APUSH Periods 1-5

Period 1 1492-1607

100

This man arrived in the Bahamas in 1492

Christopher Columbus

200

Empire in Central Mexico destroyed by the Spanish in 1521

Aztec Empire

300

Spanish system where land would be given to conquistadors and worked by native and African Slaves

Encomienda system

400

System set up in California and other parts of the empire to convert and control natives

Mission System

500

Native group in New Mexico who defeated the Spanish in 1680

Pueblo

Period 2 1607-1754

100

First permanent English Colony

Jamestown

200

Revolt in 1676 that led to increased African slavery in English colonies

Bacon's Rebellion

300

Part of English colonies based on Puritanism, lumber and fishing

New England

400

Largest pre-Revolution slave revolt

Stono Rebellion

500

Name two attempts at self-governance in the colonies. Hint: One is in New England, the other Virginia

Mayflower Compact and House of Burgesses 

Period 3 1754-1800

100

This war ended Salutary Neglect

7 Years War/French and Indian War

200

First US government

Articles of Confederation

300

Name two compromises that went into the US Constitution

Great Compromise, 3/5ths Compromise, Slave Trade Compromise, Electoral College

400

This treaty shattered Native power in the Northwest Territory, opening it up for white settlement

Treaty of Greenville 

500

Name both laws that Adams signed to discourage criticism of his administration 

Alien Act and Sedition Act

Period 4: 1800-1848

100

This man won the election of 1800, signed the Louisiana Purchase and the Embargo Act of 1808

Thomas Jefferson

200

This President is responsible for the Bank War, the Indian Removal Act and the birth of the Democratic Party

Andrew Jackson

300

This event was the first major suffragette convention

Seneca Falls Convention

400

Name two groups or ideas associated with the Second Great Awakening

Mormons, Shakers, temperance, abolitionism 

500

Name the man responsible for the American System and the Compromise of 1850. 

Henry Clay

Period 5: 1840-1877

100

This was the primary cause of the Civil War

Slavery

200

This man's election caused the South to secede 

Abraham Lincoln

300

Name all three Reconstruction Amendments

13th, 14th and 15th Amendments

400

Name the two major turning point battles of the Civil War

Gettysburg and Vicksburg

500

Name two parts of the Compromise of 1850

Texas reduced in size, Fugitive Slave Act, no slave trade in DC, California as a Free State, NM and UT get to decide slavery or free