Early Americas
Revolutionary War and a New Nation
Westward Expansion
Civil War
Reconstruction
100
Name a cash crop
Tobacco, sugar cane, cotton, rice, etc.
100
In what city did colonists dress up as Native Americans and throw British tea into the harbor as an act of protest against British taxes?
Boston
100
This invention made picking the seeds out of cotton significantly easier, encouraging the country to further embrace slavery as a means of economic prosperity in the South.
The Cotton Gin
100
One of the most significant causes of the Civil War, named in South Carolina's letter of secession.
Slavery
100
What is Reconstruction?
The Reconstruction era was the period from 1865 to 1877 after the American Civil War when the southern states were readmitted to the Union. During this time, the US addressed the legacy of slavery and the rights of freed African Americans. The era was marked by constitutional amendments, new laws, and the establishment of new state governments.
200
New York is an example of a colony from which colonial region?
Middle colonies
200
What historical event which lead to the Revolutionary War does this image depict?
The Boston Massacre
200
As Americans moved Westward, many Native Americans were displaced from their territories and homes and forcefully moved onto reservations on this
The Trail of Tears, part of the larger Indian Removal Act
200
The Confederacy surrendered here and ended the Civil War after four years of fighting and conflict.
Appomattox Court House in Virginia
200
This President took over for Lincoln after his assassination and began the process of Reconstruction after the Civil War.
Andrew Johnson
300
Name an industry which was prevalent in the New England Colonies
Fishing, trading, shipbuilding, lumber
300
What is judicial review?
The power of the courts to review and invalidate actions taken by other branches of government if they are deemed unconstitutional.
300
This idea was based on the idea that it was America's "God-given" right to expand the country from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean
Manifest Destiny
300
What is the Emancipation Proclamation and what did it do?
A document issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, that declared the freedom of enslaved people in the Confederate states during the American Civil War.
300
How did the South resist Reconstruction?
Using violence and terrorism to undermine Black political power, using legal loopholes such as the Black Codes to disenfranchise freed slaves and legally enshrine racial segregation, and introducing the Sharecropping system in the South.
400
The name of the system of trade where the British colonies supplied raw materials to Europe, Europe supplied finished goods to Africa, and Africa supplied the colonies with enslaved Africans
Triangle Trade or the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
400
This pamphlet, written by Thomas Paine, was influential in the American Revolution as well as the drafting of the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution
"Common Sense"
400
This 1803 acquisition of 828,000 square miles of land from France by the United States for $15 million. The land doubled the size of the country, stretching from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and from the Gulf of Mexico to the Canadian border. The purchase included all or part of 15 modern U.S. states
The Louisiana Purchase
400
Lincoln's goal during the Civil War was to...
Preserve the Union
400
Explain the term "Carpetbagger"
A derogatory term for a Northerner who moves to the South during Reconstruction to take opportunity of economic conditions and exploit the people of the South
500
A term used to describe the Massachusetts Bay Colony, originating from John Winthrop's "A Model of Christian Charity" sermon. This term was used because other Christian societies would be viewing the Massachusetts Bay Colony as an example of Puritan morals and American identity and exceptionalism.
"City on a Hill"
500
Name the document which predates the Constitution and one of the reasons why it was replaced.
The Articles of Confederation; the Articles were replaced because they did not allow for a strong central government, Congress was unable to levy taxes, build an army, or regulate commerce. The articles were difficult to amend, the country struggled to repay its debts from the Revolutionary War, there was no executive branch, and no judicial branch.
500
A law passed in 1820 to maintain the balance of power in Congress between the number of free and slave states. This law allowed the addition of two states, one of which this law was named after.
The Missouri Compromise
500
Plan by the Union to blockade the South, weakening their economy and forcing many white southerners to flee.
The Anaconda Plan
500
What are the Reconstruction Amendments?
The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution.
13 - Abolished slavery
14 - Granted citizenship to all people born in the United States, guaranteed equal protection under the law, and prohibited states from infringing on rights like free speech
15 - Guaranteed the right to vote without discrimination based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude