Slavery
What is Slavery
The system that forced Africans into labor on plantations in the Americas.
This country fought against the American colonists during the Revolution
The UK
Millions of immigrants entered the United States through this famous station in New York Harbor.
What is Ellis Island
This movement emphasized reason, science, and natural rights.
Enlightenment
What is cotton
Cash crop became the foundation of the Southern economy in the 1800s
This document declared the colonies independent in 1776
Decleration of Independence
This term describes fear or hostility toward immigrants
What is nativism
This philosopher believed people had natural rights to life, liberty, and property.
John Locke
What is the Underground Railroad
Enslaved people used this network of secret routes and safe houses to escape to freedom
Colonists protested this famous tax by dumping tea into Boston Harbor.
Tea Act
This group of immigrants faced discrimination during the California Gold Rush and railroad expansion.
Chinese immigrants
This French thinker believed in separation of powers in government
Montesquieu
This president issued the Emancipation Proclamation during the Civil War
Abraham Lincoln
This phrase summarized colonial anger over British taxes
No taxation without representation
This law banned Chinese laborers from immigrating to the United States in 1882
Chinese Exclusion Act
Enlightenment ideas strongly influenced this major American document written in 1776.
Decleration of Independence