Historical People
Responsible for retaliatory violence against border ruffians in Missouri in the 1850s, and led a raid in Virginia nearly a decade later.
Who is John Brown?
System of government where a person gets their power from their ruling family upon the death of their father.
What is a monarchy?
Economic system where people seek wealth to bring back to their nation and king.
What is mercantilism?
Book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that explained the injustices of slavery through the separation of a family.
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Event in American history where the 13 colonies stood in unity with Boston Massachusetts against the Coercive Acts and resulted in the creation of a new nation.
What is the American War for Independence?
What is the American Revolutionary War?
What is the American Revolution?
Abolitionist who spent their life smuggling slaves out of Maryland.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
System of government where a rich few people create the laws and customs of a civilization.
What is a Plutocracy?
What is an oligarchy?
Economic system where money is the contributing motivating factor for enterprise and innovation.
What is capitalism?
System of labor supported through the use of slavery, foreign labor and prison labor that serves as the backbone of America's economy.
What is cheap labor?
What is free labor?
Event in American history where the British colonies fought for economic supremacy in the Ohio River Valley.
What is the French and Indian War?
Politician from Kentucky who served as Speaker of the House and was behind the "Corrupt Bargain" and "Missouri Compromise."
Who is Henry Clay?
System of government used by the Athenians in ancient times to give everyday citizens the right and responsibility to vote on important societal issues.
What is (a) direct democracy?
Economic system where the citizens control the means of production and distribute wealth fairly based on contributions to society.
What is socialism?
Invention that sped up cotton production in the South and helped make cotton the king cash crop.
What is the cotton gin?
What is the spinning jenny?
Event in American history where the United States attempted to annex parts of Canada after the British and French continued to impress sailors in the Atlantic Ocean.
What is the War of 1812?
Politician from Kentucky and Illinois who fought for the ending of slavery in the western United States, and worked to re-unite the nation during the Civil War.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
System of government where citizens elect people to make decisions for them in a legislative body.
What is a republic?
Economic system where the means of production and wealth is controlled by the government, and basic needs are provided to the people.
What is communism?
Term used to describe extreme patriotic loyalty, usually at the expense of another country.
What is nationalism?
Event in American history when the Confederate States seceded and tried to create their own nation to preserve the institution of slavery.
What is the American Civil War?
Abolitionist who escaped from slavery in Maryland and dedicated his life to civil rights and addressing systemic racism.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
Rule of government where one person has absolute authority and is typically supported by the population despite abuses of power.
What is totalitarianism?
Economic system where individuals create business and control both production and market interests without government intervention.
What is free-market capitalism?
What is laissez-faire capitalism?
Term used to describe when the political and/or economic system are established in a way to where one ethnic group is favored or given an advantage over another.
What is systemic racism?
Event in American history when the United States attempted to expand its territory south of the Missouri Compromise line and resulted in the acquisition of western territory.
What is the Mexican-American War?