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APUSH - Key Dates
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 1492 | Columbus "discovers" America |
| 1607 | Jamestown founded |
| 1754-1763 | French + Indian war |
| 1775-1783 | American Revolutionary War |
| 1776 | Declaration of Independence |
| 1787 | Constitutional Convention |
| 1789 | Washington elected president |
| 1803 | Marbury v Madison |
| 1812-1815 | War of 1812 |
| 1823 | Monroe Doctrine |
| 1846-1848 | Mexican American War |
| 1861-1865 | Civil War |
| 1865-1877 | Reconstruction Era |
| 1898 | Spanish American War |
| 1917-1918 | US in WWI |
| 1920 | 19th Amendment |
| 1929-1940 | The Great Depression |
| 1941-1945 | US in WWII |
| 1945-1989 | Cold War |
| 1950-1953 | Korean War |
| 1954 | Brown v. Board of Education |
| 1963 | I have a dream speech |
| 1964-1975 | Vietnam War |
| 1972-1974 | Watergate Scandal |
| 1991 | Persian Gulf War |
| 9/11/2001 | September 11 attacks |
| 2003-2011 | Iraq War |
| 2001-2021 | Afghanistan War |