Colonial Era
This disease was brought to America by Europeans and decimated the Native population.
What is Smallpox?
The Declaration of Independence was signed on this date.
What is July 4th, 1776?
This was President Washington's foreign policy advice.
What is Neutrality?
This group of activists fought against the system of slavery.
What are Abolitionists?
This colonial region relied on an agricultural economy due to their warm weather and excellent soil.
What is the South?
This Massachusetts city was the epicenter of patriot and anti-British activity in the 1770s.
What is the Boston?
This construction project linked the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean and created new economic opportunities.
What is the Erie Canal?
This invention greatly increased the profitability of cotton and the demand for enslaved labor.
What is the Cotton Gin?
This colonial region relied on a manufacturing and trading economy due to their poor soil and excellent harbors.
What is New England/the North?
What is Freedom of Speech, Religion, Assembly, Petition and the Press.
This President famously removed Native Americans from their land and forced them to move West.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
This political party was created to stop the westward spread of slavery.
What is the Republican Party?
This conflict increased the size of the British colonies in America but caused the nation to nearly go bankrupt.
What is the French and Indian War?
This group of founders wrote papers arguing in FAVOR of the Constitution.
Who are the Federalists?
This presidential foreign policy doctrine warned European powers to stay away from the Western Hemisphere.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
This event in 1860 was the "final straw", leading many Southern states to secede from the Union.
What is the Election of Abraham Lincoln?
This was an early form of self-government in Virginia that made laws for the colonists.
What is the House of Burgesses?
What is Federalism?
This president expanded the United States by annexing Texas, defeating Mexico and negotiating for the Oregon Territory.
Who is James K Polk?
This 1857 supreme court case stated that black Americans were not citizens and increased sectional tensions in the US.
What is Dred Scott v Sandford?