American Beginnings
19th Century America
Post-Civil War + Gilded Age
WWI + WW2 Eras
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100

This form of slavery was for life, and children of enslaved women would automatically become slaves. (1.5)

Chattel Slavery

100

This convention/gathering in Hartford, Connecticut led to the swift death of the Federalist party. (4.1)

The Hartford Convention

100

Confederate leaders Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis only really faced this punishment. (6.2)

Revoking of U.S. citizenship

100

This amendment was passed shortly after the end of WWI, granting women the right to vote. (8.3)

19th Amendment

100

You get this number of letters when guessing a word in Wordle.

5 letters

200

This American colony was founded by Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson. (1.6)

Rhode Island

200

This treaty allowed the United States to purchase present-day Florida for $5 million dollars from Spain. (4.2)

Adams-OnĂ­s Treaty

200

This amendment was passed in 1865, outlawing chattel slavery everywhere in the U.S. (6.3)

13th Amendment

200

This is arguably the most infamous gangster/bootlegger of the 1920s during the height of Prohibition. (9.1)

Al Capone

200

These three colors are considered "secondary."

Orange, green, and purple

300

This was the fort that George Washington and his soldiers made on a whim in a conflict with French soldiers. (2.1)

Fort Necessity

300

These two candidates of the 1824 election cut a deal in the Corrupt Bargain that gave them the presidency and the Sec. of State respectively. (4.3)

John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay

300
This robber baron/captain of industry held a monopoly over steel production, and wrote the "The Gospel of Wealth." (7.1)

Andrew Carnegie.

300

The assassination of this political figure of Austria is largely known as the "spark," or direct cause of WWI. (8.4)

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

300

This is the bestselling book of all time.

The Bible

400

This battle during the American Revolution secured the French's support for Americans. (2.5)

Battle of Saratoga

400

This enslaved man from Falmouth, VA escaped to Boston, but accidentally gave up his location and was ordered to return to slavery by the court. (5.2)

Anthony Burns

400

This was the style of economy largely practiced during the Gilded Age, which allowed for monopolies to dominate. (7.6)

Laissez-faire economics

400

These were the names of Depression-era makeshift homes that the homeless would often live in. (9.2)

Hoovervilles

400

This number of notes are in an octave, all notes considered.

12 notes

500

This was a rebellion that took place among Western Pennsylvanian farmers as a response to Hamilton's tax on whiskey. (3.4)

Whiskey Rebellion

500

This battle was a turning point in the Civil War, in which the Union gained the upper hand and Confederates faced major causalities. (5.5)

Battle of Gettysburg

500

Immigrants from these areas of Europe were considered "Old Immigrants" as opposed to the "New Immigrants," who came from Southern and Eastern Europe. (7.4)

Northern and Western Europe

500

This is the phrase used to refer to the area of the world where the Allied and Axis powers majorly operated during WWII. (9.5)

European Theatre

500

This is the year that Google was founded.

1998

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