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Free AP US History Flashcards
APUSH spans four centuries, and its questions hinge on connecting events to periods and causes. These cards anchor the timeline’s fixed points so your essays have scaffolding.
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QWhat year was the Declaration of Independence signed?
A1776
QWhat was the significance of the Louisiana Purchase (1803)?
AIt roughly doubled US territory, bought from France
QWhat did the Emancipation Proclamation do (1863)?
ADeclared slaves free in Confederate-held territory
QWhat was Reconstruction?
AThe post–Civil War period (1865–1877) of rebuilding and reintegrating the South
QWhat triggered US entry into World War I in 1917?
AUnrestricted German submarine warfare and the Zimmermann Telegram
QWhat was the New Deal?
AFDR’s 1930s programs of relief, recovery, and reform responding to the Great Depression
QWhat did Brown v. Board of Education (1954) decide?
ARacial segregation in public schools is unconstitutional
QWhat was Manifest Destiny?
AThe 19th-century belief that US expansion across the continent was justified and inevitable
QWhat did the Monroe Doctrine (1823) declare?
AThe Americas were closed to further European colonization
QWhat was the Marshall Plan?
APost-WWII US economic aid to rebuild Western Europe (announced 1947)
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- One fact per card. Attach each event to its period and one cause/effect — APUSH scoring rewards connections over isolated dates.
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