Colonial America
What cash crop became the primary economic driver for the Jamestown colony in the early 1600s?
Tobbaco
What pamphlet, written by Thomas Paine, encouraged colonists to seek independence from Britain?
Common Sense
What was the 1803 purchase that doubled the size of the United States?
the Louisiana Purchase
What invention by Eli Whitney in 1793 increased the demand for enslaved labor in the South?
the cotton gin
What 1860 event led Southern states to begin seceding from the Union?
Abraham Lincoln's election
What was the first representative assembly in the American colonies, established in Virginia in 1619?
House of Burgesses
What British law passed in 1763 prohibited colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains?
Proclamation of 1763
What series of essays written by Hamilton, Madison, and Jay supported the ratification of the Constitution?
the Federalist Papers
What territory's annexation in 1845 reignited debates over the expansion of slavery?
Texas
What was the first battle of the Civil War, fought in April 1861?
Fort Sumter
What labor system, involving a work contract for passage to America, was widely used in the colonies before African slavery became dominant?
Indentured Servitude
What 1767 laws placed taxes on goods like tea, glass, and paper and were met with colonial boycotts?
Townshend Acts
What 1820 agreement maintained the balance between free and slave states by admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state?
the Missouri Compromise
What term describes the idea that states should decide for themselves whether to allow slavery?
Popular Sovereignty
What former enslaved man became a prominent abolitionist and adviser to President Lincoln during the war?
Frederick Douglas
Which 1676 rebellion highlighted tensions between frontier settlers and the Virginia government, led by a discontented elitist planter?
Bacon's Rebellion
What meeting in 1774 was called in response to the Intolerable Acts and sought to coordinate colonial resistance?
The First Continental Congress
DALY DOUBLE!!
What battle made Andrew Jackson a national hero, even though it was fought after the war ended?
the Battle of New Orleans
What conflict arose due to debates over whether the new territories would allow slavery?
Sectional Crisis
What 1863 battle is considered the turning point of the Civil War, ending Robert E. Lee’s invasion of the North?
Battle of Gettysburg
What was the name of the 1494 agreement that divided the New World between Spain and Portugal, indirectly shaping later colonial claims?
Treaty of Tordesillas
What Enlightenment thinker inspired the Declaration of Independence with ideas of natural rights and social contracts?
John Locke
What was the name of the 1816-1824 period characterized by nationalism and the dominance of the Democratic-Republican Party?
the Era of Good Feelings
What was the name of the 1846 proposal that aimed to ban slavery in territories acquired from Mexico?
Wilmot Proviso
Who was the Union general who accepted Lee’s surrender at Appomattox?
Ulysses S. Grant