APUSH - Important Dates in U.S. History

Washington became the first president of the United States

• 1762

• 1789

• 1793

• 1800

Progressive Era began when Theodore Roosevelt became president!

• 1839

• 1898

• 1901

• 1912

Attack on Fort Sumter began the Civil War

• 1775

• 1861

• 1865

• 1941

Jamestown founded

• 1492

• 1607

• 1620

• 1776

Era of Good Feelings began at end of War of 1812

• 1812

• 1815

• 1820

• 1865

Thomas Jefferson became president

• 1789

• 1801

• 1820

• 1850

John F. Kennedy was elected president and TV played a major factor in campaign

• 1950

• 1960

• 1970

• 1980

U.S. entered World War I

• 1914

• 1917

• 1939

• 1941

Franklin D. Roosevelt was 1st elected president, replacing Herbert Hoover

• 1932

• 1934

• 1940

• 1942

Era of Reconstruction ended

• 1865

• 1875

• 1877

• 1889