Revolution & Constitution
Baron von Steuben and Marquis de Lafayette helped train troops at this crucial winter encampment
What is Valley Forge?
This oil tycoon created the Standard Oil monopoly
What is John D. Rockefeller?
The economic system where colonies existed to benefit the mother country
What is mercantilism?
This first major battle of the Civil War began at Fort Sumter in South Carolina
What is the Battle of Fort Sumter?
This 1803 land deal with France doubled the size of the United States
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This document, written by Thomas Jefferson, formally declared independence from Britain
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This immigrant processing center opened in New York Harbor in 1892
What is Ellis Island?
This Virginia settlement became the first permanent English colony in America
What is Jamestown?
This 1863 document freed slaves in Confederate states
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This 1823 foreign policy statement warned European powers against further colonization in the Americas
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
This rebellion in Massachusetts highlighted the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
What is Shays' Rebellion?
This 1896 Supreme Court case legalized "separate but equal" segregation
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
These self-governing documents developed in Connecticut were considered America's first written constitution
What are the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?
These post-Civil War laws restricted African American rights in the South
What are the Black Codes?
This Native American removal policy under Jackson led to the Trail of Tears
What is the Indian Removal Act?
This series of essays written by Hamilton, Madison, and Jay supported ratification of the Constitution
What are the Federalist Papers?
These reform-minded journalists were known for exposing corruption and social problems
Who are the muckrakers
This 1675-1676 conflict between colonists and Native Americans in New England devastated both sides
What was King Philip's War?
This organization was established to help former slaves and poor whites after the Civil War
What is the Freedmen's Bureau?
This economic plan by Henry Clay included tariffs, banking, and internal improvements
What is the American System?
This 1787 compromise determined how states would be represented in Congress
What is the Great Compromise?
This 1918 statement outlined Wilson's vision for post-WWI peace
What are the Fourteen Points?
This 1676 uprising by Virginia colonists against Native Americans and colonial government showed growing tensions
What was Bacon's Rebellion?
This 1877 political deal effectively ended Reconstruction
What is the Compromise of 1877?
This 1820 agreement admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state
What is the Missouri Compromise?