Early America
This crop helped Jamestown grow and become profitable.
What is tobacco?
This branch of government makes laws.
What is the Legislative Branch?
This year the Civil War began.
What is 1861?
This period of rebuilding the South lasted from 1865 to 1877.
What is Reconstruction?
He was the first president of the United States.
Who was George Washington?
This 1776 document announced the colonies' independence from Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This branch enforces laws and includes the president.
What is the Executive Branch?
This battle was the first major land battle of the Civil War.
What was the First Battle of Bull Run?
This amendment abolished slavery throughout the United States.
What is the 13th Amendment?
This year the Declaration of Independence was adopted.
What is 1776?
This was America's first national government, but it was too weak to collect taxes effectively.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
This branch interprets laws.
What is the Judicial Branch?
This 1863 proclamation declared enslaved people in rebelling areas to be free.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
These laws enforced racial segregation in public places.
What were Jim Crow laws?
He was the 16th president and led the Union during the Civil War.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
This economic change led to more factories developing in the North.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
These are the first ten amendments to the Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This battle was a major turning point in favor of the North.
What was the Battle of Gettysburg?
This bureau helped formerly enslaved people and poor whites with schools, food, and medical care.
What was the Freedmen's Bureau?
This amendment granted citizenship and equal protection under the law.
What is the 14th Amendment?
This 1803 land deal with France greatly expanded the United States.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
These people supported ratifying the Constitution and wanted a stronger national government.
Who were the Federalists?
At this Virginia courthouse, General Lee surrendered to General Grant.
What is Appomattox Court House?
This 1877 agreement ended Reconstruction.
What was the Compromise of 1877?
This amendment prohibited denying the right to vote based on race, color, or previous enslavement.
What is the 15th Amendment?