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Turning Points in US History

Turning Points in US History. APUSH Overview. Colonial Period 1607-1763. Jamestown-1607 First African Americans, 1619 French and Indian War 1754-1763. 1763-Treaty of Paris ends French/Indian War. No foreign enemies Brits need $ to pay war costs  new TAXES

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Turning Points in US History

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  1. Turning Points in US History APUSH Overview

  2. Colonial Period 1607-1763 • Jamestown-1607 • First African Americans, 1619 • French and Indian War 1754-1763

  3. 1763-Treaty of Paris ends French/Indian War • No foreign enemies • Brits need $ to pay war costsnew TAXES • Begins clash that leads to Revolution

  4. 1776-Dec of Independence • First colonies to demand independence • Must win war to make real • “all men created equal” challenge for future generations

  5. Jefferson Paine

  6. American Revolution • 1775-1783 • American Victory or British loss? • Inevitable? • Was it really a revolution? Why?

  7. 1789-Ratification of Constitution • No more Articles… • Federalism • Separation of powers • Foundation of growth • 3/5’s clause

  8. 1800-Revolution of 1800 • Jefferson’s victory ushers out Federalists (Business), for Democrat-Republicans (agrarian) w/o violence • Midnight appoints of Adams’ sets in motion Marbury v. Madison

  9. 1803-Louisiana Purchase/Marbury v. Madison Purchase • Jefferson moves towards ‘loose’ interpretation of constitution • Expands size of union, downfall of Federalists, control MS Marbury • Judicial Review • Supreme Court=presidency and Congress

  10. Treaty of Ghent (ends War 1812) • War increased nationalism-though no war victory • Encourages American industry and westward movement (Indians lose British allies who may have helped resistance) • Strengthens isolationist mood-no foreign war for a century

  11. 1848-Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo (ends Mexican War) • US gains more land • Revives debate over slavery • Lasting resentment towards US in Latin America

  12. 1861-Civil War • Slavery cannot be settled peacefully-“all men created equal?” • Lincoln expands power of presidency

  13. 1865-Civil War ends/Lincoln Assassinated • (Easy) Presidential Reconstruction gives way to Radical Reconstruction • Congressional Republicans expand political power (and freedom?) by expanding opportunities for Blacks, before southerners (Democrats all) return • Increase tension between N and S (all men created equal?)

  14. 1877-End of Reconstruction • Pres. Hayes (R) agrees to remove troops from South • End of Reconstruction • Troops leave Jim Crow enters

  15. 1914-Great War • Progressive reform gives way to military readiness • Great MigrationHarlem Renaissance

  16. 1919 Treaty of Versailles • Failure of US to join League isolationism • Split between President (D) and Congress (R)

  17. 1929-Stock Market Crash • Signaled start of global Depression • FDR’s New Deal introduces welfare state-move away from laizze-faire

  18. 1941-Pearl Harbor • US enters global conflict w/ Axis powers • Military spending ends Depression in US • Expansion of presidential powers • Size and scope of federal government expands significantly

  19. 1945-end of WWII • Atomic Age • Cold War • Beginning of the end of Colonialism • US/USSR as sole world powers

  20. 1954 • Brown v. Board of EducationPlessy overturned…separate but equal • Direct US involvement in Vietnam begins when French lose Dienbienphu • 1955: Montgomery Bus Boycott, emergence of King, SCLC

  21. "My activism did not spring from being black...The racial injustice that was present in this country during my youth was a challenge to my belief in the oneness of the human family." - Bayard Rustin

  22. 1960-First sit-ins in Greensboro, NC • Election of JFK (D) • Rising expectations for African Americans • Executive branch pushed by Civil Rights movement

  23. 1964-Passage of Civil Rights Act • Outlawed segregation in public facilities • Banned discriminatory practices in hiring, voting and education • Gulf of Tonkin Resolution-allowing president to use force in Vietnam (blank check)

  24. 1968-King and RFK killed • 500,000 soldiers in Vietnam • Tet Offensive • Streets and campuses in a boil • Nixon (R) electedbeginning of conservative resurgence

  25. 1973 Paris Peace Conference • US out of Vietnam • Congress passes War Powers Act-attempt to reign in executive branch ability to enter an undeclared war

  26. 1989-Berlin Wall dismantled • Solidarity wins in Poland • Eastern European economies collapse-signal end of USSR in 1991 • New era in US diplomatic relations w/ world. Uni-polar world?

  27. 1994-Republicans win both houses of Congress • Voters express dissatisfaction w/ long-standing welfare legislation • Contract with America • Return of power to state governments (states’ rights?)

  28. September 11, 2001 • World Trade Center and Pentagon attacked • War in Afghanistan • Axis of Evil • 2003: War in Iraq • Is this a Turning Point in History

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