APUSH REVIEW

Columbian Exchange

The trade between the old and new world, including people, ideas, diseases, and crops.

Encomienda System

The system that involved the enslavement of natives and granting land to Europeans.

Great Lakes Natives

Natives who relied on fishing for subsistence.

Mayflower Compact

An early form of self-government established by the Pilgrims.

Mercantilism

An economic theory that wealth is measured by the amount of gold and silver a country possesses, encouraging a favorable balance of trade.

First Great Awakening

A religious revival in the 1730s-1740s that emphasized emotional conversion and personal faith.

Bacon's Rebellion (1676)

An uprising led by Nathaniel Bacon against the Virginia governor due to lack of protection from Native American attacks.

Dred Scott v. Sanford

A landmark Supreme Court ruling that declared that African Americans were not U.S. citizens.

Manifest Destiny

The 19th-century belief that the expansion of the U.S. throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable.

New Deal

A series of programs and reforms enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to combat the Great Depression.

Civil Rights Movement

A movement in the 1950s and 1960s aimed at ending racial discrimination and promoting equal rights.

Watergate Scandal

A political scandal involving President Richard Nixon that led to his resignation in 1974.

Roaring Twenties

A period of economic prosperity and cultural change in the United States during the 1920s.

GI Bill of Rights

Legislation that provided a range of benefits to returning World War II veterans, including education and housing.

Brown v. Board of Education

A landmark Supreme Court case that declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional.