People of the Past
He led the Continental Army before becoming the first U.S. President
Who is George Washington?
This 1765 law taxes printed materials and sparked major colonial protests.
What is the Stamp Act?
This war between Britain and France helped spark colonial taxes.
What is the French and Indian War?
This network of safe houses helped enslaved people escape to freedom.
What is the Underground Railroad?
The belief that Americans were destined to expand across the continent.
What is Manifest Destiny?
This Puritan governor delivered the famous "City upon a Hill" sermon.
Who is John Winthrop?
This 1620 agreement established self-government among the Pilgrims.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
Texan defenders were defeated here in 1836 during the Texas Revolution.
What is the Alamo?
This enslaved man led a major 1831 rebellion in Virginia.
Who is Nat Turner?
The territory was purchased from Russia in 1867.
What is Alaska?
Enslaved poet whose published works challenged racists beliefs about intellect.
Who is Phillis Wheatley?
This agreement established the 36/30' parallel as a geographic boundary to prohibit slavery from the remaining Louisiana Purchase territory.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
This 1863 battle was the turning point of the Civil War in favor of the Union.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
This act required citizens to return escaped enslaved people to their enslavers.
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
This 1823 doctrine warned European nations not to interfere in the Western Hemisphere.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
After gaining his freedom, this man became an orator, author, and a leading voice for freedom.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
This document, adopted July 4, 1776, listed grievances against King George III.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This conflct resulted in the U.S. gaining California and the Southwest.
What is the Mexican-American War.
This 1852 book by Harriet Beecher Stowe increased anti-slavery sentiment in the North.
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
This senator was known as "The Great Compromiser" for helping settle sectional disputes.
Who is Henry Clay?
This radical abolitionist led a raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859 hoping to spark a slave uprising.
Who is John Brown?
This Supreme Court case established judicial review.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
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This compromise admitted California as a free state while strengthening the Fugitive Slave Law.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
This 1854 law allowed settlers to vote on slavery through popular sovereignty, leading to violent conflict.
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?