APUSH Periods 1-5 1491-1877

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50% of the

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APUSH PERIOD 1: 1491-1607 (5%)

1491: Year before Columbus got lost (Pre-Columbian Exchange)

1607: 1st permanent English colony Jamestown established

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Yoube3erknowabout:ü Na;veAmericanlifepre&postcontact(Greatplainsnomadiclife,

introofdiseases,horses,guns,etc.asaresultofColumbianExchange)ü Europeana*emptsatcoloniza2on.HowSpain,France,Holland,andEnglandcolonized.(TreatyofTordesillas,St.Augus2ne,encomiendasystem)

ü Interac;onsandrela;onshipsbetweenEuropeans,Africans,andNa;veAmericas.(mes;zo,middlepassageslavetrade,etc.)

APUSH PERIOD 2: 1607-1754 (10%) 1607: Jamestown established

(1st permanent English settlement)

1754: Start of French & Indian War (Seven Years War in Europe)

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Yoube3erknowabout:ü SuccessandfailuresofdifferentEuropeana3emptsatcoloniza;on(Interac;onsandrela;onshipsbetweenEuropeans,Africans,andNa;veAmericans-Mercan;lism,PuebloRevolt,KingPhilip’sWar,Bacon’sRebellion,

StonoRebellion,etc).ü HowdidEnglandbecomethedominantpowerinNorthAmerica&whytheEnglishcoloniesdevelopeduniqueiden22es(NewEngland,Middle,Chesapeake,Southerncolonies,WestIndies).

APUSH PERIOD 3: 1754-1800 (12%) 1754: Start of French & Indian War

1800: Election of Jefferson (1st peaceful transition of political power)

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Yoube3erknowabout:ü WhyandhowtheFrenchandIndianWarwasamajorturningpointbetweenEnglandandthecolonies(endofsalutaryneglect,taxes,Common

Sense,Enlightenment).ü ThefactorsthatcontributedtotheAmericanRevolu2onandwhythecolonieswereeventuallyvictorious.

ü Thedifferencesandsimilari;esbetweentheAr;clesofConfedera;on(1stna;onalgovt.)andtheCons;tu;on(morepowerfulna;onalgovt.)-NWOrdinance,Shay’sRebellion,WhiskeyRebellion,GreatCompromise,Federalism,separa;onofpowers,checks&balances

ü Whypoli2calpar2es(Federalist&JeffersonianRepublicans)formed.(Hamilton’seconomicplan,FrenchRevolu;on,Washington’sFarewellAddress)

APUSH PERIOD 4: 1800-1848 (10%) 1800: Election of Jefferson

1848: Seneca Falls Convention (Start of Women’s Right Movement)

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Yoube3erknowabout:ü Whythedifferentregions(North,South,West)developeduniqueiden;;esand

howtheMarketRevolu;onimpactedeachregion.(EliWhitney,transporta;onrev.,immigra;on&na;vism,support/opposi;ontoslavery)

ü  HowAmericansocietywasbecomingmoredemocra2c(atleastforwhitedudes-AgeofJackson)andhowvariousreformmovementssoughttoimproveAmericansociety.(aboli;onistmovement,2ndGreatAwakening,SenecaFalls,HoraceMann,etc)

ü  Growthofpoli;calpar;es:1stpartysystem(Federalist&Democra;cRepublicans),2ndPartysystem(Democrats&Whigs)-loosevs.strictinterpreta;on,opposi;ontoJacksoncreatesWhigparty,etc.

ü  Thegrowthoftheslaveryissue(MissouriCompromise)andhowthemovementwestbroughttheissueintopoli2cs.Whatotherissuescausedsec2onalism?(AmericanSystem,TariffofAbomina;ons,BankoftheU.S.etc)

ü  Howstatesa3emptedtoresistfederalauthority(Har_ordConven;on,Nullifica;onCrisis).Supremacyofthefederalgovernmentoverthestates(MarshallCourt)

APUSH PERIOD 5: 1844-1877 (13%) 1844: Election of James K. Polk (Manifest Destiny)

1877: Compromise of 1877(End of Reconstruction)

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Yoube3erknowabout:ü ThebeliefinManifestDes;nyandtheexpansionoftheUnitedStates(Texas,MexicanAmericanWar,etc.)

ü Howtheissueofslavery(andhowa*emptsatcompromiseul2matelyfailed)topreventtheCivilWar.Knowaboutsec2onaltensionsofthe2meperiod(WilmotProviso,Compromiseof1850,Kansas-Nebraska,DredSco*,Elec2onofLincoln,etc.)

ü TheNorthwontheCivilWarduetoavarietyoffactors(militaryleaders,effec;vestrategies,superiorresources,keyvictories)andthewarwouldhavetremendousconsequencesforthena;on(Emancipa;onProclama;on,preservingtheUnion)

ü InwhatwascanReconstruc2onbeconsideredafailure?Success?DidthelivesofAfricanAmericanpeopledrama2callyimproveaYertheCivilWar?(Reconstruc2onAmendments,RadicalRepublicans,KKKviolence,JimCrowlaws,etc.)

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