Colonial America
This law taxed newspapers, licenses, and other printed papers in the colonies.
What is the Stamp Act?
he first three words of the U.S. Constitution are these.
What is “We the People”?
The forced removal of Cherokee people to Oklahoma became known as this.
What is the Trail of Tears?
Most factories were located in this region during the Civil War.
What is the North?
Buying a soccer ball with birthday money is an example of this.
What is spending?
What is a want?
Colonists used this famous phrase to protest unfair British taxes.
What is “No taxation without representation”?
“We the People” is an example of this important government idea.
What is popular sovereignty?
Homes used to hide escaping enslaved people on the Underground Railroad were called these.
What are safe houses?
This region depended heavily on plantations and enslaved labor.
What is the South?
Putting money into an account to buy something later is called this.
What is saving?
George Washington was chosen for this important role at the Constitutional Convention.
What is president of the Constitutional Convention?
The Bill of Rights was added to protect these.
What are individual rights and freedoms?
This movement encouraged Americans to move westward across the continent.
What is Westward Expansion?
The Union wanted to gain control of this river to split the Confederacy in half.
What is the Mississippi River?
Donating money to a food pantry is an example of this.
What is sharing?
This person was known as the oldest delegate at the Constitutional Convention because of his age and wisdom.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
These three natural rights were listed in the Declaration of Independence.
What are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
Many settlers moved west because they hoped to find this shiny valuable metal.
What is gold?
This organization helped formerly enslaved people by building schools and helping people find jobs.
What is the Freedmen’s Bureau?
Saving money for expenses when no longer working
What is retirement?
American soldiers used this battle strategy against the British at Lexington and Concord.
What is attacking from hiding places or guerrilla-style fighting? (hiding in trees)
James Madison became known as this because of his work helping create the Constitution.
What is the Father of the Constitution?
This invention helped people in the West communicate quickly with the East.
What is the telegraph?
The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments are known by this name.
What are the Reconstruction Amendments?
something that is lost or given up in in the process of getting something else
What is cost?