Colonial Era: 1453-1800
When did Christopher Columbus discover the United States?
1492
2 famous explorers led the expedition of the Louisiana Purchase William Clark and who?
Meriweather Lewis
What was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War?
Battle of Gettysburg
What event started the Great War (WW1)?
the assassination of the Archduke of Austria
What was the name of the Democratic Alliance during the Cold War?
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
When was the the Virginia Colony founded?
1607
Who was the Telegraph invented by?
Samuel Morse
What territory did the US acquire from Russia in 1867?
Alaska
W.E.B Du Bois helped found which organization?
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
What was the Truman Doctrine?
A plan to assist in the rebuilding of Europe
The United States established and remains what type of government?
A Constitutional Republic
The Nullification crisis occurred with this state declaring it could nullify any federal law.
South Carolina
The Native Americans were forced to become more culturally like Americans in a process known as
Assimilation
This event brought the United States into the Great War (WWI).
Zimmerman Telegram
This war, that was arguably the first global war, secured Colonial British America. What was it called?
The French-Indian War
What was the significance of the Northwest Ordinance?
Banned slavery in new territories
Which invention in 1794 boosted the profitability of slavery in the South?
Cotton Gin
Plains Native Americans were reliant on what method of food supply?
Hunter-gatherer (Buffalo)
What from America did Japan rely on in order to project power militarily?
Oil and Steel
What 3 nations made up the core of the Central Powers?
Germany, Austria-Hungary, & the Ottoman Empire
After winning the French-Indian War The British sought to ensure no further conflict with the Natives occurred by establishing an imaginary line in the Appalachian Mountains. What was this line called?
the Proclamation Line
Who wrote our national anthem, the Star Spangled Banner?
Francis Scott Key
This North Carolinian made a fortune from owning 40% of the tobacco market
James Duke
What illness killed over 600,000 Americans from 1918-1919?
The Spanish Flu
This person is responsible for the overthrow of the Hawaiian government and the Nicaraguan government.
Samuel Dole