Early America
This settlement, established in 1607, was the first permanent English colony in America.
What is Jamestown?
This president issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This era saw a shift from agrarian economies to industrial manufacturing.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
This event in 1914 triggered World War I.
What is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
This 1954 Supreme Court case declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This document, signed in 1776, declared the American colonies' independence from Britain.
This war, fought from 1861 to 1865, determined the fate of the Union and slavery.
What is the Civil War?
This 1848 discovery led to a massive influx of settlers to California.
What is the Gold Rush?
This 1941 attack led the U.S. to enter World War II.
What is Pearl Harbor?
This civil rights leader delivered the famous "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
This war, fought from 1754 to 1763, was part of the larger Seven Years' War and set the stage for American independence.
These laws were enacted in the South to restrict the freedom of African Americans after the Civil War.
What are the Black Codes?
This concept justified American territorial expansion across North America in the 19th century.
What is Manifest Destiny?
This war from 1950-1953 ended with Korea remaining divided at the 38th parallel.
What is the Korean War?
This amendment, ratified in 1920, granted women the right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment?
This purchase in 1803 doubled the size of the United States
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This period from 1865 to 1877 aimed to rebuild the South and integrate freed slaves into society.
What is Reconstruction?
This war in 1846-1848 resulted in the U.S. acquiring territories in the modern-day southwestern United States.
What is the Mexican-American War?
This 1964 resolution gave President Johnson authority to escalate U.S. involvement in Vietnam.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
This 1965 act aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote.
What is the Voting Rights Act?
This 1787 convention led to the creation of the U.S. Constitution.
What is the Constitutional Convention?
This amendment abolished slavery in the United States
What is the 13th Amendment?
This 1862 act encouraged Western migration by providing settlers with 160 acres of public land.
What is the Homestead Act?
This operation in 1991 liberated Kuwait from Iraqi occupation
What is Operation Desert Storm?
This 1969 event is considered the catalyst for the LGBTQ+ rights movement in the United States.
What is the Stonewall Riots?