Dates
The years the Revolutionary War took place in.
What is 1775 to 1783?
He was a founding father, known for diplomatic work in Europe during the revolution and for assisting with the development of electricity.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
This historical event was a gathering of delegates in 1787 aimed at addressing the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.
What is the constitutional convention?
This treaty ended the French and Indian war
What is Treaty of Paris 1763?
This terrorist attack targeted the World Trade Centers and Pentagon, beginning War on Terror.
What is 9/11?
The start of WW2.
What is 1917?
This 7th president of the US played a significant role in the Indian Removal act which forcibly pushed out thousands of Native Americans from their ancestral homes.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
The first 10 amendments to the constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This allowed the US to purchase land from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains from the French, starting the American expansion to the West of the continent.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This brought the atomic age, created the United Nations, began the Cold War, and started the end of colonialism/imperialism.
What is the end of WW2?
The time period that the Cold War occurred in.
What is 1945 to 1991?
This Confederate general led a winning streak in Virginia for the South before eventually surrendering to Grant.
The system in place to prevent any one branch of Government from becoming too powerful.
What is Checks and Balances?
This event ended a long period of business prosperity and prompted the worst depression in American history.
What is the Stock Market Crash of 1929?
This colony was founded to be a place for persecuted Catholics to find refuge
What is Maryland?
The time period the 7 years' war took place.
What is 1754 to 1763?
This African American sued to desegregate train cars in 1896; the Supreme Court ruled the cars could be segregated, marking the start of “separate but equal” becoming the law of the land.
Who is Homer Plessy?
These were representatives chosen from each of the thirteen colonies at the Constitutional Convention in 1787 in order to create a new framework for government.
What are the delegates?
This treaty signed by the U.S. and Mexico that officially ended the Mexican-American War, causing Mexico to give up the Northern part of their territory.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
The pseudonym used by the authors of the Federalist Papers, a collection of 85 articles and essays advocating for the ratification of the United States Constitution
This was the year the Declaration of Independence was written.
What is 1776?
This nurse founded the Red Cross, helped to expand women's spheres during her time, and helped build respect among the general population for nurses.
Who is Clara Barton?
This was a proposal at the Constitutional Convention in 1787 that outlined a framework for a strong national government with a bicameral legislature.
What is the Virginia Plan?
This agreement sought to establish peace in Vietnam and end the Vietnam war.
What is the Paris Peace Agreement of 1973?
This 18th century philosophy believed that reason could be used to improve the human condition.
What is enlightenment?