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What battle began the Revolutionary War?
Who reached the Americas in 1492?
Christopher Columbus
What are the three branches of government?
Legislative, executive and judicial
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
What invention increased cotton production?
Cotton gin
What battle ended the Revolutionary War?
Yorktown
Who invented the telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
What encouraged European exploration?
Renaissance lerning, trade, and Christianity
What battle was the turning point of the Civil War?
Gettysburg
The Great Awakening
What did "taxation without representation" mean?
Colonists were taxed without representation in Parliament.
What was Manifest Destiny?
Belief the US should expand westward.
What did the Bessemer Process improve?
Steel production
What was the first permanent English colony?
What caused the Civil War?
Slavery and states' rights.
What was the goal of Progressivism?
Government and social reform
What was the Mayflower Compact?
An agreement for self-government
Why were the Articles of Confederation weak?
The national government had little power.
What are the first ten amendments called?
Bill of Rights
What battle was the turning point of the war?
Saratoga
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
Freed slaves in Confederate states.
Who explored the Louisiana Territory?
Lewis and Clark
What is capitalism?
Private ownership and competition.
What doubled the size of the United States?
Louisiana Purchase
Which amendment gave women the right to vote?
19th Amendment