Studied by 1 personPreparing for DBQ and LEQs on the AP US History Exam.
Encomienda
Period 1; grants of native american slaves with land to spainards
Repartimento
Period 1; Replaced encomienda system with this system which was much less harsh
Slavery (Chattel)
Period 1; Replaced other forms of labor in Spanish colonies; African slavery
Dutch Relations with Natives
Period 2; Trade relationship
French Relations with Natives
Period 2; Most friendly, trade relationship
English Relations with Natives
Period 2; Friendly at first but later conflicts over land
Spanish Relations with Natives
Period 2; Established caste system to deal with interracial marriages; enslaved and converted natives
Empiricism
Period 2; focus on logic and reason
Glorious Revolution
Period 2; Revolution in England based on Enlightenment
Navigation Acts
Period 2; European goods to colonies had to be checked; gave Britain control of imports to Europe
John Winthrop
Period 2; First Great Awakening preacher; “City on a Hill” sermon
Dominion of New England
Period 2; Created for greater control over colonies and ended colonial government.
Salutary Neglect
Period 2; Britain left the colonies to themselves in this period
Pope’s Revolt
Period 2; Successful rebellion against Spain, Native Americans continued to preserve their culture
Stono Rebellion
Period 2; slave uprising in 1739 that led to stricter slave codes
Bacon’s Rebellion
Period 2; this rebellion led to a reduced use of indentured servants
Praying Towns
Period 2; towns established to convert natives
Seven Year’s War
Period 3; dispute in ohio river valley; Britain & Colonies united against France, put Britain into heavy war debt and fostered French resentment.
Proclamation of 1763
Period 3; proclamation from Britain that kept colonialists out of territory gained in Seven Year’s War
Pickney’s Treaty
Period 3; Treaty with Spain setting boundaries of Southern United States
Jay’s Treaty
Period 3; treaty maintaining peace with Britain; agreed to remove British troops from the Northwest.
XYZ Affair
Period 3; The French allowed for any ships thought to carry British goods to be captured; the French made several demands and this eventually led to the Alien and Sedition Acts
Alien and Sedition Acts
Period 3; Reaction to the French Revolution; prevented criticism of government
Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
Period 3; Democratic-Republican response to the Alien and Seditions Acts; declaration that these acts were unconstitutional and set the precedent for nullification
3/5 Compromise
Period 3; Slaves counted as 3/5 of person in representation and end of US Atlantic Slave trade
Northwest Ordinance
Period 3; Established territories and requirement for statehood; Done under the Articles of Confederation.
Transcendentalists
Period 4; Belief in independence and focus on knowledge through intutition
Second Great Awakening
Period 4; Religious revival that led to the formation of new sects such as Millennialism.
Mill Girls
Period 4; Northern textile industry expanded and gave opportunities for women to socialize and organize in new jobs
Louisiana Purchase
Period 4; Large purchase of territory from France
Mexican-American War
Period 4; Led to the eventual gain of Texas and caused more debates on slavery
Missouri Compromise
Period 4; Set line of slavery for US; missouri admitted as a slave state and Maine admitted as free; led to increased tensions
Compromise of 1850
Period 4; California entered as a free state; fugitive slave acts were strengthened and Slave Trade was banned in D.C.
Dred Scott Decision
Period 4; Decided that slaves weren’t citizens and were property; this overturned the Missouri Compromise
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Period 4; This overturned the Missouri Compromise and allowed for decision by popular sovereignty
Seneca Falls Convention
Period 4; Women’s rights convention
Cotton Gin
Period 4; Made by Eli Whitney; caused the continued strength of slavery
Whigs
Period 4; This political was formed by Henry Clay in response to Andrew Jackson’s election
Era of Good Feelings
Period 4; national unity following War of 1812; the Democratic-Republicans were dominant after the decline of Federalists
American System
Period 4; An economic system promoted by Henry Clay; promoted internal improvements, protective tariffs, and a national bank.
Market Revolution
Period 4; Result of the Industrial Revolution; construction of railroads
Monroe Doctrine
Period 4; Sphere of influence; no European involvement
Embargo Act
Period 4; Restriction of exports and imports to Britain
Marbury v. Madison
Period 4; supreme court case that established judicial review; constitutionality of laws
Nullification Crisis
Period 4; South Carolina nullified a federal tariff
Panic of 1819
Period 4; end of economic expansion after War of 1812; caused increased opposition to the national bank
The Liberator
Period 4; prominent abolitionist newspaper
Nat Turner’s Rebellion
Period 4; Violent slave rebellion; deadliest in us history; led to fear and increased slave codes
John Brown
Period 4; Advocated for violence to remove slavery; was executed
The Bank War
Period 4; fights over the constitutionality of National Bank with Clay & Jackson
Freedmen’s Bureau Policies
Period 5; Reconstruction policies helping with land, schools, and marriages.
Homestead Act of 1862
Period 5; Encouraged migration and allowed any citizen to get 160 acres of government land
15 Amendment
Period 5; Voting rights for African-American men; angered women’s right movement
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Period 8; finally granted voting rights
Redeemer Governments
Period 5; Southern governments took power back after reconstruction
Plessy v. Ferguson
Period 5; established “separate but equal” to be constitutional
Manifest Destiny
Period 5; U.S. Desire to expand
Slavery as “Positive Good”
Period 5; view of Southern politicians before the Civil War
13th Amendment
Period 5; Abolished slavery
14th Amendment
Period 5; all born in the United States are citizens
Seward’s Folly
Period 5; Purchase of Alaska heavily criticized
Democratic Party Split
Period 5; Splits over slavery
Compromise of 1877
Period 5; Hayes to win election; federal troops away from South; ends reconstruction
Ten Percent Plan
Period 5; 10% of voter to swear oath to Union
Wade-Davis Bill
Period 5; Lincoln refused to sign bill; 50% to take oath; non-confederates only to vote state constitutions
Black Codes
Period 5; Jim Crow laws enforced segregation
Pacific Railroad Act
Period 5; assistance in building continental railroad
Social Darwinism
Period 6; belief in superiority in class & race
New South
Period 6; increased industrialization in the South; mechanization of farming
Sharecropping
Period 6; rent of land in return for share of crop; used as continuity of slavery
Populist Party
Period 6; reformers in Midwest and South, farmers; huey long
Political Machines
Period 6; provided support to encourage votes in support from immigrants
Settlement Houses
Period 6; Jane Addams, services provided to immigrants
Social Gospel
Period 6; Social responsibility to help poor; Josiah Strong
Bessemer Process
Period 6; Cheaper production of steel; increase in business
Robber Barens
Period 6; Carnegie, Rockefeller, Vanderbilt, Gould, Morgan
Vertical Integration
Period 6; Incorporate all steps into business
Horizontal Integration
Period 6; multiple businesses in same line of business
Chinese Exclusion Act
Period 6; result of nativism; excluded Chinese immigration
Booker T. Washington
Period 6; focus on education before civil rights
W.E.B. DuBois
Period 6; Focus on civil rights first
Homestead Strike
Period 6; against steel; strikebreakers hired; strike lost
Pullman Strike
Period 6; major railroad strike that spread across nation
Eugene V. Debs
Period 6; led Socialist party of America
In re Debs
Period 6; court case that upheld action against strikers in Pullman Strike
Crop Lien Systems
Period 6; Credit System used by cotton farmers
Interstate Commerce Commission
Period 6; used to regulate railroad; response to populists
Gospel of Wealth
Period 6; Carnegie’s opinion of sharing with poor
Yellow Dog Contracts
Period 6; Agreements where employment is conditional upon laborer not joining a union
The Square Deal
Period 6; “square deal” for African Americans; conservation, corporate law consumer protection; progressive
Closing of the Frontier
Period 7; Truner’s Frontier Thesis; theory for overseas expansion
Harlem Renaissnace
Period 7; African American culture boom
Greaet Migration
Period 7; African Americans to north during world war I
Immigration Quotas
Period 7; limited immigration from South and East Europe
Korematsu vs. US
Period 7; case in which the constitutionality of Japanese internment was challenged
16th Amendment
Period 7; establishes an income tax
18th Amendment
Period 7; Prohibition
19th Amendment
Period 7; Women’s Suffrage
17th Amendment
Period 7; direct election of senators
Scientific Management
Period 7; led to increased production
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