative political movement starting in 2009, advocating for lower taxes and limited government

Tea Party Movement

800

the only two presidents to win 49/50 states in an election

Nixon & Reagan

900

the economic system in colonial America where colonies served the mother country’s trade interests

mercantilism

900

a series of laws balancing free and slave state interests, delaying Civil War tensions

Compromise of 1850

900

a series of 1930s U.S. laws aimed at preventing American involvement in foreign wars

Neutrality Acts

900

the 2011 protest movement against economic inequality and corporate influence

Occupy Wall Street Movement

900

outspoken US senator from Louisiana who criticized FDR during Great Depression, assassinated

Huey Long

1000

the division of power between national and state governments under the Constitution.

federalism

1000

an 1850 law requiring the return of escaped enslaved people

Fugitive Slave Act

1000

the U.S. policy of stopping the spread of communism

containment

1000

the 2010 Supreme Court ruling allowing unlimited corporate and union spending in elections

Citizens United vs. FCC

1000

a 1920s Harding administration scandal involving secret leasing of federal oil reserves, exposing government corruption

Teapot Dome Scandal

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