1. Eras and Bookend Dates

2. Colonial Period 1607-1763 1607 – Founding of Jamestown 1763 – French and Indian War ended, end of salutary neglect

3. Revolutionary Period 1763-1783 1763 – End of F and I War, England ended Salutary Neglect 1783 – Treaty of Paris signed ending the Revolution

4. Confederation Period 1781-1789 1781 – States surrender their western land claims and Articles of Confederation goes into effect 1789 – Constitution ratified; Washington unanimously elected

5. Era of Good Feelings 1815-1824 1815 – War of 1812 ended; end of the Federalist Party, Monroe elected, extreme nationalism 1824 – Election of 1824 (Q. Adams) – the Corrupt Bargain

6. Jacksonian Era 1824 or 1828-1848 1824 – Andrew Jackson wins popular vote (loses election to John Q. Adams) 1828 – Jackson Wins the Election 1848 – Mexican War ended (Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo/James Polk)

7. Antebellum Period 1793-1861 1793 - Cotton gin invented/rise of slavery 1 st half of 1800s – Antebellum Reform Movement, Early Industrial Revolution 1861 – Civil War started

8. Reconstruction Era 1865-1877 1865 – Civil War ended/Presidential Reconstruction (Lincoln/Johnson) 1866 – Radical Reconstruction (Military Reconstruction) 1877 – Compromise of 1877/Hayes Tilden Compromise

9. Gilded Age (Industrial Revolution) 1868 or 1877-1901 1868 – Ulysses Grant elected president 1877 – End of Military Reconstruction/Begin Redeemer Reconstruction 1901 – Assassination of William McKinley

10. Progressive Era 1901-1917 1901 – Square Deal began w/Teddy Roosevelt, William Taft, Woodrow Wilson 1917 – America entered the Great War/WWI

11. New Deal Era 1933-1939 1933 – Franklin Roosevelt began his presidency, FDR promises the US a “new deal” in 1932 1939 – WWII began in Europe

12. Fair Deal Era 1945-1953 1945 – Truman became president – continued FDRs programs (FDR died) 1953 – Korean War divided nation/Truman retired

13. Cold War 1947-1989 1947 – Truman Doctrine issued – Truman, Ike, JFK, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan 1989 – Fall of the Berlin Wall/Polish solidarity/Fall of the SU soon to follow (1991)

14. New Frontier/Great Society Era 1961- 1968 1961 – John Kennedy became president 1968 – Vietnam War divided nation/ Johnson chooses not to run again