Unit 1
Written by Thomas Paine, it changed Americans’ view of Britain and encouraged Independence.
What is Common Sense?
The ideal that caused Americans to move west and expand the country.
What is Manifest Destiny?
The amendment that abolished slavery and showed a shift in values.
What is the 13th amendment?
The amendment giving women the right to vote.
What is the 19th amendment?
It made religion more emotional and led to many people questioning their beliefs and their churches.
What is the Great Awakening?
The document still important today which solidified a nation and unified the social culture and ideas in the new world.
What is the Constitution?
The speech that declared slaves free in rebellious states.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
The story that symbolized populism.
What is the Wizard of Oz?
This enlightenment thinker’s ideas about natural rights influenced Thomas Jefferson who wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Who is John Locke?
They helped gain support for the Constitution and are the first 10 amendments.
What are the Bill Of Rights?
The 16th president of the United States Of America.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The idea of survival of the fittest applied to success and that the rich are superior.
What is Social Darwinism?
An event and an engraving of this event that led many Americans to depict the British as an evil nation even though no one knew who started it.
What is the Boston Massacre?
This increased diversity and immigration after a valuable resource was found.
What is the California Gold Rush?
The court case that ruled “separate but equal”.
What is Plessy vs. Ferguson?
The book written by Sinclair which led to the Meat Inspectiom Act.
What is The Jungle?
The name for the intellectual and philosophical movement where people’s beliefs changed and became more rooted in reason than tradition.
What is the Enlightenment?
It established the American value of freedom that our culture is based on since it gave individuals proper rights under the law.
What are the Bill Of Rights?
The anti-slavery novel that fueled abolition movements.
What is Unlce Tom’s Cabin?
It halted the sale of contaminated foods and medicines and called for truth in labeling.
What is the Pure Food and Drug Act?