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Early American History · Starter deck

Early American history, term by term.

Key people, events, and documents from the colonial era through Reconstruction. Copy it to My Sets and make it yours — free, no ads, no account needed to try it.

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Spaced repetitionSM-2 scheduling
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What this deck covers

Covers the founding-to-Reconstruction block (1607–1877) that New York teaches in high school. Ohio and Texas students meet this material in 8th grade.

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Spaced repetition built in

Study the deck with flashcards, and your Still Learning / Know ratings schedule each card with SM-2 spaced repetition. Due cards surface in your review queue automatically.

Paced to your test date

Add the unit test or final to the Test Planner and the scheduler compresses pacing unit by unit as the date approaches — cram mode kicks in when the test is two days out.

Unit by unit

The Early American History deck, unit by unit

Every unit in the Early American History starter deck, with card counts from the actual deck.

Sample flashcards

A few of the actual cards

Real cards from the Early American History starter deck — term on the front, definition on the back.

The Columbian Exchange
The transfer of plants, animals, diseases, and ideas between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres after 1492. It enriched European diets but introduced diseases that devastated Native American populations.
Unit 1
'No taxation without representation'
The colonial principle that only their own elected assemblies could tax them. It became the rallying cry against every British tax of the 1760s and 1770s.
Unit 2
The market revolution
Early-1800s shift from subsistence farming to commercial agriculture, factories, and new transportation. It tied Americans into a national market economy.
Unit 3
Reconstruction (1865-1877)
The era of rebuilding the South and defining the legal status of freedpeople after the Civil War. It ended with the Compromise of 1877.
Unit 4
Questions

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What is a starter deck?

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Do I need an account to use a starter deck?

No. Guests can browse and study. Copying a deck to My Sets works as a guest too, but the copy lives on that device only — a free account keeps it and syncs it across devices.

How does the scheduling work?

Rycal uses SM-2 spaced repetition: after each flashcard you rate it Still Learning or Know, and your ratings decide when that card comes back. Add your test date to the Test Planner and pacing compresses as the test approaches — nothing is ever scheduled past test day.

Is this aligned to my state's standards?

This deck covers the founding-to-Reconstruction block (1607–1877) that New York teaches in high school; Ohio and Texas students meet this material in 8th grade. If your class covers something extra, add it to your copy in My Sets.

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