Many culturally different tribes of this group of people flourished in North American prior to European exploration.
What is Native Americans?
100
This is tax on imports.
What is a tariff?
100
This is the most important responsibility belonging to American citizens.
What is voting in elections.
100
Rather than a gradual end of slavery, abolitionist called for this.
What is immediate emancipation?
100
This technological innovation contributed most to the growth of the plantation system in the South.
What is the cotton gin?
200
British manufactures were seeking this from American colonies.
What is raw materials?
200
The British had to begin taxing colonies to pay off debt from this.
What is the French and Indian War?
200
This is how the President can check on Congress.
What is vetoing?
200
This idea led Americans to believe it was their God given right settle from sea to shining sea.
What is Manifest Destiny?
200
This was the North's main goal at the beginning of the Civil War.
What is to preserve the Union.
300
These explorers that received grants from Spanish rulers defeated the Native American way of life.
What is Conquistadors?
300
Colonist were divided on where to place their loyalty. This group thought they were better off without the British and were ready to rebel over the unfair taxation without representation.
Who are the Patriots?
300
This is the main role of the legislative branch.
What is make laws.
300
Andrew Jackson was known for increasing the benefits of democracy for this type of citizen.
What is the common man?
300
This battle was considered a turning point in the Civil War.
What is Gettysburg?
400
The Middle Passage resulted in an increase of this in the Americas.
What is slave labor?
400
Thomas Paine wrote this famous document explaining why the colonist should rebel.
What is Common Sense?
400
This replaced the Articles of Confederation and gave more power to the federal government.
What is the U.S. Constitution?
400
This unheard of concept was the main goal of the Women's Movement.
What is suffrage?
400
This probably would have been protected if the South won the Civil War (hint: not slavery).
What is state's rights?
500
This political principle, "rule by consent of the governed" was first included on this document before later appearing in the Declaration of Independence.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
500
This sort of break up letter to Britain asserts that people have a right to change their government if it fails to protect their individual rights.
What is the Declaration of Independence.
500
This agreement resulted from the debated about state population in the U.S. Constitution.
What is the Great Compromise?
500
When California received statehood it caused this problem, which the Missouri Compromise had tried to avoid.
What is upset the balance between free and slave states?
500
Providing aid and education to emancipated slaves was the main accomplishment of this agency.