Colonization
Revolution
The New Nation
Westward Expansion
Civil War
100
What was the primary crop grown in the Southern Colonies?
Tobacco
100
What was the name of the event when colonists protested a tax on tea by dumping it into Boston Harbor?
The Boston Tea Party
100
What land purchase doubled the size of the United States in 1803?
The Louisiana Purchase
100
What discovery in 1848 sparked a rush of settlers to California?
Gold (The Gold Rush)
100
What was the main issue that divided the North and South leading to the Civil War?
Slavery
200
What was the main reason many people came to the colonies in search of religious freedom?
Religious Freedom
200
What was the name of the event where British soldiers fired on colonial protesters in 1770?
The Boston Massacre
200
What system divides power between the federal government and the states?
Federalism
200
What invention helped speed up communication across long distances during this era?
The Telegraph
200
What amendment to the Constitution abolished slavery in the United States?
13th Amendment
300
What document established the idea of self-government in Plymouth?
The Mayflower Compact
300
What 1781 battle effectively ended the war with a British surrender?
The Battle of Yorktown
300
Which two political parties emerged in the 1790s?
The Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans
300
Which state joined the Union in 1845, leading to tensions with Mexico?
Texas
(contributed to the Mexican-American War)
300
What was Abraham Lincoln's famous speech called?
The Gettysburg Address
400
Which act passed by the British in 1765 required colonists to pay a tax on printed materials?
The Stamp Act
400
What was the name of the first constitution that governed the US during the war?
The Articles of Confederation
400
Who is known as the "Father of the Constitution"?
James Madison
400
What was the effect of the Indian Removal Act of 1830?
Forced relocation of Native Americans to lands west of the Mississippi
400
What court case in 1857 ruled that African Americans could not be U.S. citizens?
The Dred Scott Decision
500
What was the system of trade called that brought slaves to the Americas from Africa?
Triangle Trade
500
What was the main idea of "no taxation without representation"?
Colonists should not be taxed by Britain without having representatives in Parliament
500
What invention by Eli Whitney revolutionized cotton production?
The Cotton Gin
500
What term describes the belief that the U.S. was destined to expand across North America?
Manifest Destiny
500
Who was the abolitionist who led a raid on Harpers Ferry?
John Brown