Presidents
The primary author of the Constitution
Who was James Madison?
The principle established in Marbury v. Madison
What is judicial review?
The economic system focused on accumulating gold and silver through trade.
What is mercantilism?
The Boston protest against British taxes where colonists dumped tea into the harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
The African kingdom known for its wealth that was ruled by Mansa Musa
What is Mali?
The signer of the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
The 1954 case that overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and ruled school segregation unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
The trade network linking Europe, Africa, and the Americas.
What is the Triangular Trade?
The pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that convinced many colonists to support independence.
What is Common Sense?
The 1882 agreement between Britain, France, and Russia that countered the Triple Alliance.
What is the Triple Entente?
The creator of the New Deal that helped America recover from the Great Depression.
Who was Franklin D. Roosevelt?
The federal institution that McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) said states could not tax.
What is the Bank of the United States?
Spanish labor system that granted colonists the right to demand tribute and forced labor from Indigenous peoples in exchange for “protection”
What is the Encomienda System?
The Haitian revolutionary leader who helped turn a slave revolt into a successful revolution against France.
Who is Toussaint L’Ouverture?
The 19th-century European movement that rejected reason and celebrated emotion, nature, and individuality.
What is Romanticism?
The candidate in 1824 whose victory was decided in the House after the “corrupt bargain.”
Who was John Quincy Adams?
The safeguard tied to the 5th Amendment made standard after Miranda v. Arizona
What is the right to remain silent?
The meeting of European powers that divided Africa with no African representation.
What is the Berlin Conference?
The violent 1793–1794 campaign that executed perceived enemies of the French Republic.
What is the Reign of Terror?
The Portuguese navigator who reached India by sailing around Africa in 1498.
Who was Vasco da Gama?
The 1840 candidate whose campaign used the slogan “Tippecanoe and Tyler Too.”
Who was William Henry Harrison?
The 2005 case that said Congress could ban locally grown marijuana under the Commerce Clause.
What is Gonzales v. Raich?
The uprising in China that targeted Christian missionaries and Western influence before being crushed by international forces (1899–1901)
What is the Boxer Rebellion?
The 1857 revolt initiated by Indian soldiers against British East India Company rule.
What is the Sepoy Rebellion (Indian Mutiny)?
The Supreme Court decisions in 1901 ruling that full constitutional rights did not automatically extend to U.S. territories.
What are the Insular Cases?