The American Revolution
He commanded the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.
Who is George Washington?
This U.S. president issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
These first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution protect individual liberties like freedom of speech.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This Founding Father was the first president of the United States.
Who is George Washington?
Doubled the size of the United States, this 1803 purchase from France included land from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This 1777 battle in New York was a major turning point, convincing France to ally with the Americans.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
Fought on September 17, 1862, this was the single bloodiest day in American military history.
What is the Battle of Antietam?
Proposed at the Constitutional Convention, this plan called for representation in Congress based on state population.
What is the Virginia Plan?
This third president authorized the Louisiana Purchase in 1803.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Thousands of pioneers traveled this famous route from Missouri to the Oregon Territory in the 1840s.
What is the Oregon Trail?
Adopted on July 4, 1776, this document announced the 13 colonies’ independence from Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Nicknamed “Stonewall,” this Confederate general was accidentally killed by his own troops at Chancellorsville.
Who is Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson?
Also known as the Connecticut Compromise, this agreement created a bicameral legislature with equal Senate representation.
What is the Great Compromise?
This president was the only one elected to four terms, serving from 1933 to 1945.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
Signed by President Lincoln in 1862, this act granted 160 acres of public land to settlers who improved it.
What is the Homestead Act?
In 1781, this British general surrendered his forces to George Washington at Yorktown, Virginia.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Ratified in 1865, this amendment to the Constitution abolished slavery throughout the United States.
What is the 13th Amendment?
This clause in Article I gives Congress the power to pass laws “necessary and proper” for carrying out its duties.
What is the Necessary and Proper Clause?
This president led the U.S. through the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
Led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, this expedition explored the newly acquired western territories from 1804 to 1806.
What is the Lewis and Clark Expedition?
Signed in 1783, this treaty formally ended the American Revolutionary War and recognized U.S. independence.
Who is (Charles) Cornwallis?
This July 1863 battle in Pennsylvania is often cited as the turning point of the Civil War.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
Held in Philadelphia in 1787, this gathering secretly drafted the U.S. Constitution to replace the Articles of Confederation.
What is the Constitutional Convention?
This president was the only one to resign from office, doing so in 1974 amid the Watergate scandal.
Who is Richard Nixon?
This 1846–1848 conflict with Mexico resulted in the U.S. acquiring California, New Mexico, and other territories.
What is the Mexican-American War?