Apush Periods Important Events

Period 1 (1491-1754)

Encomienda systems, Aztecs, Treaty of Tordeillas, Start of Colombian Exchange: Trade and resource exchanges between Old World and New World

Period 2 (1607-1754)

First Great Awakening, Enlightenment, Bacon’s Rebellion: slave rebellion. John Winthrop: Devote Puritan lawyer with pro Christian ideals. New England Confederation

Period 3 (1754-1800)

Seven years war caused by territorial disputes, after it ends British starts the Intolerable Acts on the colonists to help with funding. Shay’s Rebellion and Whiskey Rebellion: Farmers rebelling against taxes (Intolerable Acts by British), American revolution, Second Great Awakening

Period 4: 1800-1848

Industrialism, Gibbons V. Ogden: congress had the power to regulate interstate navigation which established power over commerce. Monroe Doctrine: Europe shall not interfere in the America’s’ affairs. Federalist Party collapse after Hartford Convention, Lowell Mills, Missouri Compromise (Established 36 30 line), Jeffersonian Democracy, Nat Turner: Tightened slave codes, was pro-slavery

Period 5 (1844-1877)

Kansas Nebraska Act, Wilmot Proviso: Prohibited slavery in territory from Mexico, CIVIL WAR, Reconstruction: 13th Amendment abolishes slavery, New South: Black Codes. Homesteading starts.

Period 6 (1865-1898)

Big businesses, Political Machines, Monopolies, Populist Party to make farmer’s voices heard, Wabash v Illinois: States cannot regulate interstate commerce, Andrew Carnegie’s Steel Industry: Vertical Integration (Bought all the resource manufacturer companies involved), Gospel of Wealth. John D Rockefeller Oil Company: Horizontal integration: company buys out all competition.

Period 7 (1890-1945)

FDR: Fireside chats, Big Stick Policy (peaceful negotiation but not afraid to use military), Roosevelt Corrollary: Addition to Monroe Dodtrine that allowed U.S to interfere in Latin America. Harlem Renaissance, 19th Amendment: Women’s right to vote, World War 1 (1914), First Red Scare, World War 2 ended the time period

Period 8 (1945-1980)

Second Red Scare with Cold War, containment policy, interstate highway system, Watergate scandal where Nixon resigned

Period 9 (1980-Present)

Reagan presidency: Trickle Down Economics, NAFTA (reduced and eliminated trade barriers between U.S, Canada, and Mexico), Johnson: Department of Homeland Security. Digital Innovations: Computers unite everyone