Indigenous People
13 Colonies
Acts, Acts & More Acts
Revolutionary
War
War
US Constitution
Slavery
Growth & Division, Reform, Manifest Destiny
Civil War
Re-construction
Industry
100
Native Americans that moved from place to place
Nomads
100
The 13 colonies were divided into 3 regions which were
New England, Middle and South
100
This war put Great Britain in severe debt and financial hardships, causing them to start taxing the colonists heavily.
The French & Indian War
100
The shot heard around the world was at
Lexington, Massachusetts (New England colony)
100
The Great Compromise is also known as
The Connecticut Compromise
100
The slave trade began in
1619
100
The 1845 movement or idea that the United States was destined—by God, to expand west from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
Manifest Destiny
100
The first shots of the Civil War were shot here
Fort Sumter South Carolina
100
What happened to Abraham Lincoln, 6 days after the Civil War was over?
He was assassinated
100
This machine improved communication
Telegraph
200
Tracing ones lineage through the mother's side
Matrilineal
200
The first permanent colony, Jamestown was established in
1607
200
This Act of 1765 was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain which imposed a direct tax on the British colonies in America and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London, carrying an embossed revenue stamp.
Stamp Act
200
Name that document. "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
Declaration of Independence
200
How many Articles does the US Constitution have?
7
200
What was the name of the passage that brought slaves to America?
The Middle Passage
200
True or False. Texas was a free state.
False. Texas was a slave state.
200
These 4 slave states did not secede from the Union.
Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri
200
Passed in 1864 (before the Civil War was over) this amendment freed all slaves in the United States (including Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky and Missouri)
13th Amendment
200
This Captain of Industry built his wealth on railroads and shipping
Cornelius Vanderbilt
300
Selling land was like selling ...
air
300
The southern colonies economy relied heavily on this crop
Tobacco
300
This act of 1767 imposed duties on British china, glass, lead, paint, paper and tea imported to the colonies.
Townshend Act
300
He led the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War
George Washington
300
What are the 3 branches of government?
Legislative, Executive, Judicial
300
This compromise would only count slaves as 3/5 of a person; used for representation and taxation purposes
3/5 Compromise
300
This reform movement promoted limited to no use of intoxicating liquor/alcohol
Temperance Movement
300
President Abraham Lincoln's speech to dedicate a burial sight where there had been a famous battle in Pennsylvania -
"Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal."
Gettysburg Address
300
Passed in 1866, this amendment granted citizenship to all persons "born or naturalized in the United States" (this included blacks not Native Americans (1924))
14th Amendment
300
This act developed a form of transportation that made the west easier to reach
Pacific Railway Act of 1862
400
Seneca, Mohawk, Oneida, Cayuga and Onondaga are part of this tribe
Iroquois
400
Fill in the blank.
The House of Burgesses was a form of ____________ in Virginia.
Government
400
1770 nine British soldiers killed three people of a crowd of three or four hundred who were abusing them verbally and throwing various missiles.
Boston Massacre
400
This treaty signed in 1783, ending the American Revolution; recognizing U.S. independence from Great Britain and granted the U.S. significant western territory.
The Treaty of Paris
400
Name that document.
The Preamble.
400
This compromise maintained the balance of free states and slave states by admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
Missouri Compromise
400
This hot topic continued to divide the United States more and more in the mid 1800s
Slavery
400
Who are these two generals and which side did they represent in the Civil War?
Ulysses S. Grant (north/union) and Robert E. Lee (south/confederate)
400
Passed in 1869 this amendment granted African American men the right to vote (not women, women did not get the vote until 1920)
15th Amendment
400
This Captain of Industry, the richest American of all time, made his wealth in the oil industry.
John D. Rockefeller
500
Wigwams, Hogans, Igloos, Teepees, and Longhouses are types of Indian ...
Homes
500
Fill in the blank.
The Pilgrims who landed in New England were seeking ______________.
Religious Freedom
500
What event is this a picture of?
Boston Tea Party
500
This siege in 1781, was a joint French, American land and sea attack that entrapped a major British army at Yorktown and forced them to surrender. The siege ended military operations in the American Revolution.
Siege of Yorktown
500
This picture represents which Bill of Right/Amendment.
The 1st Amendment
500
The slave trade was abolished in the United States on
January 1, 1808 (189 years after it began)
500
Identify the state highlighted red. Is it a free or slave state?
New York, a free state
500
Where did the south surrender and when?
Appomattox Court House, April 9, 1865
500
These codes were restrictive laws that limited the freedom of African Americans and made sure they remained as cheap labor after the Civil War
Black Codes
500
Farming and business ownership was replaced by
Manufacturing Work