APUSH Terms Test

New England Colonies Time Frame

1620s-1750s

New England Colonies Terms

Puritans, John Winthrop, Mayflower Compact, New England Town Meetings, The Importance of Family in New England

Spanish Exploration Time Frame

1450s-1750s

Spanish Exploration Terms

Columbian Exchange, Encomienda System, Conquistadores, God, Gold, Glory, Pueblo Revolt

Southern Colonies Time Frame

1600s-1750s

Southern Colonies Terms

Bacon’s Rebellion, Headright System, House of Burgesses, Gender Imbalance, Reliance on cash crops (tobacco)

Events that led to the American Revolution Time Frame

1760s-1770s

Events that let to the American Revolution terms

Stamp Act, Boston Tea Party, French and Indian War, Boston Massacre, Thomas Paine’s Common Sense

Articles of Confederation vs Constitution time frame

1770s-1780s

Articles of Confederation vs Constitution terms

Articles were ineffective because of fear of central authority, AOC couldn’t tax effectively, 3/5 compromise, Federalists vs Anti-Federalists, Virginia and New Jersey Plan

Federalists vs Democratic Republicans time frame

1790s-1800s

Federalists vs Democratic Republicans terms

Democratic Republicans supported the common man, Democratic Republicans: Strict interpretation of the Constitution Federalists: loose, Federalists wanted central bank, Dem Repubs: farmers (less educated) Federalists: more educated, Federalists: strong central gov Dem Repubs: weak central gov

Jeffersonian Presidency time frame

early 1800s

Jeffersonian Presidency terms

Revolution of 1800, Barbary Wars, Democratic Republican, Embargo Act, Louisiana Purchase

Sectional Tension time frame

1820s-1850s

Sectional Tension terms

Missouri Compromise, Kansas-Nebraska Act, Bleeding Kansas, Dred Scott, Popular Soverignty

Jacksonian Presidency time frame

1820s-1830s

Jacksonian Presidency terms

King Mob, Indian Removal Act, Whig Party, Bank War, Use of Veto

Manifest Destiny time frame

1840-1850

Manifest Destiny terms

American Dream, Rugged Individualism, California Gold Rudh, Wilmont Proviso, Annexation of Texas

Irish/German Immigration during the 1840s and 1850s terms

Irish largely settled in northeastern cities, Rise of the Know-Nothing Party, Irish were not abolitionists due to job competition, NINA, Voting Blocs

Civil war time frame

1861-1865

Civil War terms

New York City Draft Riots, War Bonds, Fredrick Douglass, Suspension of Habeus Corpus, Homestead Act

Reconstruction time frame

1860s-1870s

Reconstruction terms

reconstruction amendments, Carpetbaggers and Scalawags, Freedmen’s Bureau, Compromise of 1877, Military Districts

Growth of slavery time frame

1790s-1865

Growth of slavery terms

Cotton Gin, Bacon’s rebellion, westward expansion, Middle Passage, Cotton Belt

Gilded Age time frame

1880s-1890s

Gilded Age terms

New South, Rockefeller, Carnegie, Vanderbilt, Monopolies, Laissez Faire Policies, Social Darwinism

Progressive Era time frame

1900-1920

Progressive Era terms

trust busting, meat inspection act, the jungle (upton sinclair), muckrakers, triangle shirtwaist factory

Rise of Labor Unions time frame

late 1800s

Rise of Labor Unions terms

Advocate for Better Working Conditions, Better Wages, Shorter working days, haymarket square riot, blacklisting

American Imperialism time frame

late 1800s

American Imperialism terms

Teller/Platt Amendments, Social Darwinism, Filipino-American War, White Man’s Burden, Thirst for New Markets

Roaring 20s Terms

Hery For'd’s “Model T”, Invention of the Radio, Flappers challeneged traditional ideas, Prohibition, culture wars

WWI time period

1914-1918

WWI terms

Great Migration, War Industries Board, Wilson’s 14 points, 19th amendment, Rationing

Great depression time frame

1930s

Great Depression terms

3 R’s, Bank Failures, Reliance on Credit, FDR’s 100 Days, New Deal

WWII time frame

1939-1945

WWII terms

Neutrality Acts, Cash and carry/lend lease, Korematsu vs US, War Production Board, Double V Campaign

1950s Red Scare terms

HUAC, McCarthyism, Federal Employee Loyalty Program, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, Alger Hiss

Eisenhower time frame

1950s-1960s

Eisenhower terms

Eisenhower Doctrine, Brinkmanship, Sputnik/Space Race, Suez Canal Crisis, Highway Act of 1956

1950s America terms

Levittowns, Baby Boom, Industrial based economy to service based economy, sunbelt, Interstate Highway Act

Kennedy time frame

1960s

Kennedy terms

Bay of Pigs, Cuban Missile Crisis, New Frontier, Civil Rights, Peace Corps

Civil Rights Era time Frame

1960s-1970s

Civil Rights Era Terms

Brown v Board, Black Panther Party, Voting Rights Act of 1965, SNCC, Freedom Riders

Vietnam time frame

1955-1975

Vietnam terms

Gulf of Tonkin, Credibility Gap, Kent State, Pentagon Papers, My Lai Massacre

Second wave feminism/women’s movement time frame

1960s-1980s

Second wave feminism/ women’s movement terms

ERA vs no ERA is a culture war, Phyllis Schlafly, Betty Friedan “The Feminine Mystique”, Title IX, Roe v Wade

Nixon time frame

early 1970s

Nixon terms

Watergate, EPA, Vietnamization, Détente, SALT

1970s terms

OPEC places embargo on oil, Watergate creates distrust with the government, ERA, Stagflation, Iranian Hostage Crisis

Reagan time frame

1980s

Reagan terms

Moral majority, Reaganomics, Cold Warrior, Reagan Recession, Yuppies

Five Examples of peopling

Great Migration during War eras of WWI and WWII, White Flight, California Gold Rush, Manifest Destiny, Sunbelt

Four examples highlighting the debate between states and the Federal Government regarding various forms of power

Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, Little Rock 9, Nullification Crisis, Marshall Court

Three terms that relate to issues concerning the environment

Creation of EPA under Nixon, Tennessee Valley Authority, Teddy Roosevelt creates National Parks

Five Events that challenged cultural/traditional norms

Support for ERA, Rise of Flappers, Seneca Falls Convention, Second Great Awakening, Rise of Counterculture

Five terms that directly relate to America’s involvement with the world (excluding actual wars)

Monroe Doctrine, Good Neighbor Policy, Truman Doctrine, League of Nations, Détente

Four events or terms that significantly impacted the working life for the Average American

Development of the Market Economy, Industrial Revolution, Rise of Labor Unions, Invention of the assembly line

Five ideas that change or modify the role and expectations of women within American society

Republican Motherhood, Feminine Mystique, Working on the home front during WWII, ERA, Cult of Domesticity

Five examples that demonstrate a growth of power in the executive branch

Andrew Jackson’s use of veto power, Jackson ignoring Supreme Court, Lincoln suspending Habeus Corpus, Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, FDR’s New Deal

Three examples when religion played a significant role (positive or negative) within American society

First and Second Great Awakening, Scopes Trial, Salem Witch Trials

Five examples of events or ideas that gave rise to political parties

Heavy German and Irish immigration during 1840s and 1850s gave rise to anti-immigration Know Nothing Party

Jacksonian Presidency Gives rise to Whig Party

Federalists vs antifederalists- disputes over central power

Free Soil Party- expansion of slavery

Populist party- pro agrarian and free coinage of silver

Five examples of voting rights expanding or contracting

Elimination of requirement of property ownership to vote during Jacksonian Era, 15th and 19th amendments, Literacy Tests/Poll Taxes, Changing the voting age from 21 to 18, Voting Rights Act of 1965