Period 1+2 (1492-1754)
Period 3 (1754-1800)
Period 4 (1800-1848)
Period 5 (1844-1877)
Period 6 (1865-1898)
100

These are the three main European powers that established significant colonies in North America during this period.

France, Spain, England

100

This conflict ended the period of salutary neglect and increased tensions between the British and colonists.

French and Indian War (Seven Years War)

100

This 1803 Supreme Court case established judicial review

Marbury v Madison

100

The agreement in which one contested state was admitted as a slave state, another as a free state, and slavery was prohibited in the rest of the Louisiana Territory north of the 36*30' latitude

Missouri Compromise
100

This term refers to the consolidation of control of an entire industry by one large company

Monopoly

200

The first permanent English settlement in North America

Jamestown

200

This act of British Parliament in 1765 sparked widespread protest

Stamp Act (will also accept "levied a direct tax")

200

The dominant political party in the US during the Jeffersonian Era (1800-1824)

Democratic-Republicans

200

This Eli Whitney invention intensified southern slavery.

Cotton Gin

200

This 1887 act of Congress aimed to assimilate Native Americans by dividing tribal lands into individual allotments

Dawes Act

300
This region of the English colonies had warm summers, mild winters, and soil that was excellent for cultivating cash crops

The South

300
The "slogan" of the colonists on the brink of revolution.

"No Taxation Without Representation"

300

The 1830s forced migration of thousands of Native Americans from their ancestral lands to other territories west of the Mississippi.

Trail of Tears (Indian Removal Act)

300

This term refers to a restriction of loyalty to one region or locality of the country.

sectionalism

300
This industrialist made his fortune in steel and later became a prominent philanthropist, advocating for the "Gospel of Wealth"

Andrew Carnegie

400

A system of labor prevalent in the early Chesapeake colonies, workers were released after they paid the debts of the cost of their passage to the colonies.

Indentured Servitude

400

These political essays, written by Madison, Hamilton, and John Jay advocated for the ratification of the Constitution

Federalist Papers

400

Nickname for Monroe's presidency that reflected a rising sense of nationalism in the years following the War of 1812.

Era of Good Feelings

400
This first major battle of the Civil War demonstrated that the Confederacy was more capable than the Union realized.
Battle of Bull Run/Battle of Manassas
400

This 1896 Supreme Court case upheld the doctrine of "separate but equal"

Plessy v Ferguson

500
Three indigenous tribes native to North America

Navajo, Cherokee, Choctaw, Apache, Sioux, Ojibwe, Lenape, Iroqois, Hopi, Pueblo (among others!)

500

The first three words of the United States Constitution

We the people

500

Slave preacher who led a bloody revolt against slave owners and their families in Southampton, VA in 1831.

Nat Turner

500
This group of lawmakers passed the Reconstruction Amendments during Andrew Johnson's presidency

Radical Republicans

500

This political movement, active in the South and West, advocated for farmers' economic interests and government regulation of railroads.

Populist movement (will also accept Grange Movement)

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