1619-1775
This Rebellion, which is (believe it or not) NOT named after a common breakfast food, prompted a wave of anti-British sentiments in the United States following its end in 1677
What is Bacon's Rebellion?
The original and first framing of the United States government that preceded the Constitution advocated for little federal government involvement in the 13 states
What were the Articles of Confederation?
This rebellion, named after the enslaved man that started it, became a controversial in 1831 when dozens of white slave-owning men, women and children were killed in the name of emancipation
What is Nat Turner's Rebellion?
The controversial election of 1860, in which 4 candidates competed for presidency, resulted in the presidency of this ultimately famous president known as the "great emancipator."
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This prolific author, speaker and scholar was born in Massachusetts and was one of the founding members of the NAACP that fought for the academic freedom and advancement of black Americans
Who is WEB DuBois?
This system was a grant by the Spanish Crown to a colonist in America conferring the right to demand tribute and forced labor from the indigenous inhabitants of an area
What is the Encomienda System
The Founding Fathers who wrote the Constitution made it clear that there should be checks and balances and separation of powers within the government, but that the real power should reside with...
What are The People?
This doctrine, named after the president known for his neutral political stances during the "Era of Good Feelings" proclaimed that newly independent nations in the Western Hemisphere would be under the protection of the United States
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
This man, who had corresponded and "came to love Lincoln" posthumously (after death), was a prominent abolitionist and public speaker
Who is Frederick Douglass?
This man became president after the assassination of President William McKinley, for which a large high school in the Bronx on East Fordham Road is named after
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
This group of people, known for their extremist Christian beliefs, persecuted many who went against their extremism, and settled in the New England region, namely in Massachusetts
Who are the Puritans?
Purchased by Thomas Jefferson in 1803 for 15 million dollars, this piece of land was one of the biggest government purchases by Jefferson, who was a staunch pro-stater and anti-federalist
What was the Louisiana Purchase?
This convention, mistakenly known as the first women's suffrage conference, was held in 1848 in the same location it was named after, where men and women discussed the future of women's rights in the United States
What is the Seneca Falls Convention?
These laws, known for their vehemently racist sentiment, created resistance during the Reconstruction Era post-Civil War
What are Black Codes?
This era, known for its "forward thinking" in reforming social, political and economic structures in the United States, is to thank for our modern day unions, voting rights, labor rights, and advancement of people of all races, classes, genders and religions
What is the Progressive Era?
This massacre, famously depicted in Paul Revere's engraving of the event, led massive resistance efforts against the British in the 13 colonies
What is the Boston Massacre?
This political party, which directly opposed the Federalist party of the time, uniquely comines the names of two of our current political parties today
Who were the Democratic-Republicans?
Who is Dred Scott?
This president, who became president under the pretense that he would remove federal troops from the South, effectively ended the Reconstruction era, resulting in any progress made by black Americans during this time
Who is Rutherford B. Hayes?
The name of this telegram is named after the German man that sent it to Mexico, promising Mexico their land back from the Mexican-American War if they joined Germany in WWI
What is the Zimmerman Telegram?
This man, who wrote "Common Sense" advocated for the neutral and complacent colonists to take up arms and fight against the British, due to the British's consistent mistreatment and abuse
Who was Thomas Paine
President James Madison and his wife, Dolley Madison, resided in the White House when it burned down during this controversial war
What is the War of 1812?
Given the name of a "revolution" in which the United States shifted from a mostly agricultural society into an industrial and factory-like country
What is the Market Revolution?
This country, located in the Pacific was effectively annexed by the United States following its independence from Spain during the Spanish-American War
What are the Philippines?
This ship, sank in the Atlantic ocean by German U-Boats, was a British passenger ship that the United States allegedly carried supplies and military equipment aboard to give to Britain during WWI
What is the Lusitania?