Colonial America
This English settlement, established in 1607, was the first permanent English colony in North America.
What is Jamestown?
These 1765 laws required colonists to provide housing and supplies for British troops.
What are the Quartering Acts?
This compromise resolved disputes over counting enslaved people for representation and taxation.
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
The 1850 legislation that included a stricter fugitive slave law, inflaming sectional tensions.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
This 1913 amendment allowed Americans to vote directly for U.S. senators, reducing corruption.
What is the 17th Amendment?
This 1620 document, signed by Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower, established a basic form of self-government.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
This 1770 incident, where British soldiers fired on colonists, became a symbol of British oppression.
What is the Boston Massacre?
The 1790s debate between Jefferson and Hamilton over the Bank of the United States highlighted tensions over this constitutional principle.
What is implied powers vs. strict construction?
This 1859 raid on a federal arsenal in Virginia sought to incite a slave rebellion.
What is John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry?
This 1935 program, part of the New Deal, provided pensions for the elderly and unemployment insurance.
What is Social Security?
This system, used primarily in the Chesapeake colonies, gave settlers land in exchange for bringing indentured servants to America.
What is the headright system?
The 1777 victory at this battle convinced France to openly ally with the American colonies.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
The 1794 rebellion over excise taxes tested the authority of the federal government, illustrating the strength of the new Constitution.
What is the Whiskey Rebellion
Lincoln’s decision to issue the Emancipation Proclamation primarily aimed to achieve this military goal.
What is weakening the Confederacy / discouraging European support?
This 1947 U.S. policy aimed to contain communism through economic and military support for countries threatened by Soviet influence.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
This 1676 rebellion in Virginia reflected tensions between frontier settlers and colonial authorities over Native American policy.
What is Bacon's Rebellion
This 1780 event exposed serious weaknesses in the American military and political system, including Benedict Arnold’s betrayal.
What is the Benedict Arnold treason / West Point conspiracy?
This 1800 presidential election led to the first peaceful transfer of power between political parties in U.S. history.
What is the election of Thomas Jefferson?
Radical Republicans clashed with Andrew Johnson over this, a plan to reintegrate Southern states while protecting freedmen’s rights.
What is Reconstruction policy / Johnson’s lenient vs. Radical Republican plan?
This 1965 legislation aimed to eliminate barriers to voting for African Americans, particularly in the South.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
This 1619 system in Virginia introduced representative government in the colonies.
What is the House of Burgesses?
This political document, ratified in 1781, created a weak central government, leading to calls for the Constitutional Convention.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
This Supreme Court case in 1819 established federal supremacy over state laws in matters of commerce.
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?
This compromise ended federal enforcement of Reconstruction policies in the South, effectively beginning the Jim Crow era.
What is the Compromise of 1877?
This 1974 scandal led to the first presidential resignation in U.S. history.
What is Watergate?