Independence
Name for early patriot militia regiments.
What was minutemen?
Revolutionary naval technology introduced by both sides.
What were ironclad warships?
Book that exposed the meatpacking industry.
What was The Jungle by Upton Sinclair?
Natural disaster of the prairies in the 1930s, caused by drought/farming.
What was the Dust Bowl?
President during the Spanish American War.
Who was William McKinley?
American name for German mercenaries hired by the British.
What were Hessians?
Bloodiest single day in American military history.
What was the battle of Antietam?
Year that Reconstruction effectively ended.
When was 1877?
Anti-Catholic, anti-immigration party in the mid-1800s.
What was the Know-Nothing Party/American Party?
Government policy to limit the spread of communism.
What was containment?
Pivotal battle which convinced France to enter the war.
What was the Battle of Saratoga?
Union General Winfield Scott's plan for victory.
What was the Anaconda Plan?
System of politicians rewarding loyal supporters with government jobs/contracts when elected.
What is the spoils system?
Reason to go to Alaska from 1896 to 1899.
What was the Klondike gold rush in the Yukon territory?
Reason for the independence of Panama.
What was the U.S. drive for a more pliable host nation for the Panama Canal?
First state to ratify the Constitution in 1787.
What was Delaware?
The last Confederate general to surrender.
Who was Stand Watie?
Description of Marconi devices.
Early wireless telegraphy system that transmitted Morse code using radio waves.
First Americans to settle in Hawaii.
Who were missionaries and their families?
Controversial U.S. weapons test in 1954 and its location.
What was the Castle Bravo nuclear test at Bikini Atoll?
Men who captured Major John André and uncovered Benedict Arnold's plot.
Who were New York (Westchester) militiamen?
Importance of Wilmington, NC for the Confederacy.
What were the blockade runners trading with Europe?
First modern billionaire.
Who was John D. Rockefeller?
Year the frontier was declared closed by the Census Bureau.
When was 1890?
Famous filibuster, the "grey-eyed man of destiny."
Who was William Walker?