Colonial Roots & Revolution
This war ended in 1763 and left Britain in debt, leading to new colonial taxes.
French and Indian War
America’s first constitution.
Articles of Confederation
The belief that the U.S. was destined to expand westward.
Manifest Destiny
Admitted Missouri as slave and Maine as free.
Missouri Compromise
Freed enslaved people in Confederate states.
Emancipation Proclamation
“No taxation without ______.”
Representation
Supporters of the Constitution were called this.
Federalists
1803 land purchase that doubled U.S. size.
Louisiana Purchase
Allowed settlers to vote on slavery in new territories.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
First shots of the Civil War were fired here.
Fort Sumter
Thomas Paine wrote this pamphlet encouraging independence.
Common Sense
This compromise created a two-house legislature.
The Connecticut Compromise
The famous pioneer trail to the West.
Oregon Trail
Required runaway slaves to be returned.
Fugitive Slave Act
Bloodiest single-day battle in U.S. history.
Battle of Antietam
First major battle of the American Revolution.
Lexington and Concord
The first 10 amendments to the Constitution.
Bill of Rights
War that gave the U.S. California and the Southwest.
Mexican-American War
Harriet Beecher Stowe’s anti-slavery novel.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Amendment that abolished slavery.
13th Amendment
Loyalists supported which side in the Revolution?
The British
This president set precedents such as serving only two terms.
George Washington
Forced removal of Native Americans leading to the “Trail of Tears.”
Indian Removal Act
Supreme Court decision declaring enslaved people property.
Dred Scott v. Sandford
This secret society used violence and intimidation to resist Reconstruction and limit the rights of freedmen.
What is the Ku Klux Klan?