US History Timelines
Free printable US history timelines for kids — the American Revolution, Civil War, westward expansion, Civil Rights Movement, and more. Each timeline prints on Letter paper and includes a blank fill-in version and quiz.
American Revolution Timeline
The American Revolution was the war in which the thirteen colonies broke away from Great Britain and became the United States.
Civil War Timeline
The Civil War was the war between the Northern states (the Union) and the Southern states (the Confederacy) over slavery, states’ rights, and whether states could leave the Union.
US History Timeline
This timeline walks through some of the biggest milestones in United States history, from the first European voyages to the Moon landing.
Westward Expansion Timeline
Westward expansion is the period when the United States grew across the continent, as settlers, trails, and railroads pushed toward the Pacific.
Colonial America Timeline
Colonial America is the period when European settlers built the thirteen colonies that would later become the United States.
Civil Rights Movement Timeline
The Civil Rights Movement was a struggle by Black Americans to end legal discrimination and win equal rights under the law, led by figures like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Great Depression Timeline
The Great Depression was the worst economic crisis in American history, beginning with the 1929 stock market crash and lasting through the 1930s.
Cold War Timeline
The Cold War was a decades-long rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union, fought through arms races, proxy wars, and the constant threat of nuclear destruction.
Space Race Timeline
The Space Race was a Cold War competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to achieve milestones in space exploration, culminating in the Apollo 11 moon landing.
Vietnam War Timeline
The Vietnam War was a long and deeply divisive conflict in which the United States spent two decades trying to prevent a communist takeover of South Vietnam — and ultimately failed.
Women's Suffrage Timeline
The women's suffrage movement was a 72-year campaign that won American women the right to vote, culminating in the 19th Amendment in 1920.
Reconstruction Era Timeline
Reconstruction was the period after the Civil War when the federal government worked to reunite the nation and define the rights of formerly enslaved Black Americans.
Trail of Tears Timeline
The Trail of Tears was the forced removal of Native American nations from their homelands in the southeastern United States to territory west of the Mississippi River, resulting in the deaths of thousands.
Korean War Timeline
The Korean War was the first major military conflict of the Cold War, in which the United States and its allies fought to defend South Korea from a communist invasion — ending in a stalemate that divides Korea to this day.
Manifest Destiny Timeline
Manifest Destiny was the 19th-century American belief that the United States was destined to expand across the entire North American continent, shaping half a century of territorial growth through diplomacy, war, and settlement.
Harlem Renaissance Timeline
The Harlem Renaissance was a flowering of Black American art, literature, music, and intellectual life centered in Harlem, New York City, during the 1920s and 1930s — one of the most creative and influential cultural movements in American history.
Gilded Age Timeline
The Gilded Age was an era of explosive industrial growth in the United States — a time when railroads, steel, and oil created enormous fortunes for a few, while millions of workers labored in dangerous conditions for low wages, and new immigrants flooded into American cities.
Progressive Era Timeline
The Progressive Era was a period of sweeping reform in the United States — when journalists, activists, and politicians fought to rein in the power of corporations, clean up government corruption, improve conditions for workers, and expand democracy.
Constitutional Convention Timeline
The Constitutional Convention of 1787 produced the United States Constitution — the world's oldest written national constitution still in use — after the nation's first attempt at self-government had nearly collapsed.