APUSH review college board turning point years

Spanish American War shows U.S. imperialism

• 1877

• 1890

• 1898

• 1932

The end of Reconstruction, but when the north's military leaves the KKK gains power

• 1877

• 1890

• 1898

• 1932

Start of the French Indian War which shows American desire for westward expansion and ends with the British taking rights away from their American colonies

• 1491

• 1607

• 1676

• 1754

Polk wins the presidency with a promise of Manifest Destiny, leads to Mexican American War, and that leads to more debate about the place of slavery in America

• 1754

• 1800

• 1844

• 1865

WWII ends with an allied victory and the atomic bomb makes the U.S. the world's only super power

• 1941

• 1945

• 1946

• 1950

Reagan wins the presidency after 50 years of politics dominated by Democratic/ Liberal ideas, the Neoconservative Era begins

• 1980

• 1984

• 1988

• 1992

Jamestown established- the British have their first (sort of) successful colony, that eventually leads to the U.S.

• 1492

• 1607

• 1667

• 1706

Jefferson and the Democratic Republicans win the presidency and a peaceful transition of power from one party to the other occurs (even after a really weird election)

• 1792

• 1800

• 1812

• 1824

The Civil War ends in a Union/Northern Victory, the slaves are freed

• 1865

• 1869

• 1877

• 1898

The Census Bureau announces the west is settled, the American Indians are defeated, and the U.S. really controls all of it's land.

• 1880

• 1890

• 1900

• 1910

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