Revolutionary War
Early America
Civil War 1
Civil War 2
Miscellaneous
100
Where did the Revolutionary War begin?
Lexington and Concord
100
What was the main problem with the Articles of Confederation?
The government couldn't tax
100
Where did the Civil War begin?
Fort Sumter
100
What events finally divided the nation and led to the Civil War?
Bleeding Kansas, John Brown's uprising, Election of Abraham Lincoln
100
What helped the Colonists win the Revolutionary War?
Fighting on thier own land, moral cause (liberty), help from French
200
Which country helped the US in the Revolutionary War?
France
200
What was the Great Compromise?
One house had equal representation and one had population representation
200
The Emancipation Proclamation did what?
freed slaves in the South.
200
Which right was guaranteed by the Constitution as a result of Reconstruction-era changes?
the right to vote for African American men
200
What was the temperance movement trying to do?
End the consumption of alcohol
300
Who were the Sons of Liberty?
a group of patriots who protested British laws
300
What was the significance of Marbury v Madison?
It established judicial review
300
The bloodiest single day of fighting occurred where?
Antietam Creek.
300
What was the main effect of the Missouri Compromise on the history of the United States?
It maintained the balance between free and slave states in the U.S. Senate.
300
Describe General Sherman’s strategy after leaving Atlanta.
Scorched Earth/Total Warfare - he burned and destroyed everything in his path
400
What were the “shots heard round the world?”
The shots that started the Revolutionary War
400
What is important about the Bill of Rights?
It protects our basic rights
400
How did the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment in 1870 expand individual rights in the United States?
It gave adult men the right to vote regardless of race.
400
Which factor best explains why many African Americans remained tied to the land where they had been enslaved even after the Civil War ended?
the creation of the system of sharecropping
400
Why did Lee finally surrender to Grant?
Grant showed that he could outlast Lee's men (more men and resources)
500
How did the French and Indian War influence the Revolutionary War?
It strained relations between the colonists and the British
500
Who was sent to explore new territory following the Louisiana Purchase
Lewis and Clark
500
How did Congress attempt to protect the legal rights of African Americans after the Civil War?
by passing the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution
500
What was the main goal of the Ku Klux Klan in the Reconstruction-era South?
to use violence to keep African Americans from exercising their new rights
500
What were the major reform movements in the early 1800s?
abolitionism, temperance, women's rights
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