Colonial
These were the three regions of the American colonies, each founded for different economic and social reasons.
What are New England (religion), Middle (trade), and Southern (cash crops)?
This man was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This movement attempted to limit the consumption of alcohol.
What is the temperance movement?
The United States fought this country during the War of 1812.
Who is Great Britain?
This environmental disaster affected the Great Plains during the 1930s.
What is the Dust Bowl?
This colonial legislature was the first representative government in the American colonies.
What is the House of Burgesses?
These presidential precedents were set by George Washington, including forming a Cabinet and serving two terms.
What are presidential precedents?
This abolitionist newspaper was published by William Lloyd Garrison.
What is The Liberator*?*
This president’s slogan “54-40 or Fight!” reflected expansionist goals in Oregon.
Who is James K. Polk?
The goal of FDR’s first relief programs was immediate aid to Americans suffering from the Great Depression.
What was economic relief (programs like CCC, FERA, WPA)?
This 1763 British proclamation banned colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
This system divides government power among three branches to prevent abuse of power.
What is checks and balances?
This muckraking novel exposed unsafe conditions in the meatpacking industry.
What is The Jungle by Upton Sinclair?
This compromise gave free states California and slave states a stronger Fugitive Slave Law.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
This U.S. program aimed to rebuild Europe after World War II.
What is the Marshall Plan?
This revolutionary pamphlet convinced colonists that independence from Britain was necessary.
What is Common Sense by Thomas Paine?
This ordinance established rules for admitting new states and banned slavery in the Northwest Territory.
What is the Northwest Ordinance?
This labor leader was imprisoned in 1917 for opposing World War I.
Who is Eugene V. Debs?
This battle marked the beginning of the Civil War.
What is Fort Sumter?
This economic policy favored tax cuts for businesses and the wealthy, increasing military spending while cutting social programs.
What is Reaganomics?
This battle, considered a turning point of the American Revolution, convinced France to support the colonies
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
Match the amendment to its purpose: ending slavery, defining citizenship, protecting voting rights.
What are the 13th (abolition), 14th (citizenship/equal protection), and 15th (voting rights) Amendments?
This First Lady redefined the role by advocating for civil rights and social reform.
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt?
The U.S. acquired this territory after the Spanish-American War.
What are the Philippines?
These peace agreements were signed between Egypt and Israel in 1978.
What are the Camp David Accords?