Colonial America
The economic system where colonies exist to benefit the mother country.
Mercantilism
Pamphlet by Thomas Paine urging independence.
Common Sense
Lincoln’s 1863 order freeing enslaved people in Confederate states.
Emancipation Proclamation
He dominated the steel industry using vertical integration.
Andrew Carnegie
The 1920s ban on alcohol.
Prohibition
The first permanent English settlement in North America (1607).
Jamestown
Turning‑point battle that convinced France to ally with the U.S.
Saratoga
The bloodiest single day of the Civil War.
Antietam
Law passed to limit monopolies by restricting trusts (1890).
Sherman Antitrust Act
The 1941 attack that brought the U.S. into WWII.
Pearl Harbor
This 1676 rebellion in Virginia exposed tensions between frontier farmers and elites.
Bacon’s Rebellion
Law that taxed printed materials and sparked colonial protest in 1765.
Stamp Act
Amendment that abolished slavery.
13th Amendment
Movement of millions of immigrants to cities for factory jobs.
Urbanization
U.S. policy to stop the spread of communism during the Cold War.
Containment
The colony founded as a “holy experiment” promoting religious tolerance.
Pennsylvania
This 1781 battle effectively ended the war.
Yorktown
Laws passed in the South to restrict the rights of freedmen.
Black Codes
The 1894 strike at Pullman that disrupted rail traffic nationwide.
Pullman Strike
Landmark 1954 Supreme Court case ending school segregation.
Brown v. Board of Education
The 1730s–40s religious revival that emphasized emotion and personal faith.
The First Great Awakening
The agreement that ended the war and recognized U.S. independence.
Treaty of Paris (1783)
The 1877 political deal that ended Reconstruction.
Compromise of 1877
The philosophy that the wealthy should use their riches to help society (Carnegie).
Gospel of Wealth
1964 law banning discrimination in public accommodations and employment.
Civil Rights Act of 1964