European Exploration
Columbus convinced the King and Queen of Spain to commission ships in an effort to ....
Find a short cut to Asia in search of gold and spices
The early British colonies relied heavily on cash crops to survive
Southern Colonies
France created an alliance with Native American tribes to gain an advantage in trapping, this led to the
French and Indian War
As a result of a successful slave revolt in Haiti, the United States doubled in size because of the....
Louisiana Purchase
These men accumulated enormous wealth during the Industrial Revolution and were often referred to as
Robber Barrons
As a result of Spains success, France was able to to establish colonies here.
Canada
These early settlers left England to escape religious intolerance.
Puritans and Quakers
As a result of the French and Indian war Great Britain responded by...
Raising taxes
The belief that God wanted the United States to stretch from the Atlantic to the Pacific is also known as...
Manifest Destiny
_______________ fought for the rights of workers wages and working conditions
Labor Unions
The exchange of language, foods, animals and disease is also known as ....
The Columbian Exchange
The first British colony founded in the New world was.
Jamestown
As the debate over the Constitution grew, ______________ wanted a strong federal Government
Federalist
As the United States grew the debate of _____________ grew because some states believed that it was wrong and immoral.
Slavery
In an effort to keep more of these people from immigrating to the United States, after they helped build the railroads the United States government passed the
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1850
Hernand Cortez a Spanish explorer conquered this group of people with the help of disease and iron weapons
Aztecs
The Salem Witch trials persecuted mostly young girls for what some thought was devil worship. This took place in which British Colony
New England Colony
___________________ insisted that the Constitution have a Bill of Rights to protect the citizens from abuses from the federal government
Anti Federalist
This Supreme Court case said that African Americans had no rights that white people had to respect, which strengthened the cause of pro slavery groups in the south.
Dredd Scott v. Stanford
Historians refer to this time period as the ___________ because from far away it looked great but up close it was terrible.
Gilded Age
Europeans were desperate for __________ because it served as a good preservative.
Spices
King George was upset with the New England colony because they attempted to self govern with the creation of the....
Mayflower Compact
______________ failed because the federal government was too weak and could not respond to Daniel Shays Rebellion
Articles of Confederation
Abraham Lincoln's election to the presidency triggered....
South Carolina succession
In an attempt to keep wealthy men from creating monopolies that limited competition the government signed the....
Sherman Anti Trust Act