“Road to Rupture: 1850s Showdown”
This compromise admitted California as a free state but strengthened the Fugitive Slave Act.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
This was the Navy fleet that Roosevelt sent around the world to show America's power and might.
What is the "Great White Fleet?"
These colonies were known as the “breadbasket” due to production of this crop.
What is grain (wheat)?
This group sought to separate completely from the Church of England.
Who are the Pilgrims?
This Confederate general led the Army of Northern Virginia and became the South’s most iconic commander.
Who is Robert E. Lee?
Violence between pro- and anti-slavery settlers earned Kansas this nickname.
What is “Bleeding Kansas”?
This philosophy emphasized fairness between business, labor, and consumers.
What is the Square Deal?
This colony was founded by William Penn as a haven for religious freedom.
What is Pennsylvania?
This group wanted to reform (purify) the Church of England from within.
Who are the Puritans?
He was President of the Confederacy?
Who is Jefferson Davis?
This act allowed settlers to decide slavery by popular sovereignty, leading to violence.
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Roosevelt became known as a “trust-buster” for breaking up these types of companies.
What are monopolies/trusts?
This port city became a major economic center in the Middle Colonies.
What is New York (City)?
This agreement established self-government for Pilgrims in 1620.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
This 1863 battle marked a turning point after the Confederacy failed to invade the North.
What is Battle of Gettysburg?
This Supreme Court decision ruled that African Americans were not citizens and limited Congress’s power over slavery.
What is the Dred Scott decision?
Roosevelt helped the U.S. gain control of this canal zone after supporting a Latin American revolt.
What is the Panama Canal?
Religious tolerance in the Middle Colonies was largely influenced by this group.
Who are the Quakers?
This colony became the center of Puritan society.
What is the Massachusetts Bay Colony/Boston?
The Confederate strategy emphasized winning by prolonging the war and relying on this foreign outcome.
What is Britain?
This 1859 raid heightened Southern fears of slave rebellions.
What is John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry?
This 1906 law ensured safer food and drugs after public outrage.
What is the Pure Food and Drug Act?
Unlike New England’s town-centered economy and the plantation system of the South, the Middle Colonies developed a more market-oriented economy largely due to this labor system, which allowed for flexibility, social mobility, and a steady flow of European immigrants.
What is indentured servitude?
He was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for criticizing church-state ties and advocating fair treatment of Native Americans.
Who was Roger Williams?
Most of the generals in the South attended this military institution?
What is West Point?