Civil War
The two main fighting theaters
What are the Eastern and Western theaters?
He wrote most of the Declaration of Independence
The United States' first government known for its inability to tax
What are the Articles of Confederation?
The man that assassination Abraham Lincoln
Who is John Wilkes Booth?
Is credited for discovering the New World
Who is Christopher Columbus?
General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson earned his nickname in this battle
What is the Battle of Bull Run?
He was the commander of the Continental Army
Who is George Washington?
Plan that favored large states
What is the Virginia Plan?
Granted citizenship and equal protection under the law to blacks
What is the 14th Amendment?
First man to circumnavigate the globe
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
This was the Confederacy's capital
What is Richmond, Virginia?
This is when American colonists dressed as Native Americans snuck onto British ships and dumped shiploads of British tea into the harbor
What was the Boston Tea Party?
Series of laws created to establish and protect citizens' rights
What are the Bill of Rights?
Established to provide aid to freed slaves and poor whites
What is the Freedmen's Bureau?
Established the Roanoke Colony
Who is Walter Raleigh?
What is the Peninsula Campaign?
What was the Olive Branch Petition?
The first political party of the United States
What is the Federalist Party?
The result of a tie between two presidential candidates that greatly affected reconstruction in the south
What is the Compromise of 1877?
Mainly explored the New York Harbor
Who is Henry Hudson?
The turning point in the Western theater
What is the Siege of Vicksburg?
This was considered the turning point of the war
Agreement that prevented Congress from banning the slave trade until 1800
What was the Slave Trade Compromise?
Prohibited the President from removing government officials without Senate approval
What is the Tenure Office Act?
Treaty between Spain and Portugal about claiming territories in the New World
What is the Treaty of Tordesillas?