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Cold War period'''Timeline of major events and periods'''
'''Timeline of major events and periods'''




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|1812-1815
|1812-1815
|War of 1812
|War of 1812
expansion of Slavery
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** but organizing US History into "periods" makes it more understandable
** but organizing US History into "periods" makes it more understandable


=== Major periods timeline ===
=== Major events timeline by century ===
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
{| class="wikitable"
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!Century
!Period/s
!Major Events
|-
|'''17th Century (1600s)'''
|'''Colonial'''
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* early English colonies in Virginia & Massachusetts
* colonial population growth via immigration and high birth rate
* expansion of religious tolerance
|-
|'''18th Century (1700s)'''
|'''Late Colonia/ (1700s-1760s)'''
'''Revolutionary (1760s-1780s
Early Republic (1790s)'''
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* westward expansion of English settlements, into and across Appalachian Mts
* French-Indian War (1754-1763)
* expansion of slavery in South, esp. for tobacco planting
* Revolutionary period & war
* new Republic under the US Constitution & introduction of Bill of RIghts
|-
|'''19th Century (1800s)'''
|'''Antebellum'''
'''Civil War & Reconstruction'''
 
'''Industrialization'''
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* western expansion, esp. Louisiana Purchase, Mexican-American War
* slave-based cotton economy & North-South division over slavery
* Civil War & Reconstruction
* European and East Asian immigration
* Industrialization and railroads
|-
|'''20th Century (1900s)'''
|'''American ImperialismWorld Wars & Cold Ear'''
'''American Century'''
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* U.S. involvement in overseas  Wars
* WWII & subsequent Cold War w/ the USSR
* Collapse of USSR & American gobal dominance
|-
|'''21st Century (2000s)'''
|'''Sept. 11 & War on TerrorGlobalism'''
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* American cultural and economic dominance
* Wars on Terror / Patriot Act
* Rise of global economy and China
|}
 
=== Major economic crises timeline - overview ===
for specific events and their details see [[AP US History vocabulary list#Economic crises|AP US History vocabulary list/Econonic crises]]
{| class="wikitable"
|+Economic Crises
!Period/s
!Event
!Causes/ Notes
|-
| colspan="3" |'''19th Century'''
|-
|Antebellum
Jacksonian Period
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* the Early Republic offered many opportunities for "getting rich"
** land speculation
** shipping (ocean trade, river ferries, canals, etc.)
** railroad and telegraph (starting 1830s, most growth in the 1850s)
* consequently, U.S. and European banks and investors looked to profit from the incredible geographic and demographic expansion of the young nation
* thus causing "bubbles" that would "burst" when investors failed to receive expected profits or loans went unpaid
|-
|Gilded Age
|
|
* industrialism led to enormous economic growth and opportunity for investment
* railroads and telegraphs were especially important to this expansion
** as the country expanded westward, railroads connected markets
** a more connected nation and ability to transmit information quickly via telegraphs and distribute materials via railroads drove media empries in newspapers and magazines
**
|-
|Progressive Era
|Panic of 1907
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* in late 1906, the stock market reacted poorly to the 1906 Hepburn Act, which
* Stock market crash (down 50%) during a recession due to a failed Trust company (investment firm) and a subsequent bank failure due to bad loans based upon a coal/iron company stock
* JP Morgan Co. intervened and led other investors to back the banks with credit and cash
* When the coal/iron company stock crashed, US Steel (owned in part by JP Morgan) took over the company, which covered the bad loans and market price loss
** it was significant because the T. Roosevelt administration gave tacit approval (by not objecting to it) of the takeover, even though it extended the U.S. Steel monopoly
** marks the distinction for T.R. between "good trusts" (US Steel) and "bad trusts" (Standard Oil)
* the Panic of 1907 led to calls to reform that nation's money supply, leading to the 1913 establishment of the Federal Reserve
|-
|post-WWI
|Depression of 1920
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|1930s
|Great Depression
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|-
|Post-Vietnam
|1970s Stagflation
|Period of economic and political decline
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|Mortgage bubble
|2008 Great Recession
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|}
 
=== Major periods timeline (by date range) ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Dates
!Dates
!Period
!Period
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|1775-1783
|1775-1783
|Revolutionary War
|Revolutionary War & American Independence
Independence
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|-
|1783-1789
|1783-1789
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|1877-1917
|1877-1917
|Industrialization, Segregation,  
|Industrialization, Segregation, Immigration, Imperialism & Progressive Era
Immigration, Imperialism  
 
& Progressive Era
|-
|-
|1917-1945
|1917-1945
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