American Revolution
The mostly unprovoked assault on protestors in Boston during the build up to the revolution?
What is Boston Massacre?
THe 3 G's of Spanish exploration
What is gold, god and glory?
This was the document that freed the slaves from ownership. During the Civil War.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
President of the United States 1861-1865
Abraham Lincoln
The violence that broke out in this territory over the issue of slavery.
What is Bleeding Kansas?
The dumping of tons of tea in the Boston Harbor by revolutionaries dressed as indians.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
This man died not ever knowing he had discovered America.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
The leader of the southern armies during the Civil Car.
Who is General E. Lee?
A group of states that seceded from the United States
What is the Confederacy?
The attempted revolt led by John Brown that led to his hanging at the hands of angry southerners.
What is Harper's Ferry?
The document proclaiming American independence from the crown of England.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Fishing, ship building and whaling were the major pursuits for which colonies?
What is New England?
Leader of the northern armies during the Civil War.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
Fredrick Douglas, Harriet Beecher Stowe, John Brown
What were some Abolitionists?
A tax on the stamps as well as other important documents that increased colonists anger.
What is the Stamp Act?
This group escaped the King of England's persecution to create a society tied very closely to scripture as well as a more "pure" society.
What are the Puritans?
These ships were the first attempt at a submerged war machine. Ships with thick armor plating that cruised the water very low to the surface.
What is an iron clad?
The first large scale battle of the Civil War.
What is the Battle of Bull Run or Manassas?
A system of houses, pathways and hidden passages that could lead a slave to freedom before the civil war.
What is the Underground Railroad?
A new more accurate bullet used during the American revolution.
What is a minie ball?
Slaves from Africa to America and England, raw goods to Europe and manufactured goods to Africa and America.
What is the triangular trade?
The plan that strangled the supply lines of the South during the Civil War.
What is the Anaconda Plan?
THe forced enlistment of troops to the army?
What is conscription?
In this Supreme Court ruling slaves were not allowed to be citizens of the United States.
What is the Dred Scott Decision?