Founding of the Nation
This document announced America's independence from Britain in 1776.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
He was President of the United States during the Civil War.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This was the belief that the U.S. was destined to expand across North America.
What is Manifest Destiny?
This revolution introduced machines and factories to the American economy.
What is the industrial Revolution?
this was the global conflict for 1914-1918 involving trench warfare.
What is World War I
He was primary author of the Declaration of independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
What is the Emancipation Proclamation
This 1803 land deal doubled the size of the United States.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
immigrants arriving at this New York location were inspected before entering the U.S.
What is Ellis Island?
the 1929 crash of this led to the Great Depression.
What is the stock market?
The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution are called this.
What is Bill of Rights?
This was the first battle of the Civil War.
What is the Battle of Fort Sumter?
This group of explorers charted the new territory gained from France.
Who are Lewis and Clark?
This inventor is known for the light bulb and phonograph.
This 1941 attack led the U,S, to enter World War II.
What is Pearl Harbor?
This 1781 document was the first constitution of the U.S., later replaced by the current one.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
After the war, this period focused on rebuilding the South and integrating freed slaves.
What is Reconstruction?
This forced relocation of Native Americans from the Southeast is known as what?
What is the Trail of Tears?
This Scottish American industrialist made a fortune in steel and donated a lot of it.
This 1960s movement sought to end racial segregation and discrimination.
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
This compromise created a two-house Congress during the Constitutional Convention.
What is the Great Compromise?
This Group used violence and intimidation to oppose Reconstruction and suppress Black Americans.
What is the Ku Klux Klan?
This 1862 law gave settlers free land in the West.
What is the Homestead Act?
These were overcrowded, unsanitary apartment buildings where many immigrants lived.
This Cold War conflict in Southeast Asia ended with U.S. withdrawal in 1973.
What is the Vietnam War?