1491-1754
The exchange of people, plants, and animals between Europe, Africa, and North America that occured after Columbus's arrival in the Western Hemisphere
Columbian Exchange
The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution
Bill of Rights
State laws in the South that legalized segregation
Jim Crow Laws
A government system created by Karl Marx advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned
Communism
Idea of the gradual warming of the Earth's surface
Global warming
Infectious disease brought to America by the Spanish that devestated native populations
small pox
First American constitution that established the United States as a loose confederation of states under a weak national Congress
Articles of Confederation
JP Morgan
An unsuccessful invasion of Cuba in 1961, which was sponsored by the United States in an attempt to overthrow Cuba dictator Fidel Castro
Bay of Pigs
First woman Speaker of the House
Nancy Pelosi
The name of the Spanish feudal system
American colonists who opposed the Revolution and maintained their loyalty to the King
Loyalists
The general of the Confederate troops
Robert E. Lee
A plan by Frankling Roosevelt intended to bring economic relief, recovery, and reforms to the country after the Great Depression
New Deal
Fall of the Berlin Wall
A sudden outbreak of religious fervor that swept through the colonies
Great Awakening
Printing Press
1870s-1890s time period that had corrupt politics and a growing gap between the rich and poor
Gilded Age
1920s growth in African American literature and arts, as southern African Americans brought culture to the north
Harlem Renaissance
Cabinet department to protect the U.S. from terrorist attacks, accidents, and natural disasters
Department of Homeland Security
The first successful settlement in the Virginia colony founded in May, 1607
A series of religious revivals starting in 1801, based on Methodism and Baptism.
Second Great Awakening
Popular Sovereignty
1954 court decision thatv declared state laws segregating schools to be unconstitutional
Brown vs. Board of Education
Also known as ObamaCare, this Act was a reform of the health care system for universal coverage
Affordable Care Act