Revolutionary War
This January 1776 pamphlet by Thomas Paine argued that breaking away from Britain was just "common sense.
What is "Common Sense"?
In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson bought this massive tract of land from France, doubling the size of the U.S.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote this highly influential 1852 anti-slavery novel that fueled abolitionist sentiment in the North
"Uncle Tom's Cabin"
Coined by writer Mark Twain, this term describes the late 19th century as glittering on the surface but corrupt underneath.
What is the Gilded Age?
The "N" in the acronym used by historians to remember the main causes of WWI stands for this extreme pride, loyalty, and devotion to one's own country.
What is Nationalism?
This 1777 New York battle is called the turning point of the war because it convinced France to join the Americans.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
This 19th-century belief held that the United States was divinely ordained to expand across the entire North American continent.
What is Manifest Destiny?
This network of secret routes and safe houses helped enslaved people escape to free states and Canada.
what is the Underground Railroad
This Scottish-American industrialist led the enormous expansion of the U.S. steel industry and became a leading philanthropist.
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
Not to be confused with the Ardennes, this heavily wooded region in northeastern France was the site of the largest WWI battle fought by the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF)
What is the Argonne Forest?
This Massachusetts woman disguised herself as a man named Robert Shurtleff to fight in the Continental Army.
Who is Deborah Sampson?
This 2,000-mile historic emigrant trail connected the Missouri River to valleys in the Pacific Northwest.
What is the Oregon Trail?
In 1857, this enslaved man lost a landmark Supreme Court case that ruled Black people were not citizens and could not sue.
Who is Dred Scott?
This Scottish-American industrialist led the enormous expansion of the U.S. steel industry and became a leading philanthropist.
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
Hostilities on the Western Front formally ceased on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of this year, which is now commemorated as Armistice Day or Veterans Day.
What is 1918?
This Prussian military officer trained George Washington's tired troops at Valley Forge, turning them into a professional army.
Who is Baron von Steuben?
Signed in 1848, this treaty ended the Mexican-American War and ceded over 500,000 square miles of land to the U.S.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
This radical abolitionist led a famous 1859 raid on a federal armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, hoping to start a slave revolt.
Who is John Brown?
This legendary New York City political machine was famously run by the corrupt William "Boss" Tweed during the late 1800s.
What is Tammany Hall?
This sweeping peace plan was proposed by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson, advocating for open diplomacy, free trade, and the creation of an association of nations.
This female political writer and playwright used satire to mock British authorities and was a close advisor to John Adams.
Who is Mercy Otis Warren?
This 1853 agreement with Mexico secured land in present-day Arizona and New Mexico to build a southern transcontinental railroad.
What is the Gadsden Purchase?
This 1820 legislation maintained the balance of power by admitting Maine as a free state and a namesake territory as a slave state.
What is the Missouri Compromise
Opening in 1892, this famous New York harbor island served as the busiest federal immigrant inspection station in the nation.
What is Ellis Island?
This was the nickname given to the roughly 2 million American soldiers and infantrymen who deployed to Europe to fight alongside the Allied Powers.
Who are doughboys?