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100
What were two major impacts of the Columbian Exchange?
Disease decimated Native population
Introduction of new crops and animals
100
Name a Native American society known for advanced agriculture.
Pueblo
100
What cash crop helped Jamestown survive?
Tobacco.
100
What two groups settled New England for religious reasons?
Pilgrims and Puritans.
100
Name two consequences of the French and Indian War.
British debt; Proclamation of 1763.
100
Who wrote *Common Sense* and what was its argument?
Thomas Paine; independence from Britain.
100
What was the purpose of the Monroe Doctrine?
To prevent European colonization in the Western Hemisphere.
100
What did the Missouri Compromise establish?
Missouri slave state; Maine free state; 36°30′ line.
100
What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act allow?
Popular sovereignty to decide on slavery.
100
What was one result of the Dred Scott decision?
Slaves were not citizens; Congress couldn’t ban slavery in territories.
100
What did the Homestead Act do?
Offered free land to settlers willing to farm it for 5 years.
100
What was the purpose of the Dawes Act?
Assimilate Native Americans by breaking up tribal lands.
100
What event started the Spanish-American War?
Sinking of the USS Maine.
100
What was the goal of containment?
Stop the spread of communism.
100
What economic policy defined Reagan’s presidency?
Supply-side/trickle-down economics.
200
How did European desire for wealth affect Native populations?
Led to conquest, forced labor, and displacement.
200
Connect the encomienda system to early forms of slavery.
Both relied on exploiting indigenous labor.
200
Link the Mayflower Compact and town meetings.
Both reflect early self-government.
200
How did mercantilism shape colonial trade?
Colonies existed to benefit the mother country.
200
How did the Enlightenment influence the Declaration of Independence?
Ideas like natural rights inspired Jefferson’s writing.
200
Link the Boston Tea Party and Intolerable Acts.
Acts punished colonists and united resistance.
200
Link the Second Great Awakening to reform movements.
Inspired temperance, abolition, and women’s rights.
200
Connect Jacksonian Democracy and the spoils system.
Expanded suffrage but rewarded loyalists with jobs.
200
Connect Manifest Destiny and the Mexican-American War.
War expanded U.S. territory, intensified slavery debate.
200
Link the Emancipation Proclamation and Union war goals.
Shifted focus to abolishing slavery in addition to preserving the Union.
200
Link industrialization and labor unions.
Harsh factory conditions led to union growth.
200
Connect immigration and urbanization during the Gilded Age.
Cities grew rapidly with the influx of immigrants seeking jobs.
200
What caused the Great Depression?
Stock market crash, bank failures, overproduction.
200
What event marked a turning point in civil rights?
Brown v. Board of Education
200
What triggered the War on Terror?
September 11, 2001 attacks.
300
It's 1500—what 3 developments altered global trade?
Caravel ships, joint-stock companies, Treaty of Tordesillas.
300
It's 1493—what key events followed Columbus’s first voyage?
Spain’s dominance grows, Native depopulation, plantation models begin.
300
It’s 1676—name 3 key events or changes.
Bacon’s Rebellion, slave codes begin, King Philip’s War aftermath.
300
It’s 1700—describe colonial differences (North, Middle, South).
North: trade, religion; Middle: diversity; South: cash crops, slavery.
300
It’s 1776—describe 3 revolutionary developments.
Declaration of Independence, Battle of Trenton, *The Crisis* pamphlet.
300
t’s 1787—what were 3 outcomes of the Constitutional Convention?
Great Compromise, Electoral College, stronger federal government.
300
It’s 1830—what 3 developments define this period?
Indian Removal Act, rise of abolitionism, railroad expansion.
300
It’s 1840—name 3 economic or political shifts.
Whig Party growth, Market Revolution, Panic of 1837.
300
Put in order: Compromise of 1850, Dred Scott, Lincoln elected.
1850, 1857, 1860.
300
Quote: “A house divided...” Who said it and when?
Abraham Lincoln; 1858.
300
It’s 1880—list 3 Gilded Age features.
Political machines, monopolies, labor strikes.
300
It’s 1890—what 3 movements challenged inequality?
Populism, labor unions, women's suffrage.
300
Link the New Deal and government expansion.
Increased federal role in economy and welfare.
300
Connect Vietnam War and public opinion.
Media and casualties turned public against the war.
300
Connect the Cold War’s end and globalization.
U.S. became global leader; tech and markets expanded.
400
Put in order: Columbus lands, Treaty of Tordesillas, St. Augustine founded
Columbus (1492), Treaty (1494), St. Augustine (1565).
400
Identify the time period and meaning of this quote: “Gold, God, Glory.”
Spanish colonization motives in the 16th century.
400
Put in order: Jamestown, Mayflower Compact, Bacon’s Rebellion.
1607, 1620, 1676.
400
Identify the image: colonial meetinghouse. What does it show?
Early representative government.
400
Put in order: Stamp Act, Boston Massacre, Declaration of Independence.
Stamp Act (1765), Massacre (1770), Declaration (1776).
400
Quote: “We hold these truths...” Who wrote it and when?
Thomas Jefferson; 1776.
400
Put in order: Louisiana Purchase, War of 1812, Missouri Compromise.
Purchase (1803), War (1812), Compromise (1820).
400
Image: political cartoon showing Jackson as king—interpret.
Critics viewed him as abusing executive power.
400
It’s 1863—name 3 major Civil War events.
Gettysburg, Vicksburg, Emancipation Proclamation.
400
It’s 1870—identify 3 Reconstruction amendments or acts.
13th, 14th, 15th Amendments.
400
Put in order: Homestead Act, Chinese Exclusion Act, Pullman Strike.
HA 1862, CEA 1882, PS 1894.
400
Image: Political cartoon of Boss Tweed—interpret.
Critique of corruption in city government.
400
Connect U.S. entry into WWI and WWII.
German aggression and attacks on American interests.
400
Link the Great Society and New Deal.
Both expanded social programs and federal power.
400
It’s 2000—what 3 defining issues emerged?
Tech boom, terrorism, global trade.
500
Pictionary: Draw the Columbian Exchange.
Image should show transatlantic exchange of food, people, and disease.
500
Artifact Challenge: Describe or draw three objects that represent Columbian Exchange items.
Corn, horses, smallpox-infected blanket.
500
Pictionary: Draw triangular trade.
Diagram showing Europe, Africa, and Americas trade routes.
500
Pitch a colonial settlement as if you're trying to recruit settlers.
“Come to Pennsylvania—freedom of religion, fertile land, and peaceful Quaker leadership await!”
500
Pictionary: Draw the Boston Tea Party.
Image of colonists throwing tea into Boston Harbor.
500
Provide your own caption for a cartoon about the Boston Massacre.
"Redcoats bring tyranny, not peace—join the resistance!”
500
Pictionary: Draw the Trail of Tears.
Illustration of Native American forced migration.
500
Create a slogan for Andrew Jackson’s or Henry Clay’s presidential run.
“Jackson: The People’s President” or “Clay: Compromise for a Stronger Union.”
500
Pictionary: Draw a scene from the Civil War.
Civil War imagery such as battles, soldiers, or emancipation.
500
Rewrite part of the Emancipation Proclamation using modern-day language.
“As of today, all enslaved people in Confederate states are now free.”
500
Pictionary: Draw a Gilded Age factory scene.
Conveyor belts, smoke stacks, cramped workers.
500
Reenact a short scene from the Pullman Strike or Haymarket Affair.
A striker pleads for fair wages while federal troops threaten arrest or violence.
500
It’s 1915—name 3 Progressive Era reforms.
Child labor laws, trust-busting, women’s suffrage.
500
It’s 1965—name 3 key movements.
Civil Rights, Antiwar, Women’s Liberation.
500
Put in order: Fall of Berlin Wall, 9/11, Obama elected.
1989, 2001, 2008.