Early US History
This colony disappeared and their fate is still unknown
Roanoke
Who is the Declaration of Independence addressed to? (Name the person, not the country)
What tribe is native to Los Angeles? (2 possible answers)
Tongva & San Gabrielino
What law outlaws enslavement past a certain state?
The Missouri Compromise of 1820
What year did the Spanish Amerian War start & end?
1898
This colony held the Salem Witch Trials
Massachusettes
This event happened when unarmed colonialists (supposedly) threw rocks at British soldiers
The Boston Massacre
This tribe was made to march the Trail of Tears
What does the word "secede" mean?
to break away from a group or territory
What modern day state did Amerian sugar planters overthrow and take over?
Hawaii
List 2 colonies in New England
Massachusettes, Rhode Island, Conneticut, New Hampshire
This protest/revolt happened after the Stamp Act
The Boston Tea Party
This president enacted the 1830 Indian Removal Act
Andrew Jackson
What is the 14th amendment?
grants citizenship to all formerly enslaved people and anyone born on US soil
List all 3 islands taken from Spain after the Spanish American War
Puerto Rico, Guam, the Philippines
This was first permanent and successful colony of England- name the town & modern day state
Jamestown, Virginia
This set of laws sent riot police to Boston, removed their right to govern their own courts & shut down the harbor & trade
The Intolerable Acts
What food source did the nomadic plains tribes rely on?
The buffalo
What organization was created to help formerly enslaved men & women integrate into society?
The Freedmen's Bureau
What did the Foraker Act of 1900 do?
Establish a government in Puerto Rico
This was the last colony added to the original 13 and for people in debt
Georgia
What battle is Paul Revere associated with?
Battle of Lexington & Concord
This tribe had a loose alliance & government system that inspired the founding fathers
List all, the set of years that start & end of the Civil War, the year Able Lincold was shot and the start & end of Reconstruction
Civil War: 1861-1865, Abe Lincoln: 1865, Reconstruction: 1865/6-1877
What is Yellow Journalism & how did it contribute to the Spanish American War?
Sensationalized or exaggerated newspaper headlines-it made the American public wan to defend Cuba and support going to war