Unit 1
This colony, once under Dutch rule and renamed after taken by England, was well known for its highly valuable deep ports.
New York
This battle is significant within the Revolutionary War because not only did it end in a British surrender, after they were cornered by the Continental Army and French troops, but also because it marked the end of the entire war.
Battle of Yorktown
This event resulted in the United States gaining the land that would become California.
Mexican-American War
Well before the Civil War, this event signified that South Carolina felt that they had the power to ignore federal law if they felt it did not serve them.
Nullification Crisis
This was unhealthy and dangerous during the 2nd Industrial Revolution
This connected the East Coast to the West Coast for efficient transportation.
Transcontinental Railroad
DAILY DOUBLE!
During this event (1), which saw debates over the creation of the constitution, these two groups (2 and 3) mainly disagreed over which level of government would hold more power - national or state.
(1) Constitutional Convention
(2 and 3) Federalists and Anti-Federalists
This president hired Lewis and Clarke to explore the unknown land provided by the Louisiana Purchase, resulting in a heightened encouragement of westward expansion.
Thomas Jefferson
Jamestown was a large success due to this crop
tobacco
The settlers of this colonial region mainly cared about religious freedom after being persecuted in England.
New England colonies
This event (1) provided the US with the largest amount of land gained in the country's history.
Louisiana Purchase
This political idea allowed territories to hold a vote to see if settlers wanted slavery to be permitted in the new state or not.
Popular Sovereignty
The people who exposed problems that were currently happening in American society, especially within business practices.
Muckrakers
Native resistance to US government ended when this massacre of nearly 300 Lakota people took place in the Great Plains in 1890.
Battle of Wounded Knee
After this event, Americans realized that the national government was no longer weak, and if they were to have opinions/concerns, they would need to voice them to their congressional representatives instead of fighting.
Whiskey Rebellion
This president significantly impacted political culture through his role as a "common man", and expanding voting rights to middle class males instead of just elite land owning males.
Andrew Jackson
Plantations
This event resulted in the large shift from indentured servants to the slave system for labor.
Bacon's Rebellion
The 1st Industrial Revolution saw lots of economic growth, large in part to the increase of manufacturing jobs in this particular region of the US.
The North
This document attempted to free all slaves in Confederate states during the Civil War
Emancipation Proclamation
He was the general for the Union (United States) during the Civil War and accepted the South's (Confederacy) surrender in 1865.
Ulysses S Grant
The growth of this type of business in the late 1800s created negative impacts such as a reduced amount of small businesses within certain industries, and unfair business practices.
Monopolies
This event showed Americans that the US National Government under the Articles of Confederation was too weak, and needed to be made stronger in order to be an effective government.
Shay's Rebellion
DAILY DOUBLE!
This president (1) warned against the development of political parties, however the politicians in his inner circle were already creating the nation's first political parties. Hamilton lead this party (2) and Jefferson lead this opposing party (3).
George Washington; Federalists; Democratic-Republicans
This was the main purpose behind having colonies - an economic practice to purely benefit a mother country, such as England, Spain, or France.
Mercantilism
This agreement formally ended the Revolutionary War, and granted the United States its independence from England.
Treaty of Paris 1783
The creation of this enormous project in 1825 changed New York City by solidifying the city as a major economic and financial center.
Erie Canal
Popular Sovereignty was a key aspect of the Kansas Nebraska Act, but ultimately failed when this event occurred, resulting in massive violence between proslavery and antislavery groups.
Bleeding Kansas
The first battle, or shots, of the Civil War
This author exposed the dirtiness of the US meat packing industry, which lead to passing of legislation that regulated the industry through the Food and Drug Act, and providing food labels.
Upton Sinclair
Anti-Federalists agreed to ratifying the Constitution, but only if this document was added in order to protect individual liberties from the potentially abusive use of powers by the federal government.
Bill of Rights
George Washington decided to do this when Britain and France had a conflict amongst themselves in the 1790s, and both wanted the US to support them. Washington believed that the US was too young as a country and needed time before involving itself in international affairs.
Neutrality Proclamation (declaring US as neutral)
Town meetings and the creation of this legislative group in Virginia showed that colonists were trying to set representative democracy within their colony.
House of Burgesses
Financial and military assistance through this alliance was the primary reason for the Continental Army's success in the Revolutionary War.
Franco American Alliance (France)
With the creation of the cotton gin, this region became more dependent on slavery for their agricultural economy
The South
After the Civil War, this era was needed in order to restore the country by bringing the southern states back into the Union.
Reconstruction
During the 2nd Industrial Revolution, this increased dramatically due to the vast amount of job opportunities within factories and the railroads.
Immigration
These groups help organize workers to fight for better wage and working conditions
DAILY DOUBLE!
During the Constitutional Convention, these two agreements were included to decide how the states would be represented in Congress.
Great Compromise
Three-Fifths Compromise
This president's winning 1860 election resulted in Southern states seceding from the United States, fearing that they would be forced to end their practice of slavery.
Abraham Lincoln
The settlers of this colonial region mainly cared about economic gain (making profit)
Southern colonies
This set of laws put forth by the King was in reaction to the Boston Tea Party. They severely impacted the economy of the colonies, took away self-government, and led to the First Continental Congress.
Intolerable Acts
A Social Reform of the early 19th century with leaders such as William Lloyd Garrison and Harriet Tubman.
Abolitionism
This agreement was made in attempt to resolve the expansion of slavery into the Louisiana Territory, using the 36°30° line.
Missouri Compromise
DAILY DOUBLE!
The Social Equality reform movement grew out of the results of this Supreme Court case (1) in which it was decided that segregation was legal, as long as facilities were equal in quality. This legal group (2) started to help fight these Jim Crow Laws, and continue to fight social equality issues today.
Plessy vs Ferguson; NAACP
These two Reconstruction era amendments resulted in increased individual rights for African Americans within citizenship and voting.
14th and 15th amendments
This president highly supported the Conservation movement, which sought to protect the country's natural resources by creating national parks and forests.
Theodore Roosevelt
This conflict between natives and colonists was seen as the event that solidified the colonists power over the natives. The natives were resisting the westward growth of the colonies, but the colonists ultimately won.
King Philip's War
This colonial region was created as a place of tolerance for both religion and national origin.
Middle Colonies
In 1848, the Women's Rights Movement started here
Seneca Falls Convention
FINAL JEOPARDY
How were the Presidential Reconstruction Plan and Radical Republican Reconstruction Plan similar? ONLY HINT - both plans shared TWO points
70 years after the birth of the Women's Rights Movement, the passing of this amendment expanded voting rights to women.
19th Amendment
Under this president, European nations were told to stay out of the Americas, as they would no longer have economic or political power over them. This was the first time the US set itself as a protector of the Americas.
James Monroe (Monroe Doctrine)