Unit 1
What was the staple crop of Southwestern native groups?
Maize
What pre-revolution conflict in the Americas put Britain in massive debt?
The French and Indian War
The belief that the US was destined by God to expand across the continent.
Manifest Destiny
Naval base bombed by Japan bringing the U.S. into WWII
Pearl Harbor
Reagan defeated this incumbent Democrat in the 1980 election
Jimmy Carter
What European disease killed an estimated 80-90% of Native Americans?
Smallpox
This act affected paper goods such as cards and newspapers.
The Stamp Act
This idea suggested that residents of a territory should vote to decide on slavery.
Popular Sovereignty
President Wilson’s plan for peace
Wilson's 14 Points
This treaty, signed by Clinton, created a free-trade zone between the U.S., Canada, and Mexico
NAFTA
What European animal transformed the lifestyle of Great Plains tribes?
Horse
What Battle was considered the turning point of the Revolutionary War?
Battle of Saratoga
This 1857 Supreme Court ruling declared that Congress could not ban slavery in the territories
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Teddy Roosevelt’s foreign policy approach
Big Stick Diplomacy
This third party candidate ran a successful campaign in the 1992 election.
Ross Perot
What was the prominent native alliance that inhabited what is now New York and Quebec was known for its democratic principals?
The Iroquois confederacy
This compromise combined the New Jersey and Virginia plans
The Great Compromise
She wrote the influential anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin in 1852
Harriet Beecher Stowe
The Great Migration during this period refers to the mass movement of African Americans to this region.
The North
A major Demographic shift saw population growth shift from the Northeast to this region
Sunbelt
What was the primary goal of Spanish colonization?
Gold, glory, and God
This act by King George was meant to prevent colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains
The Proclamation of 1763
This violent, abolitionist-led raid on a Virginia arsenal in 1859 intended to fuel a slave revolt
John Brown
FDR tried to increase the number of Supreme Court justices after they struck down his policies, a plan known as?
Court Packing
This 2000 Supreme Court case effectively decided the election in favor of George W. Bush
Bush v. Gore