AP US HISTORY

Columbian Exchange

The transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between the Old and New Worlds following Columbus's voyages.

Jamestown

The first permanent English settlement in North America, founded in 1607.

Bacon's Rebellion

An armed rebellion in 1676 by Virginia settlers led by Nathaniel Bacon against the rule of Governor William Berkeley.

Articles of Confederation

The first constitution of the United States, creating a weak federal government.

Jeffersonian Democracy

A political philosophy espousing that government should be more democratic and agrarian.

Manifest Destiny

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

Dred Scott decision

A controversial 1857 Supreme Court ruling that declared African Americans could not be citizens.

Gilded Age

A period in U.S. history from the 1870s to 1900 marked by economic growth and serious social problems.

Progressive Era

A period of social activism and political reform in the United States from the 1890s to the 1920s.

New Deal

A series of programs and reforms instituted by Franklin D. Roosevelt in response to the Great Depression.

Cold War

A period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union after World War II.

Vietnam War

A prolonged conflict from the 1950s to 1975 between North Vietnam and South Vietnam, with significant U.S. involvement.

Reagan Revolution

A term for the conservative political movement led by Ronald Reagan in the 1980s.

Great Society

President Lyndon B. Johnson's domestic program aimed at eliminating poverty and racial injustice.