AICE History Midterm Timeline

Events

Manifest Destiny

1812 - 1860

Monroe Doctrine

December 2, 1823

Trail of Tears

1830

Indian Removal Act

May 28, 1830

The Return of Santa Anna

1837

Treaty of Wangxia

July 3rd, 1844

Presidency of James K. Polk

1845 - 1849

Mexican American War

1846 - 1848

U.S./British involvement with the Oregon line

1846

Commodore Perry's visit to Japan

1853 - 1854

U.S Civil War

1861 - 1865

Napoleon III intervenes during the US Civil War

1862 - 1867

Maximilian of Austria, takes control of Mexico

1864 - 1867

Sand Creek Massacre

November 29, 1864

Purchase of Alaska (aka Seward's Folly)

March 30th, 1867

Little Bighorn

June 25th, 1876

Mahan's Writing (Influence of Sea and Power)

1890

Battle of Wounded Knee

December 29th, 1890

Presidency of McKinley

1897 - 1901

Banana Wars

1898 - 1934

Spanish American War

April 1898 - August 1898

Acquisition of Hawaii

July 4th, 1898

Boxer Rebellion

1899 - 1901

Filipino- American War

1899 - 1902

Open Door Policy

1899 - 1900

Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt

September 14, 1901 - March 4, 1909

Construction of the Panama Canal

1903 - 1914

Roosevelt Corollary

1904

Russo Japanese War

1904 - 1905

Great White Fleet

1907 - 1909

Dollar Diplomacy

1909 - 1913

Taft's Presidency

1909 - 1913

The Mexican Civil War

1910 - 1920

Chinese Revolution

1911 - 1912

The Commerce and Navigation Act

1911

Presidency of Woodrow Wilson

March 4, 1913 - March 4, 1921

World War 1

1914 - 1918

The Sinking of the Lusitania

May 7th, 1915

The Search for Pancho Villa

1916 - 1917

ZImmerman Telegram

March 1st, 1917

Wilson's 14 Points

January 8th, 1918

Treaty of Versailles

June 28th, 1919

Washington Naval Treaty

1921 - 1922

*signed at the naval conference which was held during these years

FDR sends warships to Cuba

1933

Good Neighbor Policy

1933 - 1945