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GOLDEN DOZEN: TERM 12 – SUNBELT
This key Period 7 term describes a booming region of 14 states stretching from North Carolina through Florida and Texas to Arizona and California
GOLDEN DOZEN: TERM 11 – GREAT MIGRATION
This key Period 7 term refers to the mass movement of African Americans from the rural South to cities in the Northeast and Midwest
GOLDEN DOZEN - TERM 3: TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE
This key Period 2 term refers to the forced migration of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the New World
GOLDEN DOZEN - TERM 4: BACON'S REBELLION
This key Period 2 term refers to an armed rebellion in 1676 by Virginia settlers led by Nathaniel Bacon against the rule of Governor William Berkeley
GOLDEN DOZEN - TERM 5: GREAT AWAKENING
This key Period 2 term refers to a religious revival movement that swept through the American colonies during the 1730s and 1740s
GOLDEN DOZEN - TERM 2: JOINT STOCK COMPANY
This key Period 2 term refers to a business entity in which shares of the company's stock can be bought and sold by shareholders
GOLDEN DOZEN - TERM 1: ENCOMIENDA SYSTEM
This key Period 1 term refers to a labor system implemented by the Spanish crown during the colonization of the Americas
GOLDEN DOZEN - TERM 6: SALUTARY NEGLECT
This key Period 2 term refers to the British crown policy of avoiding strict enforcement of parliamentary laws meant to keep American colonies obedient to England
GOLDEN DOZEN - TERM 7: STAMP ACT
This key Period 3 term refers to the first direct British tax on the American colonies
GOLDEN DOZEN - TERM 8: DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
This key Period 3 term refers to the statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776
GOLDEN DOZEN - TERM 9: ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
This key Period 3 term refers to the first constitution of the United States, adopted in 1781
GOLDEN DOZEN - TERM 10: CONSTITUTION
This key Period 3 term refers to the supreme law of the United States, written in 1787
AP US HISTORY PERIOD 4 OVERVIEW
Comprehensive overview of AP US History Period 4 (1800-1848) themes and developments
AP US HISTORY PERIOD 5 OVERVIEW
Essential overview of AP US History Period 5 (1844-1877) covering Civil War and Reconstruction
AP US HISTORY PERIOD 6 OVERVIEW
Comprehensive guide to AP US History Period 6 (1865-1898) Gilded Age themes
AP US HISTORY PERIOD 7 OVERVIEW
Complete overview of AP US History Period 7 (1890-1945) from Progressivism to WWII
AP US HISTORY PERIOD 8 OVERVIEW
Essential guide to AP US History Period 8 (1945-1980) Cold War and social change
AP US HISTORY PERIOD 9 OVERVIEW
Current overview of AP US History Period 9 (1980-Present) modern American developments
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