Expansion and Migration
This 15th-century system allowed Spanish settlers to demand labor from Native Americans in exchange for "protection" and Catholic conversion (1.2).
Encomienda System
This 1763 British decree prevented colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains (2.1).
What is the proclamation of 1763
Under this economic policy, the British government strictly regulated colonial trade to ensure that the "mother country" accumulated as much gold and silver as possible (1.7).
What is Mercantilism
Organized in 1848, this was the first national meeting to call for women’s suffrage (4.5).
What is the Seneca Falls Convention
Because it has no atmosphere to trap heat, this planet closest to the sun actually gets colder at night than Mars.
What is Mercury
During the 1930s, people abandoned the Midwest for this state to escape the Dust Bowl (9.3).
This 1917 intercepted message from Germany asked Mexico to invade the U.S. in exchange for lost territories (8.4).
What is the Zimmerman Telegram
These powerful 19th-century organizations, like Tammany Hall in New York, traded social services and jobs for votes, effectively controlling urban governments (7.4).
What are Political Machines
This federal agency was established in 1865 to provide food, clothing, and education to refugees and freedmen in the post-war South (6.3).
What is the Freedman's Bureau
This actor, who played the voice of Darth Vader, also voiced Mufasa in The Lion King.
Who is James Earl Jones
This 1830 law, supported by Andrew Jackson, led to the forced relocation of the "Five Civilized Tribes" to land west of the Mississippi (4.8).
What is the Indian Removal Act
This 1941 Act allowed the U.S. to ship weapons directly to the Allies, replacing "Cash and Carry" (9.4).
What is the Lend-Lease Act
This radical faction of the Republican Party wanted to harshly punish the South and grant full political rights to formerly enslaved people (6.3).
What is Radical Republicans
This 1920 Amendment officially granted women the right to vote (8.3).
What is the 19th Ammendment
This chain is the largest purchaser of potatoes in the world, primarily to keep up with the demand for their world-famous fries.
What is McDonalds
This mid-19th-century belief suggested the U.S. was divinely ordained to expand across the continent (5.1).
What is Manifest Destiny
Under the command of General Eisenhower, the Allies launched this massive June 6, 1944, invasion of Normandy to open a third front in Europe (9.5).
What is Operation Overlord (D-Day)
This 1787 document was created after the failure of the Articles of Confederation and established a federal government with three branches and a system of checks and balances (3.2/3).
What is the Constitution
This WWII-era campaign stood for victory against racism both abroad and at home (9.6).
What is the Double-V Campaign
This European country is home to the "Black Forest" and is the birthplace of the gummy bear.
What is Germany
To address labor shortages during WWII, this program encouraged approximately 300,000 Mexican citizens to migrate to the U.S. to work on farms, primarily in California (9.6).
What is the Bracero Program
Allied leadership gave this nickname to Italy, suggesting it was the weakest point to invade Europe (9.5).
What is the Soft Underbelly
This backroom deal ended a disputed Presidential election and effectively ended Reconstruction by withdrawing federal troops from the South (6.4).
What is the Compromise of 1877
This 1944 Supreme Court case upheld the government’s right to place Japanese Americans in internment camps (9.6).
What is Korematsu v. US
This is the only sport to have been played on the surface of the moon, thanks to astronaut Alan Shepard in 1971.
What is Golf