Foundings
This document, written primarily by Thomas Jefferson, was signed on July 4, 1776.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Who is George Washington?
This document set up a new form of government based on the principles of checks & balances and the separation of powers.
What is the U.S. Constitution?
This war began with the Battle of Lexington and Concord. It was a fight for independence.
What is the Revolutionary War?
What is the Civil War?
This European country originally settled Northeastern Canada and much of the American Middle West.
What is France?
This president led the country through the War of 1812. He also wrote much of the Constitution.
Who is James Madison?
This road and water alternative allowed for the transportation of goods and people at fast speeds and large distances.
What is the railroad?
This war was between two European countries and its American colonies. Washington first made a name for himself here.
What is the French & Indian War?
What is Reconstruction?
What is Jamestown?
This American founding document was in effect after the Revolutionary War. It did not provide for a strong executive nor for the national government to collect taxes.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
This aquatic form of infrastructure caused the rise of New York City as a major port city and made the American Middle West open to trade.
What is a canal?
This re-match solidified that the United States was an independent nation.
What is the War of 1812?
These colonial taxes were placed on American colonists, considered to be unacceptable and violating of their rights as Englishmen.
What are the Intolerable Acts? (Other acceptable answers include: Townshend, Stamp, etc.)
During the 1860s, this person performed a 'moral refounding' of the country by centering the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This man was never president. However, he is part of a long tradition of political compromises that saved the young Republic, including the Compromise of 1820.
Who is Henry Clay?
This device allowed for rapid communication. It is an early version of the text message.
What is the telegraph?
This rebellion demonstrated that the new American government was stronger than its previous version.
What is the Whiskey Rebellion?
This president began what is called the 'Politics of the Common Man.' He also was a war hero.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
This other English colony was founded in 1620. The colonists came to the Americas in search of religious liberty.
What is the Massachusetts Bay Colony? (Pilgrims, Puritans also acceptable)
This president is an alumnus of Bowdoin College. Also, He viewed the abolitionists as the leading threat to the Union and signed the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
Who is Franklin Pierce?
This form of power meant vehicles were not dependent on streams or wind. It also allowed for new speeds.
What is steam power?
This 'teaching' declared that the Americas were closed to Europe and under the sphere of influence of the United States.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
This period around 1820 was a time when the country seemed to be united, but wasn't really.
What is the Era of Good Feelings?