Period 1
This crop, first cultivated by Indigenous peoples, became a staple food source for many civilizations in the Americas.
What is maize?
This was the first permanent English settlement in North America, founded in 1607.
What was Jamestown?
This war between Britain and France in North America ended in 1763.
What was the French and Indian War?
This 1803 purchase doubled the size of the United States.
What was the Louisiana Purchase?
This war with Mexico resulted in the U.S. gaining California and the Southwest.
WHat was the Mexican American War?
This exchange of goods, animals, and diseases between the Old and New Worlds began after 1492.
What is the columbian exchange?
This document established a form of self-government for the Plymouth Colony.
WHat was the Mayflower Compact?
This document, written in 1776, declared independence from Britain.
What was the decleration of independence?
This doctrine warned European nations against further colonization in the Americas.
What was the Monroe Doctrine?
This compromise admitted California as a free state and included a stricter fugitive slave law.
What was the Compromise of 1850?
This Spanish system granted settlers the right to demand labor from Indigenous people.
What is the encomienda system?
This rebellion in 1676 was led by former indentured servants protesting colonial policies toward Native Americans.
What was the Bacon's Rebellion?
This 1787 compromise created a bicameral legislature balancing large and small states.
What was the great (Connecticut) Compromise?
This reform movement sought to end alcohol consumption.
What was the Tempernance movement?
This 1863 proclamation declared slaves in Confederate states to be free.
What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
This Native American empire, led by Moctezuma, was conquered by Hernán Cortés.
What is the Aztec Empire?
This religious revival in the 1730s–1740s emphasized emotional preaching and personal faith.
What was the first great awakening?
This rebellion in 1786–1787 exposed weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation.
What was the Shay's Rebellion?
This idea promoted the belief that the U.S. was destined to expand westward.
WHat is manifest Destiny?
This Reconstruction amendment granted citizenship and equal protection under the law.
What was the 14th Amendment?
This concept justified European domination over Indigenous peoples based on religious and cultural superiority.
What is the Doctrine of Discovery?
This economic system relied on colonies supplying raw materials to the mother country.
WHat was mercantilism?
This political party, led by Alexander Hamilton, supported a strong federal government.
WHat are the Federalists?
This Supreme Court case established federal supremacy over state governments.
What was McCulloch v Maryland?
This plan, proposed by Radical Republicans, aimed to punish the South and protect freedmen’s rights.
What was Radical Reconstruction?