American Independence
This document officially severed ties between the American colonies and England.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This document was the basis of the first national government of the United States of America.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
This president issued the Indian Removal Act which resulted in the Trail of Tears.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
This invention by Eli Whitney led to a massive increase in the enslaved population during the 1800s.
What is the Cotton Gin?
When Southern states seceded in 1860-1861, they formed this "nation".
What is the Confederacy?
This was the first English settlement established in North America in 1607 by the Virginia Company of London.
What is Jamestown?
This compromise at the Constitutional Convention created the House of Representatives and Senate.
What is the Great Compromise/Connecticut Compromise?
This group was stranded in the mountains while traveling on the Oregon Trail and had to resort to cannibalism to survive.
What is the Donner Party?
What are factories?
This was the first battle of the Civil War.
What is the Battle of Bull Run?
This war (lasting from 1754-1763) was fought over territory in Ohio and led to the Revolutionary War.
What is the French and Indian War?
George Washington established a number of these, including serving two terms in office and creating a cabinet of advisors.
What are Precedents?
What is 1848? (Discovered in 1848, Gold Rush began in 1849)
This social movement sought to end slavery in the United States in the 1800s.
What is the Abolitionist Movement?
This document, issued by Abraham Lincoln in 1863, allowed Black men to enlist in the military for the first time during the Civil War.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This Son of Liberty carved a famous image of the Boston Massacre.
Who is Paul Revere?
This song was inspired by the Battle of Fort McHenry during the War of 1812.
What is the Star Spangled Banner?
What is 15 million dollars?
This amendment granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States.
What is the 14th Amendment?
This amendment officially abolished slavery in the United States.
What is the 13th Amendment?
This economic system was used by the mother countries (England, Spain, France) to control the trade of their colonies.
What is Mercantilism?
This man shot and killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel in 1800.
Who is Aaron Burr?
This treaty solidified the southern borders of Arizona and New Mexico in 1848.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo?
This law allowed people to capture and return anyone found guilty of being enslaved back to slavery from Northern free states.
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
This man assassinated Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865 at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.
Who is John Wilkes Booth?