Colonies to Constitution
The Constitutional Convention decided how enslaved people would be counted for representation in Congress with this deal.
Three-Fifths Compromise
The purchase of this Territory doubled the size of the U.S. in 1803, and gave U.S. control over the port of New Orleans for international.
Louisiana Territory
Just days after the end of the Civil War, president Lincoln was assassinated by this man at Ford's Theater in Washington, DC.
John Wilkes Booth
Between 1892 and 1924, over 12 million European immigrants were processed through this station in New York Harbor.
Ellis Island
The United States entered this conflict following the attack on the military base at Pearl Harbor Hawaii in December 1941.
World War II
Many died of starvation, disease, and cold at this Pennsylvania camp during the Revolutionary War, before regrouping under the leadership of General Washington and Baron von Steuben.
Valley Forge
The capture and impressment of American merchant ships by the British Navy was a main cause of this early 19th century conflict.
War of 1812
This Union victory was the deadliest battle of the Civil War with over 51,000 killed over three days, and marked a turning point in the Civil War.
Battle of Gettysburg
A company with exclusive control of a product or service within an industry is called a
Monopoly
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s famed "I Have a Dream" speech was given during what 1963 event?
March on Washington
After the French and Indian War, this upset many colonists because it prevented them from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
Proclamation of 1763
President Andrew Jackson signed this into law in 1830, forcing thousands of Native Americans to leave their land and march west along the Trail of Tears.
Indian Removal Act
This first Civil War battle in Union territory became the deadliest ONE-DAY battle in U.S. history with over 26,000 casualties.
Antietam
THIS 1882 law targeted a specific group of immigrants following the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad.
Chinese Exclusion Act
Hundreds of thousands of Americans fought and died in this southeast Asian country as part of an effort to stop the spread of communism during the Cold War.
Vietnam
The sea voyage of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic as part of the Triangular trade was known as this.
The Middle Passage
California was admitted to the union as a Free State, while the Fugitive Slave Act was passed as part of this deal.
Compromise of 1850
This government organization was established in 1865 to assist newly emancipated black Americans in the south during Reconstruction.
Freedmen's Bureau
This massacre resulted in approximately 300 Sioux being killed, with almost half being women and children.
Wounded Knee
The Manhattan Project eventually produced this weapon, which would swiftly bring about Japanese surrender and an end to World War II.
Atomic bomb
This colonial region was primarily established by British colonists seeking religious freedom.
New England
After Andrew Jackson and Congress passed tariffs to protect American manufacturing, backlash from South Carolina and the resignation of the Vice President resulted during this event.
Nullification Crisis
On the verge of Union victory, Lincoln gave this speech, declaring the U.S. must not longer benefit from slavery, while urging northerners not to take revenge on southerners.
Second Inaugural Address
The De Lome Letter, sinking of the USS Maine, and "Yellow Journalism" were all causes of what conflict at the end of the 19th century?
Spanish-American War
This scandal resulted in the resignation of President Richard Nixon after it was found he ordered a break-in of the Democratic National Committee headquarters.
Watergate