Government
legislative, judicial, executive
What are the three branches of government?
protesters threw tea into the sea
What was the Boston Tea Party?
fighting technique done in trenches
What is Trench Warfare?
a worldwide economic depression that took place in the 1930s
What was the Great Depression?
a trail that connected the Missouri River to Oregon
What is the Oregon Trail?
natural rights
what is one of the main points in the declaration of independence?
The first direct tax placed on goods
What was the Sugar Act?
Someone who stays loyal to the ruler especially in a revolt
What is a Loyalist?
when Indians were forcefully removed from their homes
What is the Indian removal act?
the barrier that divided berlin
what was the berlin wall?
group of electors required by the Constitution, to elect the president and vice president
What is the Electoral College?
a common phrase during the British taxation
what is "no taxation without representation”?
Someone who supports their country and will fight for it
What is a Patriot?
a major period of advancement
What was the Industrial Revolution?
Laws that enforced racial segregation
What were the Jim Crow Laws?
agreement from the original 13 states of America that served as its first constitution
What was the Articles of Confederation?
famous British taxation protesters
Who were the Sons of Liberty?
a war that gained independence from the British
What is the American Revolution?
the biggest land bargain in U.S history
What is The Louisiana Purchase?
making a balance between free and slave states
What is the Missouri compromise?
the first paragraph of the Constitution
What is the Preamble?
punishment for the Boston Tea Party
What was the Coercive Act?
a war fought between the US and Great Britain
What was the War of 1812?
US policy that opposed European colonization in America
What was the Monroe Doctrine?
to make accusations usually related to communism
what is McCarthyism?