Foundations of Government
This 1787 meeting in Philadelphia was held to address the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
What is the Constitutional Convention?
This state was the first to secede from the Union after the election of 1860.
What is South Carolina?
On December 7, 1941, an attack on this naval base prompted the U.S. to enter WWII.
What is Pearl Harbor?
Established in 1607, this was the first permanent English settlement in North America.
What is Jamestown?
He broke the "color barrier" in Major League Baseball.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
He presided over the Constitutional Convention as its chairman.
Who is George Washington?
The first shots of the Civil War were fired at this coastal fortification.
What is Fort Sumter?
These two Japanese cities were the targets of atomic bombs to end World War II.
What are Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
These two nations were the primary combatants in the French and Indian War.
Who are Britain and France?
This woman sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott by refusing to give up her seat
Who is Rosa Parks?
This agreement settled how states would be represented in Congress.
What is the Great Compromise?
This 1863 document declared slaves in rebelling states to be free.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This era was defined by military competition and high tension between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.
What is the Cold War?
He was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
These two men led the "Corps of Discovery" through the Louisiana Territory.
Who are Meriwether Lewis and William Clark?
These first ten amendments to the Constitution guarantee individual liberties
What is the Bill of Rights?
This three-day battle in Pennsylvania is considered the major "turning point" of the war.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
In 1957, the USSR launched this first-ever artificial satellite.
What is Sputnik?
This philosophical movement emphasized natural law and reason over tradition.
What is the Enlightenment?
This Cherokee man is famous for inventing his people's syllabary.
Who is Sequoyah?
This term describes the power of the courts to determine if a law is constitutional.
What is Judicial Review?
This 1857 Supreme Court decision stated that Black people were not citizens and had no rights in court.
What is the Dred Scott case (or Dred Scott v. Sandford)?
This Supreme Court case declared that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This economic policy focused on a nation's wealth through trade and colonial resources.
What is Mercantilism?
This general, and later President, won the Battle of New Orleans.
Who is Andrew Jackson?