APUSH Vocabulary
Trick or Treat!
Lead up to the American Revolution...
Early Governenment
Trick or Treat 2.0
100

Propaganda

What is a political tool to sway people's beliefs in one, biased direction?

100

The color a cat is associated with witches and Halloween.

Black cats.

100

Writer of the Declaration of Independence.

Who is Thomas Jefferson?

100

The right to freedom of religion, speech, protest, and press.

What is the first amendment?

100

The only mammal that can fly.

What is a bat?

200

Boston Massacre

What was the attack on colonists that was dramatized by Paul Revere?

200

What you call a male witch.

What is a warlock?

200

The "Don't Tread On Me" snake stands for...

What was the Benjamin Franklin propaganda cartoon that said if colonists do not unit, they will die?

200

This rebellion illustrated how weak the Articles of Confederation was.

What is Shay's Rebellion?

200

The 1984 Halloween song that is by Michael Jackson. 

What is Thriller?

300

French and Indian War

What was the war between the French, Natives, British, and colonists over land?

300

The right to own a gun is the ___ amendment.

What is the second amendment? 

300

Famous pamphlet written that criticized the powerful King.

What is "Common Sense"?

300

Two things that led to the downfall of the Articles of Confederation.

What is no national bank (inability to collect money) and lack of an army?

300
The ________ were a name for the British soldiers based on a color.

What are the redcoats?

400

Virginia Plan

What is the representation based on state population (Favoring slave states)?

400

The popular movie franchise based on a crazy clown who attacks people.

What is the Terrifier movies? 

400

The term for what the British were doing when they ignored the colonies.

What is salutary neglect?

400
The type of government the colonists wanted to avoid when drafting a new government.

What is monarchy?

400

The 3rd amendment banning on a group of people staying in a house without an invitation.

What is the "quartering" amendment aka soldiers cannot stay in your house without permission?

500

New Jersey Plan

What is the representative plan that favored small states with a smaller population?

500

The average amount an American family spends on Halloween candy.

What is $164?

500
The writer of Common Sense.

Who is Thomas Paine?

500

What the writers of the constitution were debating about adding to the constitution.

What is the Bill of Rights?

500

The movie called The _________ Before Christmas.

What is Nightmare?

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