APUSHPeriod 5 Timelineof Major Events
APUSHPeriod 5 Timelineof Major Events
Use Chapters 17-23 of American Pageant to complete the following chart. We will be debating the Varying Viewpoints
upon returning to class.
Key Concepts:
5.1: The United States became more connected with the world, pursued an expansionist foreign policy in the Western
Hemisphere, and emerged as the destination for many migrants from other countries.
5.2: Intensified by expansion and deepening regional divisions, debates over slavery and other economic, cultural, and
political issues led the nation into civil war.
5.3: The Union victory in the Civil War and the contested reconstruction of the South settled the issues of slavery and
secession, but left unresolved many questions about the power of the federal government and citizenship rights.
Annexing Texas (1844, technically Tyler but how did it effect Polk?)
James K. Polk
Democrat Mexican-American War (1845-1848)
(1845-1849)
James K. Polk
Democrat
(1845-1849) California Gold Rush (1849)
Zachary Taylor
Whig
(1849-July 1850)
Compromise of 1850
Millard Fillmore
Underground Railroad
Whig
(July 1850-1853)
Panic of 1857
Election of 1860
James Buchanan
Democrat Formation of the Confederate States of America (February 1861)
(1857-1861)
Abraham Lincoln
Republican
(1861- 1865)
Abraham Lincoln
Republican
(1861- 1865)
Trent Affair (1861)
Abraham Lincoln
Republican
(1861- 1865) Massachusetts 54th Regiment
Andrew Johnson
Democratic Reconstruction Acts of 1867
(1865-1869)
Compromise of 1877