APUSH Events

Columbian Exchange

Exchange of plants, animals, and diseases between the Old and New Worlds.

Encomienda System

Spanish labor system that exploited Native Americans.

Pueblo Revolt

Native resistance that temporarily drove Spaniards out of New Mexico.

Founding of Jamestown

First permanent English colony in North America (1607).

Mayflower Compact

Agreement for self-government signed by Pilgrims in 1620.

Bacon's Rebellion

1676 rebellion of poor farmers against Virginia elites.

Salem Witch Trials

1692 series of trials reflecting social and religious tensions.

First Great Awakening

1730s-40s revivalist movement emphasizing emotion and salvation.

French and Indian War

1754-1763 war that led Britain to tax colonies more heavily.

Stamp & Townshend Acts

Tax laws that sparked widespread colonial protests.

Declaration of Independence

1776 document declaring separation from Britain.

Articles of Confederation / Constitution

First U.S. government and its stronger replacement.

Washington's Farewell Address

Warned against political parties and foreign entanglements.

Louisiana Purchase

1803 acquisition that doubled U.S. territory.

War of 1812

War with Britain over trade and impressment; boosted nationalism.

Missouri Compromise

1820 deal admitting Missouri as slave, Maine as free.

Monroe Doctrine

1823 policy opposing European interference in Americas.

Jacksonian Democracy

Expanded suffrage to most white men; rise of common man.

Manifest Destiny

Belief in U.S. right to expand westward.

Mexican-American War

1846-48 war that led to U.S. gaining SW territory.

Compromise of 1850/ Kansas-Nebraska Act

Laws trying to balance free and slave states.

Dred Scott Decision

1857 case denying citizenship to enslaved people.

Emancipation Proclamation

Freed slaves in rebelling states (1863).

Reconstruction Acts

Laws enforcing civil rights and readmitting Southern states.

Transcontinental Railroad

Completed in 1869; linked East and West.

Homestead Act

1862 law granting free land to settlers.

Haymarket Riot

1886 labor protest that turned violent.

Plessy v. Ferguson

1896 case legalizing 'separate but equal' segregation.

Dawes Act

1887 law aiming to assimilate Native Americans.

Spanish-American War

1898 war marking U.S. imperialism.

Progressive Reforms

Early 1900s movement to fix social and political problems.

Great Migration

African American relocation to North for jobs.

New Deal

FDR's programs to combat Great Depression.

World War II

1941-45 conflict; U.S. became a global superpower.

Containment / Truman Doctrine

U.S. policy to stop spread of communism.

Brown v. Board

1954 case ending segregation in public schools.

Civil Rights Movement

1950s-60s struggle for racial equality.

Vietnam War / Antiwar Movement

Controversial Cold War conflict.

Great Society

LBJ's domestic programs to reduce poverty.

Reaganomics

Conservative economic policy of tax cuts and deregulation.

End of Cold War

1991 collapse of Soviet Union.

9/11 and War on Terror

Terror attacks leading to global military response.

Affordable Care Act

2010 law expanding healthcare access.