American Revolution
This colonial conflict, known in Europe as the Seven Years' War, reshaped British policy toward the colonies.
What is the French and Indian War (Seven Years' War)
This doctrine warned European powers against further colonization in the Western Hemisphere.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
This phrase described the belief that the U.S. should expand across North America.
What is Manifest Destiny?
This 1863 executive order freed slaves in Confederate states.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
These laws restricted the rights of freedpeople in the South.
What are the Black Codes?
This pamphlet by Thomas Paine urged colonists to support independence
What is Common Sense?
This conflict from 1812–1815 increased American nationalism.
What is the War of 1812?
This war resulted in U.S. acquisition of the Mexican Cession.
What is the Mexican-American War?
This battle is considered the turning point of the Civil War.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
This bureau provided assistance to formerly enslaved people after the Civil War.
What is the Freedmen's Bureau?
This theory argued that colonies existed primarily to benefit the economic interests of the mother country.
What is mercantilism?
This purchase in 1803 doubled the size of the United States.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This compromise attempted to ease tensions over slavery in new territories following the Mexican-American War
What is the Compromise of 1850?
This 1865 amendment abolished slavery.
What is the Thirteenth Amendment?
This amendment granted citizenship and equal protection under the law.
What is the Fourteenth Amendment?
This 1781 battle effectively ended major fighting in the Revolutionary War.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
This Supreme Court chief justice strengthened federal power through key decisions
Who is John Marshall?
This 1862 law gave settlers 160 acres of land if they improved it.
What is the Homestead Act?
This Union general led the “March to the Sea.”
Who is William Tecumseh Sherman?
This amendment prohibited denying the right to vote based on race.
What is the Fifteenth Amendment?
This diplomatic agreement formally recognized American independence in 1783
What is the Treaty of Paris (1783)?
This controversy involved South Carolina's attempt to reject federal tariffs.
What is the Nullification Crisis?
This 1857 Supreme Court case ruled that African Americans were not citizens.
What is Scott v Sanford?
This Union general later became president after leading campaigns against the Confederacy.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
This compromise ended Reconstruction and led to the withdrawal of federal troops from the South.
What is the Compromise of 1877?