Unit 1
This explorer was the first to successfully circumnavigate the world.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
This set of the first 10 amendments to the Constitution, originally consisted of 12 proposed amendments.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This period of economic prosperity and increasing nostalgia for the days of the Revolution immediately followed the War of 1812.
What is the Era of Good Feelings?
The first battle of the Civil War occurred when Confederate soldiers attacked and captured this Union fort in South Carolina.
What is Fort Sumter?
This Northern strategy consisted of surrounding the South and choking off their supplies and trade.
What is the Anaconda Plan?
This leader of Massachusetts spoke of the colony as a "city upon a hill," referring to the colony's opportunity to serve as a model Christian community.
Who is John Winthrop?
This arrogant British general was defeated at the Battle of Saratoga.
Who is John Burgoyne?
This convention held to oppose the War of 1812, essentially killed the Federalist Party.
What is the Hartford Convention?
This idea claimed that God had sanctioned the expansion of the US westward across the whole continent.
What is Manifest Destiny?
This former senator was the President of the Confederacy.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
This crop brought success and prosperity to the Jamestown colony.
What is tobacco?
This set of essays were written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay to convince the public to support ratification of the Constitution.
What were the Federalist Papers?
This compromise, negotiated by Henry Clay in 1820, moved the issue of slavery to the back burner for a while. It was eventually declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
Andrew Jackson used this presidential power more than any other president before him, earning him the nickname "King Andrew."
What is Veto?
This Northern general was a hero of the Civil War, defeated Robert E Lee, and eventually became President of the United States.
Who is Ulysses S Grant?
This colony was established as a refuge for English Catholics in 1634.
What is Maryland?
This tax was passed by the British Parliament as a way to bail out the East India company, and sparked backlash in the colonies.
What is the Tea Act (1773)?
This term was used by Andrew Jackson to describe the way the House of Representatives chose John Quincy Adams during the election of 1824.
What is the "Corrupt Bargain"?
This proposed constitution for the Kansas Territory would have allowed slavery in the new state.
What is the Lecompton Constitution?
This Southern general surrendered at the Appomattox Courthouse in 1865.
Who is Robert E Lee?
This woman accused of witchcraft in Salem, was the first to confess and set off the famous Salem Witch Trials.
Who is Tituba?
At this battle, Patriot soldiers were told not to fire "until you see the whites of their eyes," due to the lack of ammunition available.
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
This amendment to the Constitution was added after the election of 1800, allowing for presidential tickets to be created.
What is the 12th Amendment?
This militant abolitionist led an attack on Harper's Ferry, hoping to prompt a slave revolt.
Who is John Brown?
At the site of this Union victory, President Lincoln delivered an address so short the photographer barely got a picture.
What is Battle of Gettysburg?