Colonial Era: 1400-1800
When did Christopher Columbus discover the Americas?
1492
What is Manifest Destiny?
An idea that the United States inherently deserved everything west of the Mississippi
What territory did the US acquire from Russia in 1867?
Alaska
What illness killed over 600,000 Americans from 1918-1919?
The Spanish Flu
What event started the Great War (WW1)?
the assassination of the Archduke of Austria
When was the the Virginia Colony founded?
1608
Who was the Telegraph invented by?
Samuel Morse
Which Secretary of State opened trade with China?
John Hay
What from America did Japan rely on in order to project power militarily?
Oil and Steel
What 3 nations made up the core of the Central Powers?
Germany, Austria-Hungary, & the Ottoman Empire
The United States established and remains what type of government?
A Constitutional Republic
2 famous explorers led the expedition of the Louisiana Purchase William Clark and who?
Meriweather Lewis
The Native Americans were forced to become more culturally like Americans in a process known as
Assimilation
How was the United States helping the Allies before its entry into the war?
Through Lend-Lease of equipment
This person is responsible for the overthrow of the Hawaiian government and the Nicaraguan government.
Samuel Dole
What was the significance of the Northwest Ordinance?
Banned slavery in new territories
Who wrote our national anthem, the Star Spangled Banner?
Francis Scott Key
Plains Native Americans were reliant on what method of food supply?
Hunter-gatherer (Buffalo)
What was the name of the Democratic Alliance during the Cold War?
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
The Nullification crisis occurred with this state declaring it could nullify any federal law.
South Carolina
This war, that was arguably the first global war, secured Colonial British America. What was it called?
The French-Indian War
What was the significance of the Missouri Compromise?
Maintaining balance between free and slave states
This North Carolinian made a fortune from owning 40% of the tobacco market
James Duke
What was the name of the Communist Alliance during the Cold War?
The Warsaw Pact
After winning the French-Indian War The British sought to ensure no further conflict with the Natives occurred by establishing an imaginary line in the Appalachian Mountains. What was this line called?
The Proclamation Line