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This was the "lost" British colony, mysteriously vanished when explorers left the land
Roanoke
This was a conflict between Great Britain and France, along with their respective Native American allies, for control of North America between 1754 and 1763
French-Indian War
This was the first navigable waterway connecting the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes, vastly reducing the costs of transporting people and goods across the Appalachians
Erie Canal
This famous pre-Civil War book is is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Uncle Toms Cabin
He was the wealthy steel tycoon based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a key figure in the Gilded Age
Andrew Carnegie
This was the main disease spread into native tribes by the European colonists
Smallpox
In the Articles of Confederation, these were the people (the group) who supported a strong central government, a government able to tax the states.
Federalists
This was a U.S. foreign policy statement that opposed European colonization and interference in the Western Hemisphere
Monroe Doctrine
He was the abolitionist who attempted to arm slaves in the south for a violent rebellion to overthrow their masters.
John Brown
He was the well-known oil monopolist, who used vertical and horizontal integration to accumulate his wealth.
John Rockefeller
This famous war was between the Wampanoag tribe (led by Metacom) tribe and English Colonists.
King Philips War.
This was a rebellion of western Massachusetts farmers against high taxes and debt collection practices in the late 1780s
Shay's Rebellion
This document laid the foundation for the women's suffrage movement in the United States. It declared that "all men and women are created equal"
Declaration of Sentiments
This agreement was California's admission as a free state, the Fugitive Slave Act, and the organization of Utah and New Mexico territories, allowing them to decide on slavery through popular sovereignty.
Compromise of 1850
This was a series of federal laws passed between 1862 and 1916 that granted 160-acre parcels of public land to American citizens and immigrants willing to settle and farm the land.
Homestead Acts
He wrote about America becoming an example for the rest of the world in his speech "City Upon a Hill"
John Winthrop
This was an unofficial British policy from the late 1600s to the mid-1700s, where the British government relaxed enforcement of trade laws and regulations on its North American colonies
Salutary Neglect
This man argued that slavery was a "positive good," asserting it was beneficial for both the slaveholding South and the enslaved people
John Calhoun
These were the laws enacted in Southern states immediately after the Civil War that severely restricted the rights of African Americans and aimed to maintain the status quo of white supremacy
Black Codes
This was a major labor dispute in 1894 that disrupted the national rail network and ultimately led to federal intervention.
Pullman Strike
This is an uprising in the Virginia colony in 1676, stemming from a perceived failure of the government to protect settlers from Native American raids.
Bacon's Rebellion
This was a group of colonial patriots who organized resistance against British policies and laws, particularly the Stamp Act and later the Tea Act.
Sons of Liberty
This period represents the shift from subsistence farming economy to industrialization; communication and transportation advancements.
Market Revolution
This famous slave uprising was a direct response to the brutal conditions of slavery and sparked widespread panic among Southern slave owners.
Nat Turner's Rebellion
This was a US federal law passed in 1887 that aimed to break up tribal lands into individual allotments for Native Americans. The goal was to encourage assimilation by turning Native Americans into independent farmers and ranchers.
Dawes Act