Colonial & Revolutionary America
This economic activity was key in the Southern colonies, especially in areas like Virginia and the Carolinas.
Cash crop farming
This movement sought to end slavery in the United States.
Abolition
This belief that the U.S. was meant to expand across the continent guided 19th-century policy.
Manifest Destiny
This amendment ensured all people born in the U.S. had full citizenship.
14th Amendment
This federal law encouraged western settlement by offering 160 acres of free land.
Homestead Act
After this 18th-century war, British efforts to stop colonial migration west of the Appalachians caused resentment.
French and Indian War
He believed schools were essential for preparing citizens for democracy.
Horace Mann
The U.S. gained California and New Mexico after defeating this nation in war.
Mexico
This labor system kept many freedmen economically dependent on former slaveowners.
sharecropping
These two industrial leaders of steel and oil industries defended their fortunes using the idea of “survival of the fittest.”
Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller
This 1754 image urged colonists to unite for mutual strength and defense.
"Join, or Die"
Held in New York in 1848, this gathering marked a major step for women’s rights.
Seneca Falls Convention
This 1854 law reopened the slavery debate by allowing settlers to vote on it
Kansas-Nebraska Act
This Supreme Court ruling legalized segregation under “separate but equal.”
Plessy v. Ferguson
This philosophy justified the success of the wealthy by claiming they were naturally superior.
Social Darwinism
Signed aboard a ship in 1620, this agreement laid the foundation for self-rule in Plymouth.
Mayflower Compact
This novel depicted the brutal reality of slavery, influencing many in the North.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
At the start of the Civil War, Lincoln’s top priority was this.
Preserving the Union
These amendments were meant to secure freedom and equality for African Americans after the Civil War.
13th and 14th Amendments
Roosevelt’s presidency included this major effort to break up corporate monopolies.
trustbusting under the Sherman Anti-Trust Act
This 1765 colonial argument stated that only elected representatives could impose taxes on citizens.
Stamp Act Resolves
Many factory workers in New England, especially young women, protested due to these difficult conditions.
Low wages and unsafe environments
This African American unit earned fame for its valor in battle despite discrimination.
Massachusetts 54th Regiment
Despite legal protections, African Americans were still segregated in public areas. How was this legal?
Jim Crow Laws
This slogan summed up laborers’ demand for a balanced daily schedule.
"Eight hours for work, eight for rest, and eight for what we will”