American Revolution
What British victory in the French and Indian War caused Britain to increase taxes on the colonies?
What is the French and Indian War?
What was the main weakness of the Articles of Confederation?
The national government was too weak/lacked power to tax or enforce laws.
Who warned against political parties and foreign alliances in his Farewell Address?
Who is George Washington?
What issue caused the greatest division between the North and South before the Civil War?
What is slavery?
What amendment officially abolished slavery in the United States?
What is the 13th Amendment?
What belief claimed the United States was destined to expand across North America?
What is Manifest Destiny?
What colonial slogan showed opposition to taxes without colonial representation in Parliament?
What is “No Taxation Without Representation”?
What compromise created equal representation in the Senate and population-based representation in the House?
What is the Great Compromise?
What Supreme Court case established the principle of judicial review?
What is Marbury v. Madison?
What was the Union strategy to weaken the South through naval blockades and control of the Mississippi River?
What is the Anaconda Plan?
What system kept many formerly enslaved people economically dependent on landowners after the Civil War?
What is sharecropping?
What act gave settlers 160 acres of land if they lived on and farmed it?
What is the Homestead Act?
What protest involved colonists disguising themselves and dumping British tea into Boston Harbor?
What is the Boston Tea Party?
What principle prevents one branch of government from becoming too powerful?
What is checks and balances?
What purchase in 1803 doubled the size of the United States?
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
What document changed the purpose of the Civil War by declaring enslaved people free in Confederate states?
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
What laws were passed in Southern states to restrict the freedoms of African Americans?
What are Black Codes?
What railroad connected the eastern and western United States in 1869?
What is the Transcontinental Railroad?
What document written mainly by Thomas Jefferson explained why the colonies wanted independence?
What is the Declaration of Independence?
What are the first ten amendments to the Constitution called?
What is the Bill of Rights?
What doctrine warned European nations against colonizing countries in the Americas?
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
What battle is considered the turning point of the Civil War?
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
What amendment granted citizenship and equal protection under the law?
What is the 14th Amendment?
What discovery in 1848 caused thousands of people to move west in search of wealth?
What is the California Gold Rush?
What major American victory convinced France to officially support the colonies during the Revolutionary War?
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
What Enlightenment idea influenced the structure of the U.S. government and separation of powers?
What is separation of powers?
How did industrialization begin changing the United States during the early 1800s?
Growth of factories, urbanization, transportation, or manufacturing.
Why did the South believe states had the right to secede from the Union?
They believed states’ rights were more powerful than federal authority.
How did groups like the Ku Klux Klan attempt to undermine Reconstruction?
Through violence, intimidation, and voter suppression.
How did westward expansion increase tensions in the United States before the Civil War?
Debates over slavery in territories, conflicts with Native Americans, and disagreements over states’ rights.