Colonization (1492-1753)
What was the first colony established in 1607?
Jamestown, Virginia
What was one of the major statements used in regards to unfair taxation in the colonies?
"No taxation without representation."
What did the Emancipation Proclomation accomplish?
Freed the Southern slaves
What event brought the United States to become involved into WWII?
The bombings at Pearl Harbor
What was the most important export from the early Virginia colony?
Tobacco
Name two of the acts imposed on the colonies as a result of the ending of the French and Indian War
Possible Answers: Stamp Act, Sugar Act, Townshend Acts, and the Intolerable Acts
Who did Thomas Jefferson buy the Louisiana Territory from?
The French
What scandal during the early 1970's implemented the distrust of the federal government in the American citizens?
The Watergate Scandal with President Richard Nixon
What source of labor was utilized the most during early colonization in the Americas?
Indentured servitude
What person challenged the authority of the British government through the publishing of Common Sense.
Thomas Paine
What technological invention greatly altered the longevity of slavery in the Southern states?
Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin
Name three examples of the United States trying to stop the spread of Communism across the European and Asian nations?
Possible answers: Korean War, Vietnam War, Cold War, and the aiding of West Germany in the Berlin Wall
Who was the individual who started the Puritan movement that represented the concept of a "city on a hill"?
John Winthrop
What was the final batle of the American Revolution?
The Battle of Yorktown
What were the three outcomes of the Missouri Compromise?
1. Maine is admitted as a free state
2. Missouri is admitted as a slave state
3. Outlawed slavery above the 36' 30" longitude line
Which President pardoned Richard Nixon?
President Gerald Ford