Colonial America
This colony was founded by William Penn as a haven for Quakers.
The 1773 protest in Boston Harbor against British taxation.
Boston Tea Party
What are the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
Bill of Rights
Who was the president of the United States during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
The economic collapse that began in 1929.
The Great Depression
The first permanent English settlement in North America.
Jamestown
Who is the author of Common Sense?
Thomas Paine
This branch of government interprets laws.
Judicial Branch
This amendment abolished slavery.
13th Amendment
The U.S. policy of stopping the spread of communism during the Cold War.
Containment
This 1620 agreement established self-government for Pilgrims.
This document formally announced the colonies' independence in 1776.
Declaration of Independence
This compromise created a two house congress.
Great Compromise
This 1863 Union victory was a major turning point in the Civil War.
Battle of Gettysburg
This Supreme Court case ended legal school segregation in 1954.
Brown v. Board of Education
This cash crop saved the Virginia colony economically.
Tobacco
This 1777 battle is considered the turning point of the Revolutionary War.
Battle of Saratoga
This system divided powers between state and national governments.
Federalism
Laws passed in the South after the Civil War restricting African Americans' rights.
Black Codes
The scandal that led to the resignation of the president Richard Nixion
Watergate
In 1676, this rebellion exposed tensions between frontier settlers and Virginia's colonial government.
Bacon's Rebellion
This 1783 treaty officially ended the Revolutionary War.
Treaty of Paris
These essays, written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, supported ratification of the Constitution.
Federalist Papers
This period after the Civil War focused on rebuilding the South and brought formerly enslaved people into society
Reconstruction
This Cold War conflict lasted from 1955-1975 and deeply divided Americans.
Vietnam War