Immediately following the Civil War, many southern states passed a series of laws limiting African Americans' rights that became known as these
What are black codes
100
This war, fought for 9 years between colonial powers in North America with the assistance of Native Americans, resulted in Great Britain dominating the North American colonies
What is The French and Indian War
100
This Supreme Court decision declared that slaves were not citizens and therefore did not have the right to sue in court.
What is Dred Scott v. Sanford.
100
The United States entered the Vietnam War to prevent communism from spreading to new areas. This was part of what foreign policy?
What is containment
100
This man rode on horseback to warn the colonial militia in Boston whether the British troops were arriving by land or by sea
Who is Paul Revere
200
This organization, set up immediately after the Civil War, provided food, shelter, and educational opportunities for former slaves and their families
What is the Freedmen's Bureau
200
The forced journey of Native Americans from southern states to the Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma) in the 1830s
What is The Trail of Tears
200
This war, fought during the presidency of James K. Polk in the 1840s, resulted in the annexation of large amounts of territory in the Southwest. This caused heated discussions about the extension of slavery into territories.
What is the Mexican-American War
200
After this supposed incident, Congress authorized President Johnson to begin sending military troops to Vietnam
What is the Gulf of Tonkin incident
200
Members of the Sons of Liberty boarded ships in a certain harbor, dumping tons of the ships' cargo into the water in protest to a tax imposed by the British. This event became known as...
What is Boston Tea Party
300
President Andrew Johnson's refusal to enforce many laws passed during Reconstruction led Congress to take this action
What is impeach him
300
As part of Westward expansion, the U.S. government encouraged Americans to shoot and kill any of these animals they saw, as they were obstructing the construction of railroads. These animals were also critical to the survival of Native Americans.
What are the buffalo
300
This law, passed as part of the Compromise of 1850, provided slaveholders a way to quickly and easily return any runaway slave back to servitude.
What is the Fugitive Slave Act
300
While the United States was fighting against the North Vietnamese army to keep communism from spreading to South Vietnam, this rebel group in South Vietnam was also attacking them
What is the Vietcong
300
Thomas Paine wrote this pamphlet in January, 1776, urging the colonists to band together and break away from the oppressive British king.
What is "Common Sense"
400
This amendment, passed after the Civil War, abolished slavery for good in the U.S.
What is the 13th Amendment
400
Native Americans were not subjected to the U.S. Constitution until 1924, when they legally were granted this
What is citizenship
400
When Northerners flocked to this territory in 1856 in order to vote on whether or not it would allow for slavery, violence erupted. The deadly crisis became nicknamed "Bleeding" this
What is Kansas
400
In 1971, these secret government documents were leaked to the New York Times, exposing that many government officials had not supported the Vietnam War from its onset.
What are the Pentagon Papers
400
The first shots of the Revolutionary War were fired at these 2 Massachusetts towns, where the colonial militia and the British army first came in to contact
What are Lexington and Concord
500
One of the main goals of this political group was to advance the political lives of African Americans by helping to pass the 15th amendment.
Who were the Radical Republicans
500
This act, passed in 1887, required Native Americans to change their lifestyles to assimilate in to mainstream American society
What is The Dawes Act
500
This term refers to the idea that the citizens of a territory should be allowed to vote on whether or not their territory would permit slavery
What is popular sovereignty
500
In what became known as this, National Guard troops fired at student protestors at a university in Ohio, killing 4 students and vastly shifting public opinion of the Vietnam War
What is the Kent State Massacre (or shootings)
500
This nation provided military aid to the colonists in support of their battle against the British