Early America
American Revolution
WestWard Expansion
Civil War & Reconstruction
Guilded Age
100
The person who discovered tobacco in Jamestown, allowing for the first permanent English settlement in the US?
Who was John Rolfe?
100
This document officially declared America's independence from Great Britain
What is the Declaration of Independence?
100
Term coined by James L O'Sullivan, meant to encourage WestWard Expansion
What is manifest destiny?
100
Part of the constitution that legally abolished slavery
What is the 13th amendment?
100
Guarantees that all US citizens are equally protected under the Constitution
What is the 14th Amendment?
200
Historians argue whether this first attempt at English settlement was abandoned mysteriously with the only hint being an inscription saying "croatoa"
What is Roanoke?
200
The will of the people
Who gives the government authority?
200
A war fought to; giving us New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, Texas, and California
What was the Mexican American War?
200
Served as community centers, places of worship, education, and social gatherings
Why were churches important for AAs during Reconstruction?
200
This case established the rule of "separate but equal" and remained until 1954.
What is Plessy v Ferguson?
300
Law that prevented colonists settling west of the Appalachian Mountains
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
300
Banned the import of foreign (non-British) tea in order to limit smuggling and led to the Boston Tea Party
Tea Act of 1773
300
Forced displacement of Native American tribes from the Southeast to the west
What was the Trail of Tears?
300
Government agency meant to assist poor whites and newly freed AAs with jobs, education, and healthcare
What was the Freedman's Bureau?
300
Began in Ontario, Canada where Black leaders came together to discuss how the condition of AAs could be improved.
What is the Niagara Movement?
400
John Locke and Rosseau inspired the founding fathers by arguing for ideas like natural rights, popular sovereignty, etc.
Who were the Enlightenment thinkers?
400
People who wanted to remain loyal to the British government vs people who supported the fight for independence
Who were loyalists and patriots?
400
Law meant to remove Indigenous people from their homelands so that whites could settle the land
What was the Indian Removal Act?
400
Preserve the Union
What was Lincoln's original goal of the Civil War?
400
This era showed significant improvement of living conditions and technological advancement, but came at the expense of segregation, nativism, and women's rights.
What is the guilded age?
500
This agreement between male settlers of Plymouth outlined the rules of (independent) government and community treatment.
What is the Mayflower Compacr?
500
A conflict between British army officers and American colonists that led to 5 people--including 1 enslaved man--dying. This event served as propaganda for the American Revolution.
What was the Boston Massacre?
500
The American Progress, meant to encourage white people to move West
What is the title of this image and how does it relate to manifest destiny?
500
Officially ended Reconstruction by pulling troops out of the South and giving Rutherford B. Hayes the disputed electoral votes in LA, SC, and GA.
What was the compromise of 1877?
500
Washington believed segregation could be fought by focusing on employment while Du Bois argued that education and delaying the struggle for civil rights was most important.
How did Booker T Washington and WEB Du Bois believe Black people could fight segregation?