Colonial America
This is a product grown to sell
What is a Cash Crop?
This war led to the Revolutionary War
What is the French and Indian War?
This invention increased the demand for enslaved labor and caused the expansion of slavery into the western territories
What was the cotton gin?
This compromise drew a line on a map that allowed slavery in the south and prohibited slavery in the north
What was the Missouri Compromise?
This was the main cash crop grown in the Southern Colonies
What is Tobacco?
These were the battles of the Revolutionary War
What were the Battles of Lexington and Concord?
This war led to the U.S. gaining the territory of the Mexican Cession
What was the Mexican-American War?
This battle was the turning point of the Civil War
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
This was the first representative government in North America
What is the House of Burgesses?
This was the final battle of the Revolutionary War
What was the Battle of Yorktown?
This addition of land under Thomas Jefferson doubled the size of the United States
What was the Louisiana Purchase?
This organization was founded by Clara Barton during the Civil War
What is the American Red Cross?
This was the colonial region known for an economy based on trade
What were the middle colonies?
This pamphlet convinced many neutrals to join the patriots and demand independence
What was Common Sense?
This was the event in which Andrew Jackson forced Native Americans off their land in the South
The Trail of Tears
This amendment outlawed slavery in the United States
What is the 13th Amendment?
This was the economic theory that emphasized trade and motivated the creation of colonies
What is mercantilism?
Victory at this battle convinced the French to openly support the colonies in the Revolutionary War
What was the Battle of Saratoga?
This territory was purchased from England by President James K. Polk
What was the Oregon territory?
This was the period of Reconstruction known for a strict punishment of the south and several advancements for African Americans
What was Radical Reconstruction?