Challenge 1 US History: SAT2
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qckirsten on January 19, 2012
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Events, dates, and descriptions from SAT2 US HIstory For Dummies Cheat Sheet timeline.
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Cherdo Challenge 1, CCQC Challenge 1, CC- Challenge 1, Classical Conversations Challenge 1
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Christopher Columbus | 1492-93 Arrives in the Caribbean. Explores Cuba, Haiti. |
| Hernando de Soto | 1539 Discovers the Mississippi River. |
| Jamestown (VA) | 1607 First permanent British settlement in No. Am. Colonized for gold. Had success with tobacco. John Smith, Pocohantas, Powhaten, John Rolfe The Starving Time |
| Plymouth (MA) | 1620 Pilgrims arrive from England via Mayflower. Colonized for religious freedom. Mayflower Compact, William Bradford |
| French and Indian War | 1754-63 French and NA vs. British and colonists. Treaty of Paris ends the war. |
| Sugar and Stamp Acts | 1764-65 Br. Parliament imposes and colonists protest. Taxation without representation. Stamp Act Congress |
| Boston Massacre | 1770 Colonial mob attacks British troops (8). Paul Revere's engraving printed. Night riders |
| Tea Act, Tea Party, Intolerable Acts | 1773-74 Br. Parliament repeals all but Tea Tax. Colonists respond with tea in Boston Harbor. Br.Parliament responds with (Coercive Acts). |
| First Continental Congress | 1774 |
| Lexington and Concord (MA) | 1775 Revolutionary War begins as regulars march to seize weapons cache that has been moved. |
| Second Continental Congress | 1775 |
| Declaration of Independence | 1776 Thomas Jefferson writes the draft. Delegates of the 2nd CC sign on July 4th. Thomas Paine, Common Sense |
| Articles of Confederation | 1781 Written at 3rd CC. Approved by all states. |
| Treaty of Paris | 1783 Britain recognizes American independence. |
| U.S. Constitution | 1787-88 55 men gather to write it. 9 states ratify it. We're the USA. |
| First President George Washington | 1789 |
| Bill of Rights | 1791 Ratified by states. |
| Louisiana Purchase | 1803-04 3rd pres. Jefferson buys territory from France. Lewis and Clark sent to explore. Sacajawea |
| War of 1812 | ummm...1812! War with Britain. Again. Impressment, burning of WH, Dolley Madison |
| Missouri Compromise | 1820 Congressional trade-off: Missouri enters as a slave state. Slavery forbidden north of 36*30' latitude. |
| Monroe Doctrine | 1823 Establishes US domination in the Western Hemisphere in the Era of Good Feelings. |
| Mexican War | 1846-48 US expands to the Pacific coast. Manifest destiny. Gold discovered in CA. |
| 16th President Abraham Lincoln | 1860 Southern states begin to secede from the Union. |
| Civil War | 1861-1865 The North battles the South to preserve the Union. |
| Emancipation Proclamation | 1862 Lincoln frees slaves in the seceded states. |
| 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments | 1865-1870 Congress abolishes slavery and gives rights to African Americans. Reconstruction |
| Andrew Johnson Impeachment | 1868 House votes to impeach, but Senate acquits 17th president. |
| Transcontinental Railroad | 1869 Completed in Utah. |
| Chinese Exclusion Act | 1882 Congress passes anti-immigration legislation. |
| Panic of 1893 | 1893 US economic depression. |
| Plessy v. Ferguson | 1896 Supreme Court rules on segregation: Separate but Equal. |
| Spanish-American War | 1898 US wins Guam and Puerto Rico and the rights to buy the Philippines. |
| World War I | 1914-18 US enters the war in 1917. |
| 18th & 19th Amendments | 1920 Prohibition goes into effect. Women win the right to vote. |
| US Stock Market Crashes | 1929 Great Depression begins. Black Tuesday, Dust Bowl, migration, Hoovervilles |
| New Deal | 1933 FDR's bid to revive US economy. |
| Neutrality Acts | 1935-39 Congress responds to imminent war in Europe. |
| Pearl Harbor | 1941 Japan bombs the US naval base at Hawaii. US enters WWII |
| Japanese Internment | 1942 US confines anyone of Japanese descent. |
| End of World War II | 1945 Germany surrenders to the Allies. US drops bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki to end war in Pacific. United Nations charter adopted. Manhattan Project, NM |
| North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) | 1949 US and 11 other nations form a military alliance. |
| Korean War | 1950-53 US sends troops to Korea as the Cold War escalates. Soviets, USSR (CCCP), reds |
| Brown v. Board of Education | 1954 Supreme Court rules segregated schools are unconstitutional, overturning Plessy v. Ferguson. Topeka, KS |
| Rosa Parks / Bus Boycott | 1955-56 Arrested for refusing to vacate bus seat for a white man. Boycott in Montgomery, AL. Supreme Court says segregated public transportation unconstitutional. |
| Bay of Pigs / Cuban Missile Crisis | 1961-62 US forces invade Cuba. Near-nuclear showdown with the Soviet Union. JFK, Khrushchev |
| March on Washington / JFK Assassinated | 1963 MLK Jr. leads march for civil rights legislation. President JFK is shot in Dallas, TX. Lee Harvey Oswald, Jack Ruby |
| Civil Rights Act / Gulf of Tonkin Resolution | 1964 Congress passes CR Act. Approves escalation of troops in Vietnam. |
| Voting Rights Act | 1965 Passed by Congress. |
| Tet Offensive / MLK Jr. Assassinated | 1968 Viet Cong activity increases anti-war sentiment. MLK Jr. shot in Memphis, TN. |
| Paris Accords | 1973 US troops vacate Vietnam. |
| Richard Nixon Impeachment | 1974 Congress brings charges against Nixon. He resigns. |
| Camp David Peace Accords | 1978 President Jimmy Carter negotiates a peace treaty between Israel and Egypt. Menachem Begin, Anwar Sadat |
| Iran-Contra Affair | 1986 Exposed: President Reagan's administration secretly defied Congress and provided arms to Iran for cash to help Nicaraguan rebels. Oliver North |
| Berlin Wall Dismantled | 1989 Cold War ends. |
| Persian Gulf War | 1991 US forces Iraq out of Kuwait. |
| Bill Clinton Impeachment | 1998-99 House impeaches 42nd president. Senate defeats it. |
| Presidential Election: Florida Recount | 2000 Al Gore contests George W. Bush's victory and asks for recount. Supreme Court rules this would be unconstitutional. hanging chad |
| 9/11 and the War on Terror | 2001 Muslim terrorists hijack 4 commercial airplanes. 2 are flown into the World Trade Center, 1 hits the Pentagon, and 1 crashes in a Pennsylvania field. US invades Afghanistan. Al-Qaeda, Todd Beamer, Let's roll |
| Iraq War | 2003 US enters into war against Iraq. |
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