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signed July 4, 1776, declared America's independence from Great Britain
What is Declaration of Independence
100
Greatest conductor on the Underground Railroad, helped over 300 slaves to freedom
Who is Harriet Tubman
100
Explosion of African American Culture, this rebirth took place in a section of New York City
What is the Harlem Renaissance
100
System used to help hundreds of slaves escape from the South to freedom in the North
What is the Underground Railroad
100
Nickname given to the decade of the 1920's where everyone was partying and having a good time
What is roaring
200
First ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution
What is the Bill of Rights
200
16th President, first to be assassinated, wrote the Emancipation Proclamation
Who is Abraham Lincoln
200
U.S. Naval Base in Hawaii, attacked by the Japanese Empire on December 7, 1941
What is Pearl Harbor
200
Time of economic upheaval caused by the Stock Market Crash of 1929 and the poor banking system
What is The Great Depression
200
The spreading of ideas through information to persuade people to agree with their opinions
What is propaganda
300
Signed aboard the "Pilgrims" ship, first constitution written in U.S.A.
What is the Mayflower Compact
300
Runaway slave, became leading abolitionist, started his own newspaper, The North Star
Who is Frederick Douglass
300
Territory purchased by President Thomas Jefferson from France which doubled the size of the United States
What is Louisiana
300
Nightmarish journey for Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas to be sold as slaves
What is The Middle Passage
300
Drastic change in the way products were made, from being made by hand to being made by machines
What is The Industrial Revolution
400
written by Abraham Lincoln, freed the slaves living in states that were in rebellion against the U.S.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation
400
President who was elected 4 times, his New Deal helped America through the Great Depression
Who is Franklin Delano Roosevelt
400
Scientists believe that early Americans came from this continent across a land bridge that is no longer there
What is Asia
400
Long, terrible journey of the Cherokee Nation from Georgia to Oklahoma where many died
What is the Trail of Tears
400
Pride and love in one's country
What is Nationalism
500
Book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, showing the evils of slavery
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin
500
Wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe
500
One of two Japanese cities the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on
What is Hiroshima or Nagasaki
500
Number of Super Bowls the Steelers have won
What is 6
500
Policy of keeping out of foreign affairs
What is isolationism
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