Unit
1 & 2
1 & 2
During what event did the Son's of Liberty vandalize and destroy British products in order to protest taxes?
Boston Tea Party
What was the name of the United States original government document? Hint: Not Consititution
Name 1 reason why Americans began move "West"
Gold Rush
Land
Work
Escape Cities
New Life
Name one of the many reforms made to the United States during the Progressive Era.
Labor
Education
Prison
Mental Health
Political
What Civil Rights Leader encouraged non-violent protests like sit ins and boycotts?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Name one of the original Colonies. (Hint: not the state names, the name of the town's)
Plymouth Rock
Jamestown
Roanoke
What was Thomas Jefferson's "Big Boi Purchase"? Who did he buy it from?
The Louisiana Purchase from the French
What was the main cause of the Civil War?
Disagreements over slavery and state's rights.
Name one of the Robber Barons. Bonus points if you can name the industry they controlled.
Ford- Cars
Rockefeller- Oil
Carnegie- Steel
Morgan- Banks/Railroad
Vanderbilt- Transportation
The intentional separation of people based on their race and the color of their skin.
Segregation
What war did future president George Washington participate in on the side of the British before the American Revolution?
French and Indian War
Who was our 3rd president?
Thomas Jefferson
What does "emancipation" mean?
Freeing someone from enslavement
Name of the island in NYC where the majority of European immigrants traveled through.
Ellis Island
Name of the first 10 amendments of the constituion all based on civil rights.
Bill of Rights
What is it called when a colony is forced to trade with their Mother Country (Example: The American Colonies were forced to trade with Great Britain)
Mercantilism
What was the name of the compromise that only counted a certain percentage of the slave population in the states?
The 3/5th Compromise
What is sectionalism?
Prohibition
18th Amendment
Name of the painting created by John Gast that modeled "Manifest Destiny" witha huge angel walking across North America.
American Progress
Who sketched the famous painting of British soldiers firing into a crowd of American Colonists known as the Boston Massacre?
Paul Revere
What was the name of the 2 plans that eventually lead to the creation of the Senate and House of Representatives? Hint: 1 based on population, 1 based on equal representation.
New Jersey Plan & Virginia Plan
What President passed the Indian Removal Act?
Andrew Jackson
Name of the document created at Seneca Falls in the attempt to earn equal rights for women in the United States. Hint: It was modeled after the Declaration of Independence.
Declaration of Sentiments
What does the phrase "No taxation without representation" mean?