Strip of land that made it possible for ancient cultures to migrate to America
What is the Bering Strait?
100
War started after an American declaration for independence from the British Empire
What is The American Revolution?
100
Fight for womens rights
What is Suffrage?
100
Leader of the first Continental Army
Who is George Washington?
100
Document that blamed Germany for all of the destruction that happened during WWI...... The Americans did not sign.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
200
The year Christopher Columbus set sail for India
What is 1942?
200
War started primarily over States Rights
What is The Civil War?
200
Movment led primarily by African-Americans to establish equal right for everyone throughout the country.
What is The Civil Rights Movement?
200
President who brought this nation together during a time of internal conflict that nearly split the nation in two.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
200
Note sent to Mexico from Germany that stated Germany would help Mexico regain the land they had lost to America.
What is The Zimmerman Note?
300
Time of mass paranoia in Massachusettes which brought about unfair prosecutions against those The Church suspected of witchcraft.
What is the Salem Witch Trials?
300
Started by the explosion of American battleship "Maine"
What is Spanish-American War?
300
A period of heightened religious activities in the American colonies
What is the Great Awakening?
300
Helped revolutionized the way the sex was viewed
Who is Hugh Hefner?
300
Establishment of a "body politic" and a basic legal system for the colony
What is the Mayflower Compact?
400
Two people who preached that the state and church should be seperate
Who is Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson?
400
Arms race during the post WWII era. Created a rivalry among the two great superpowers
What is the Cold War
400
Period of concern about the loyalty of Americans. Caused a fear of communism
What is the "Red Scare"
400
Wrote the controversal pamphlet known as "Common Sense"-stated that it was only common sense that the colonies should break away from the British Empire
Who is Thomas Paine?
400
Critical in swaying the opinions of States to ratify the American Constitution and the Bill of Rights
What are the Federalist Papers?
500
One of the events leading to the Revolutionary War, where British troops fired into a mob of protesters.
What is the Boston Massacre?
500
a struggle to maintain independence from Great Britain.
What is the War of 1812?
500
Effort to cure many of the issues in American society that developed during industrial growth.