Colonial Regions
This region consisted of the colonies of Virginia and South Carolina.
What is the southern colonial region?
In 1803, this purchase from France nearly doubled the size of the United States.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This was the first battle of the Civil War.
What is the Battle of Fort Sumter?
This set of ten amendments were the first to be added to the US Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This person was the most famous muckraker, and exposed the atrocities of the meat packing industry in his book The Jungle.
Who is Upton Sinclair?
This was a Mid-Atlantic colony, founded by a Quaker.
What is Pennsylvania?
In 1783, this treaty gave the US territory west of the Mississippi river, ceded by Britain.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
This was the first major battle of the Civil War, which made Lincoln realize the war would take longer than anticipated.
What is the First Battle of Bull Run?
This amendment abolished all slavery.
What is the 13th Amendment?
This suffrage activist lead The National American Women's Suffrage Association.
Who is Carrie Chapman Catt?
These colonies were known for their shipbuilding, rocky soil, and short growth season.
What are the New England colonies?
This cession gave the United States access to many modern day states, such as California, Nevada, and Arizona.
What is the Mexican Cession?
This battle was the single bloodiest day of battle of the entire Civil War.
What is the Battle of Antietam?
This amendment allowed women the right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment?
This person founded the settlement house, Hull House, in Chicago where immigrants were able to take vocational classes and receive childcare.
Who is Jane Addams?
This group of people migrated for religious freedom for themselves, but not for religious freedom for other religious groups.
Who are the Puritans?
This territory was bought from Russia in 1867 for only 7.2 million.
What is Alaska?
This 3-day struggle was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War with more than 50,000 casualties.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
This amendment provided direct election of US senators.
What is the 17th amendment?
This Republican US president was known for his front porch campaign.
Who is William McKinley?
The Magna Carta, the English Civil War, the Glorious Revolution, and this bill, all influenced the colonists’ perception of their rights as Englishmen.
What is the English Bill of Rights?
This territory was acquired by treaty with Britain in 1846, and previously was a joint occupation between Britain and the United States.
What is the Oregon Country?
This battle of the Civil War demanded unconditional surrender of the Confederate force and gave the Union control of the Mississippi River, effectively splitting the Confederacy in half.
What is the Battle of Vicksburg?
This amendment authorized a progressive income tax.
What is the 16th Amendment?
James Madison, John Jay, and this person, campaigned for ratification by writing a series of essays collectively known as The Federalist Papers.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?