Unit 1: Early Americas
Unit 2: Colonial America
Unit 3: American Revolution
Unit 4: New Government
Unit 5: Westward Expansion
Unit 6: Civil War
100
This famous explorer is credited with first finding and documenting the Americas.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
100
Disagreements over land holdings in the Ohio River Valley were a major cause of this war.
What is the French and Indian War?
100
Gaining independence was not a goal of this 2nd meeting of colonial minds.
What is the 2nd continental congress?
100
This document, unsuccessfully, governed the young American country.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
100
Famine, war, and religious persecution are all examples of this.
What are push factors?
100
This Fort was the first battle of the American Civil War, though it would not cause casualties.
What is Fort Sumter?
200
European exploring powers.
Who are England, France, and Spain?
200
This industry was a major part of New England colonial economies, relying on an abundant lumber supply.
What is shipbuilding?
200
The shot heard 'round the world in the American Revolution.
What is the Battle of Lexington and Concord?
200
States that any laws or rules not laid out in the Constitution are a state, not a federal right.
What is the 10th Amendment?
200
This is the name of the territory that Jefferson would buy during his presidency to expand America to double its size.
What is the Louisiana
Purchase?
200
To break away from, or leave.
What is secession?
300
This water feature allowed further expansion of inland American exploration.
What is the St. Lawrence River?
300
The belief that colonists have the right to be represented in government decisions about the colonies.
What is taxation without representation?
300
This series of acts was in direct response to colonial revolts and behaviors.
What are the intolerable, or coercive, acts?
300
This court case established the precedent of judicial review.
What is Marbury V Madison?
300
The god-given right of white citizens to expand westward to explore and conquer
American lands.
What is Manifest Destiny?
300
This document was written and presented by Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War, freeing the slaves regardless of geographic location.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
400
This is the earliest example of self-governance and democracy in the Americas.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
400
This violent time led to high British debt and low colonial satisfaction.
What is the French and Indian War?
400
To contain an enemy in place for a prolonged period of time, blocking all inward and outward movement of goods, people and communications.
What is a siege?
400
This compromise established a bicameral legislative branch.
What is the Great Compromise?
400
This letter represents the Gadsden purchase.
What is letter J?
400
The 12+ year period during which the American country had to reunite and rebuild.
What is reconstruction?
500
European powers went west to find new trade routes, especially following the Turks' conquest of which major port city?
What is Constantinople?
500
The Treaty of Paris established this line, forbidding westward expansion.
What is the Proclamation Line of 1763?
500
This person was a major founding father, but would never serve as president?
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
500
No person shall be denied due process of law, nor property taken by the government without compensation.
What is the 5th amendemnt?
500
Andrew Jackson approved this piece of legislation that forced either assimilation or relocation of Southeast indigenous groups.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
500
This slavery compromise established the rule of popular sovereignty, effectively making slavery legal in all US territories again.
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?