Exploration/ Colonization
What was the name of the ship the Pilgrims used to travel to Plymouth?
The Mayflower
Colonists who rebelled against British control during the American Revolution were also known as the...
Patriots
Which amendment grants us freedom of speech?
The 1st Amendment
This was the first continuous rail line across the United States, connecting the East Coast to the West Coast.
The Transcontinental Railroad
a war between the United States (the Union) and the Confederate States of America (the Confederacy)
The Civil War
What was the name of the war between Great Britain and France, along with their respective Native American allies, over control of North America?
The French and Indian War
The British system of mercantilism was in the economic favor of which nation?
Great Britain
The United States is a bicameral legislature with 2 houses of Congress which are called...
The House of Representatives and the Senate
What was the name of 2 explorers who were sent by Thomas Jefferson to explore the newly acquired Louisiana Purchase?
Lewis and Clark
Robert E. Lee attacked Gettysburg, and declared an all out charge on the center of the Union troops. The Union defeated the confederacy, but both armies lost devastating amounts of men. What is the name of this battle?
The Battle of Gettysburg
This theory proposes that the first humans migrated to the Americas by walking across a land bridge called Beringia, which connected Asia and North America during the last Ice Age
The Bering Land Bridge Theory
Who wrote most of the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
A system where different branches of government have the power to limit the actions of other branches, preventing any one branch from becoming too powerful
Checks and Balances
Which revolution is a period of rapid growth during which machines became essential to industry?
Industrial Revolution
Who was the President during a majority of the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
people who travel to a holy place for religious purposes
pilgrims
What is the name of the war carried out by 13 of Great Britain's North American colonies that began in 1775 and ended with a peace treaty in 1783?
The Revolutionary War
This document consists of Americas first 10 Amendments.
The Bill of Rights
What piece of land was bought from France in the United States which doubled the size of the country?
The Louisiana Purchase
What is the name of the period following the American Civil War (1865-1877) which focused on reintegrating the Confederate states into the Union and addressing new social, political, and economic challenges?
Reconstruction
New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia
Tax on the American colonies requiring a stamp on legal documents, newspapers, pamphlets, and other printed materials
Stamp Act
What was the name of the first written constitution of the United States, establishing a weak national government after the colonies declared independence from Great Britain?
The Articles of Confederation
This Act authorized the U.S. government to forcibly remove Native American tribes from their lands to make way for westward expansion.
The Indian Removal Act
What were the numbers of the 3 Reconstruction Amendments passed after the Civil War?
13th, 14th, 15th