AP US History Ultimate Study Guide (copy)

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Bering Land Bridge

Land connection between Siberia and Alaska that allowed early people to migrate to the Americas.

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Contact Period

The time from Columbus's arrival in 1492 until 1607 when sustained contact began between Europe and the Americas.

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Brown v. Board of Education

The 1954 Supreme Court decision that declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional.

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The Columbian Exchange

The period of widespread exchange of plants, animals, foods, and diseases between the Americas and Europe after 1492.

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Mercantilism

An economic theory that emphasizes the importance of accumulating wealth through exports and trade regulation.

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Encomienda System

A Spanish labor system that rewarded conquerors with the labor of specific groups of people.

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Middle Passage

The sea journey undertaken by slave ships from West Africa to the Americas.

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Manifest Destiny

The 19th-century doctrine that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable.

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The Great Compromise

An agreement that established a two-house legislature in the United States, balancing the needs of both large and small states.

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Jim Crow Laws

State and local laws enforcing racial segregation in the southern United States.

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Bering Land Bridge

Land connection between Siberia and Alaska that allowed early people to migrate to the Americas.

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Contact Period

The time from Columbus's arrival in 1492 until 1607 when sustained contact began between Europe and the Americas.

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Brown v. Board of Education

The 1954 Supreme Court decision that declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional.

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The Columbian Exchange

The period of widespread exchange of plants, animals, foods, and diseases between the Americas and Europe after 1492.

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Mercantilism

An economic theory that emphasizes the importance of accumulating wealth through exports and trade regulation.

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Encomienda System

A Spanish labor system that rewarded conquerors with the labor of specific groups of people.

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Middle Passage

The sea journey undertaken by slave ships from West Africa to the Americas.

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Manifest Destiny

The 19th-century doctrine that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable.

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The Great Compromise

An agreement that established a two-house legislature in the United States, balancing the needs of both large and small states.

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Jim Crow Laws

State and local laws enforcing racial segregation in the southern United States.

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The idea that states