Colonial America
The document that established self-government in Plymouth Colony.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
The event when colonists protested the British tax on tea.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
The principle that divides government power among branches.
What is separation of powers?
The state that seceded first from the Union.
What is South Carolina?
This economic crisis began with the stock market crash in 1929.
What is the Great Depression?
The cash crop that saved the Jamestown colony.
What is tobacco?
The pamphlet that encouraged independence from Britain, by Thomas Paine
What is Common Sense?
The first 10 amendments to the Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
The amendment that abolished slavery.
What is the 13th Amendment?
The president who led the U.S. during most of World War II.
Who is FDR?
The war between the British and French over North America.
What is the French and Indian War?
This act required colonists to provide housing and supplies to British troops.
What is the Quartering Act?
The system that allows each branch of government to limit the others.
What is checks and balances?
The speech that redefined the purpose of the Civil War.
What is the Gettysburg Address?
The policy aimed at stopping the spread of communism during the Cold War.
What is containment?
The economic system that colonies provided raw materials to the mother country.
What is mercantilism?
The document that first established the government of the United States.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
This group opposed the Constitution fearing a too-powerful federal government.
Who are the Anti-Federalists?
The policy of racial segregation and discrimination primarily in the South.
What is Jim Crow Laws?
This international organization was created after WWI to promote peace but the US did not join.
What is the League of Nations?
This 1676 rebellion was caused by settlers’ demands for protection from Native American attacks
What is Bacons Rebellion?
This treaty ended the French and Indian War and set the stage for colonial unrest.
What is the Treaty of Paris (1763)
This compromise settled how slaves would be counted for representation.
What is the three-fifths compromise?
This document promised not to interfere with slavery where it existed but prevented its expansion into new territories.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
This program, started by FDR, aimed to provide relief, recovery, and reform during the Great Depression.
What is the New Deal?