Colonization & Revolution STANDARDS 1-5
Had challenging relationships with the Powhatan Natives. This first permanent English settlement in North America was established by the Virginia Company in 1607.
What is Jamestown?
This 1828 tariff led John C. Calhoun to write the "South Carolina Exposition and Protest," arguing that states had the right to void federal laws they deemed unconstitutional
What is the Nullification Crisis?
Abraham Lincoln issued this after the Battle of Antietam, freeing slaves in rebelling states
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?)
These were the shantytowns built by homeless people during the Great Depression
What are Hoovervilles?
It sought to restore the system of checks and balances by requiring the President to notify Congress within 48 hours of deploying troops.
What is the War Powers Act?
The Breadbasket of the 13 colonies. Diverse, good relationship with the Indians. William Penn / Quakers.
What are the Middle Colonies?
1)Warned European powers to stay out of the Western Hemisphere. 2) Promised action against European countries if they continued to colonize in the Western Hemisphere.(2 answers needed here!)
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
What is the Roosevelt Corollary?
This Union General led the "March to the Sea" through Georgia to destroy Confederate resources.
Who is William T. Sherman?
This New Deal program was created to provide old-age pensions and unemployment insurance.
What is Social Security?
Under President Lyndon Johnson This 1964 act outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, or national origin.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
This 1763 royal decree prohibited colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?)
This term describes the 19th-century belief that the U.S. was destined to expand to the Pacific Ocean.
What is Manifest Destiny?)
This amendment abolished slavery throughout the entire United States
What is the 13th Amendment?)
This 1917 telegram from Germany to Mexico, intercepted by the British, was a primary catalyst for the U.S. abandoning its policy of neutrality during WWI.
What is the Zimmermann Telegram?
This 1968 event in Vietnam led many Americans to believe the war was unwinnable.
What is the Tet Offensive?
Thomas Paine wrote this pamphlet to convince neutral colonists to support independence from Britain.
What is Common Sense?
This 1848 meeting in New York is considered the start of the organized women's rights movement.
What is the Seneca Falls Conference?
This federal agency was created to help former slaves and poor whites with food, clothing, and education. Morehouse College
What is the Freedmen’s Bureau?)
This secret project was responsible for the development of the atomic bomb. President Truman used this on Hiroshima & Nagasaki
What is the Manhattan Project?
This 1970s scandal led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon.
What is Watergate?
This 1787 law established under the Articles of Confederation the method by which new territories would be admitted to the Union as states.
What is the Northwest Ordinance?)
This compromise included a stricter Fugitive Slave Act and admitted California as a free state
What is the Compromise of 1850?
Often called the "last battle of the Civil War," this 1877 political agreement effectively ended Reconstruction by removing federal troops from the South
What is the Compromise of 1877?
This policy aimed to stop the spread of communism during the Cold War.
What is Containment?
This 1978 agreement, brokered by Georgia Jimmy Carter, brought peace between Egypt and Israel
What are the Camp David Accords?