Colonial Foundations (1607– 1763)
The colonizers who came to North America in the 1600s came from which continent?
What is Europe
A war between the French and the British. Resulted in the colonies owing the British Empire to repay the debt of war.
What is the French and Indian War ( 7 Years War)
The war between the Southern States and North States over independence and slavery
What is the Civil War
The White supremacist group whose mission was to target African Americans and prevent their growth and success.
Who are the KKK.
The mass growth of cities and migration to those cities is known as?
The 4 countries that colonized North America ( all from Europe)
Who are the British, French, Spanish, and Dutch
The document that officially separated the Colonies from the British Empire and began the Revolutionary War.
The idea that the United States was destined to grow, it influenced westward expansion. (Louisiana Purchase, Missouri Compromise)
Manifest Destiny
The two sets of descriminatory laws that promoted segregation and limited the rights of African Americans
Black Codes
Kim Crow Laws
The cause of the Spanish-American War
The sinking of the U.S.S. Maine
The system of forced labor that was a vital component to growth of the economy and social structure of the Colonies.
What was Slavery
Name two events or policies that contributed to rising anger within the colonists towards Britian.
Proclamation of 1763, Stamp Act, Townsend Act, Tea Act, Boston Massacre
Abolotionists Movment
Womens' Rights Movment
Small plots of land around the country that were designed to limit the space and potential for success for Native Americans by the U.S. Government.
Reservations ( Nations)
President Wilsons 14 points were used to create the Treaty of Versailles. What war did this treaty end?
WW!
One of the main arguments President George Washington's farewell address
- Stay out of foreign affairs
- Do not form Political Parties
- A Strong and Unified Nation
The president who tested the limits of presidential power by implimenting the Indian Removal Act and the Trail of Tears.
Andrew Jackson
The Amendments that ended slavery, granted freedmen citizenship, and granted voting rights to African American Men
13th, 14th, 15th
Why did the United States NOT join the League of Nations
fear of being drawn into future conflicts
the difference between indentured servitude and slavery
Slavery= Forced labor, no pay, lifetime
Indentured Servitude= voluntary, little pay, for a agreed upon time
The difference ideologies of government strength between the Articles of Condederation and the Constitution
Articles- Weak federal government
Constitution- Strong federal Government
What group of people were excluded from the amendment that granted " all citizens" voting rights.
Women
What are 2 ways life in the United States changed during WWI
- Women entered the workforce
- African Americans fighting in the military
- Food and other supplies being rationed
- Men being drafted into the military