Origins: Revolution & Constitution
Growth & Expansion
Societal Changes
Civil War
Reconstruction, Gilded and Beyond
100
How many amendments are in the Bill of Rights?
10 - the first 10 amendments of the Constitution
100
While President, Thomas Jefferson bought a large land territory from France that doubled the size of the United States, what was this called?
The Louisiana Purchase
100
What was the time period prior to the Civil War called?
Antebellum
100
What three day battle in Pennsylvania (July 1st, 2nd, 3rd 1863) is considered a turning point in the Civil War?
Battle of Gettysburg
100
What number amendments are known as the Civil War amendments as they abolished slavery, gave citizenship and voting rights?
13th, 14th, 15th
200
What river is Washington crossing on Christmas night on his way to New Jersey?
Delaware River - en route to victories at Trenton and Princeton
200
What Eli Whitney invention had unintended consequences and led to an increase in slavery?
cotton gin
200
This former slave became a leader in the abolitionist movement as he was a prominent speaker and author including in his newspaper the North Star.
Frederick Douglass
200
What book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe heightened tensions between the north and south in the United States prior to the Civil War?
Uncle Tom's Cabin, 1852
200
What set of rules/codes/laws increased segregation in the south and restricted progress for African Americans following the Civil War?
Jim Crow Laws
300
What battle that initiated the Revolutionary War featured the "shot heard round the world"?
Lexington and Concord
300
What Compromise did Congress make in 1820 to end debates over where slavery would be allowed?
Missouri Compromise
300
Where did the suffrage movement host its first women's rights convention in the United States?
Seneca Falls
300
Who did President Abraham Lincoln announce on January 1st, 1863 that set all slaves in rebellion states free?
Emancipation Proclamation
300
What national park was established in 1872, making it the first national park in the United States?
Yellowstone
400
What original United States government frameworks (laws) were replaced by the Constitution?
Articles of Confederation
400
"Remember the Alamo" was the rallying cry following the Battle of the Alamo, where did this battle take place (city and state)?
San Antonio, Texas
400
Issues in urban areas led to an increase in religious activities in the late 18th century and early 19th century, what was this revitalization called?
Second Great Awakening
400
Where did the MA 54th Infantry Regiment launch their famous attack that increased the confidence in black soldiers?
South Carolina, Fort Wagner
400
Who was the immigrant photographer and author that highlighted the poor living conditions in urban areas, such as tenement housing?
Jacob Riis
500
Who represented the British soldiers in the trial following the Boston Massacre?
John Adams
500
The ______________ Doctrine set the United States foreign policy which opposed European colonialism and considered interventions in United States affairs a hostile act.
Monroe
500
What did Dorothea Dix focus on reforming?
prisons
500
Who did President Lincoln debate (Illinois, 1858) in a state senator election?
Stephen Douglas
500
The yellow journalism of Pulitzer and Hearst included coverage of this event in the Havana, Cuba harbor which contributed to the start of the Spanish-American War.
sinking of the USS Maine