Pre-Colonization
This was the event in which women were accused of witchcraft
What is the Salem Witch Trials
This document declared America free
What is the declaration of Independence
This war was fought after the British continued to impress Americans on ships
What is the War of 1812
This Antebellum Era movement promoted the idea of no longer having alcohol in America
What is the temperance movement
This amendment outlawed slavery
What is the 13th amendment
This was when people had to serve as slaves for 7 years as compensation for the trip from Europe to America
What is indentured servitude
This was the first version of the structure of the government, later altered after Bacon's Rebellion
What are the Articles of Confederation
This president purchased the Louisiana Territory for $15 M !
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This was the idea that Americans were destined to have the land from the East coast to the west coast (sea to sea!)
What is the Manifest Destiny
Land tenancy agreement, owned by a white family, farm it, pay for occupancy with a share of the crop.
What is sharecropping?
This was the part of the triangular trade where slaves went from Africa to the West Indies
What is the Middle Passage
This is the document created that set up the laws & rights in the United States - still exists today.
What is the Constitution?
This president issued the doctrine that affirmed that the US would not get involved in European Affairs and asked Europe to leave the Western Hemisphere alone
Who is James Monroe
This was the event in the Civil War in which Sherman burned much of the land between Atlanta and Savannah
What is Sherman's March to sea
This bureau was created to assist newly freed people with reuniting with families and providing food/shelter.
What is the Freedman's Bureau
This tribe greeted Columbus when he arrived in the new world
Who are the Taino tribe
This group, led by Sam Adams, led to the Boston Tea Party
What are the Sons of Liberty?
This person lost the election of 1824 through a corrupt bargain.
Who is Andrew Jackson
This president followed Lincoln, after he was assassinated and was later impeached
Who is Andrew Johnson
Reconstruction ended as a result of the election of this president
Who is the Rutherford B Hayes
This group came to the New England region for religious freedom
What is the Puritans or Pilgrims
These were the men who organized prior to the start of the Revolutionary War, and were able to come away with a win during the battle of Concord.
What are minutemen
Native Americans were forced off of their land as a result of this act
What is the Indian Removal Act
This was issued by Lincoln following the battle of Antietam
What is the Emancipation Proclamation
The leader of the Radical Republicans who pushed for reconstrution
Who is Thaddeus Stevens?