Period 1 & 2
The name of the colony was Britain's first attempt at colonization. This colony mysteriously disappeared.
Roanoke
Which two countries fought against each other in the War of 1812?
United States and Great Britain
What is the time following the Civil War, but prior to the Gilded Age called?
Reconstruction
Who was the forty-fourth president?
Barack Obama
What is the format to write an SAQ that will earn full credit?
Claim, evidence, therefore statement
What was the instrument used to measure the angle between a celestial object and the horizon that became essential to navigation at sea?
Sextant
What is the set of amendments to the United States Constitution called?
Bill of rights
Which president was also a general during the Civil War?
Ulysses S. Grant
What was the name of Richard Nixon's scandal that forced him to resign from office?
Watergate
What is one of the historical thinking skills emphasized in APUSH?
Continuity and change or causation
A term used by the Spanish that referred to a people whose ancestors were both European and American Indian.
Mestizo
The Boston Tea Party
What was an effort by Congress to defuse the sectional and political rivalries triggered by the request of Missouri late in 1819 for admission as a state in which slavery would be permitted?
The Missouri Compromise
What was the famous Supreme Court case that outlawed segregation in public schools?
Brown v. Board of Education
What are the four types of questions on a normal AP exam?
Multiple choice, SAQ, DBQ, and LAQ.
What was the exchange of people, plants, and animals between Europe, Africa, and North America that occurred after Columbus's arrival in the Western Hemisphere?
The Colombian Exchange
Which of the following was part of Hamilton's financial plan?
a) a National Bank
b) abolition of excise taxes
c) lower tariffs
a) a National Bank
What is the term to describe economic liberalism that believes in unrestricted private enterprise and no government interference in the economy?
Laisse-Faire
What is the term to describe the era in corrections during the early 1900s that emphasized individualized treatment and the state's ability to solve problems?
Name the first seven presidents of the United States.
George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, and Andrew Jackson.
What was the Spanish System to regulate and control Native Americans?
The Ecomienda System
What is another name for the French and Indian War?
The Seven Years War
What is the term to describe a sequence of violent events involving abolitionists and pro-Slavery elements that took place in the Kansas-Nebraska Territory
Bleeding Kansas
What was the event where American delegates were taken from the US embassy and held hostage for 444 days?
Iran Hostage Crisis
What is the hardest point to earn on a DBQ?
Complexity