Colonialism
This 1607 settlement in Virginia was the first permanent English colony in North America
What is Jamestown
This president doubled the size of the U.S. with the Louisiana Purchase
Who is Thomas Jefferson
This 1765 act taxed printed materials and sparked colonial protests with "No taxation without representation
What is the Stamp Act
The Gadzden Purchase and the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo marked the end of which 19th century war that added vast southwestern territories to the U.S.?
What is the Mexican-American War
Which social movement regarding drinking started in the 1850s by women's activists hoping to "fix" American society, later led to the passage of the 18th amendment?
What is Temperance
Founded in 1608 by Samuel de Champlain, this city became the heart of New France and the center of the fur trade
What is Quebec
Before he became a supreme court justice, this man successfully argued the landmark 1954 Brown v. Board of Education case before the U.S. Supreme Court, which declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional
Who is Thurgood Marshall
Known primarily for his populist agenda and his practice of a "spoils system," this president, who vetoed the recharter of the Second Bank of the U.S. was...
Who is Andrew Jackson
Operation Overlord was the codename for the launching of American troops on to the European theatre in this conflict
What is World War 2
This social movement featured an explosion of African American cultural, social, and artistic expression centered in Harlem, New York
What is the Harlem Renaissance
This Southern colony was founded in 1732 as a buffer against Spanish Florida and a haven for debtors.
What is Georgia
This senator from Wisconsin became famous in the early 1950s for claiming to have lists of communists in the U.S. government, helping spark the era known as the Red Scare
Who is Joseph McCarthy
This president's "Corrupt Bargain" with Henry Clay won him the 1824 election.
Who is John Quincy Adams
This conflict saw the United States fight alongside a South American independence leader to protect a key canal zone, involved the battles of Las Guásimas and San Juan Hill, and ended with the Treaty of Paris of 1898, giving the United States control of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines
What is the Spanish-American War
This 1848 convention launched the women's rights movement and produced the Declaration of Sentiments.
What is the Seneca Falls Convention
This 1754 plan proposed by Benjamin Franklin during the French and Indian War called for a unified colonial government but was rejected by the colonies.
What is the Albany Plan
This piece of legislation, passed in 1965 during President Lyndon B. Johnson’s administration, outlawed literacy tests and allowed federal oversight of elections in areas with histories of voter suppression
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965
This 1972 scandal, involving a break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters and a subsequent cover-up, led to Richard Nixon becoming the first U.S. president to resign from office.
What is Watergate
In this conflict, the United States carried out Operation Chromite at Inchon, fought Chinese forces after crossing the 38th parallel, and saw General Douglas MacArthur removed from command by President Harry S. Truman over disagreements about expanding this war
What is the Korean War
This movement, broadly revitalized in 2017, intended to combat sexual abuse and workplace harassment, radically shifting cultural conversations about consent and power dynamics
What is the Me Too Movement
This 1680 uprising in New Mexico drove Spanish colonists out for 12 years and is considered the most successful Native revolt in North America
What is the Pueblo Revolt/ Pope's Rebellion
This law, passed in 1935 as part of the New Deal, guaranteed workers the right to form unions, created the National Labor Relations Board, and is also known by the name of the New York senator who sponsored it
What is the National Labor Relations Act of 1935
or the Wagner Act
This one-term Whig president died 31 days into office after giving a long inaugural address in the cold.
Who is William Henry Harrison
During this conflict, one side introduced the first military draft in U.S. history, another side had submarines like the H.L. Hunley that were used in combat, and the battle between the Monitor and Merrimack marked the first clash of ironclad warships
What is the American Civil War
This is the nickname for members of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), an international, radical labor union founded in Chicago in 1905
What are the Wobblies