Colonial America
(Unit 1-2)
(Unit 1-2)
This economic theory, dominant in the 17th century, emphasized a favorable balance of trade and accumulation of gold and silver.
What is mercantilism?
This 1770 event was used as anti-British propaganda despite only five colonists being killed.
What is the Boston Massacre?
This belief held that the U.S. was destined to expand across the continent.
What is Manifest Destiny?
This president's election in 1860 led to the secession of Southern states.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This era saw a rise in monopolies and big business during the late 1800s.
What is the Gilded Age?
This 1676 rebellion in Virginia exposed tensions between wealthy planters and poor frontier settlers.
What is Bacon’s Rebellion?
This act taxed printed materials and caused widespread protest in the colonies.
What is the Stamp Act?
This treaty ended the Mexican-American War and ceded vast territory to the U.S.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
This 1863 battle is considered the turning point of the Civil War.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
This 1896 Supreme Court case established "separate but equal."
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
This colonial legislative body, formed in 1619, was the first representative government in America.
What is the House of Burgesses?
This compromise at the Constitutional Convention resolved the debate over representation in Congress.
What is the Great Compromise (Connecticut Compromise)?
This 1820 agreement temporarily resolved the issue of slavery’s expansion into new territories.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
This executive order by Lincoln freed slaves in Confederate territory.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This movement aimed to address problems caused by industrialization and urbanization.
What is the Progressive Movement?
This 1739 slave rebellion in South Carolina led to stricter slave codes.
What is the Stono Rebellion?
These were written by Hamilton, Madison, and Jay to support the ratification of the Constitution.
What are The Federalist Papers?
This abolitionist published The Liberator and demanded immediate emancipation.
Who is William Lloyd Garrison?
These laws were passed in Southern states to limit the rights of freedmen after the Civil War.
What are Black Codes?
This 1917 act made it illegal to interfere with the U.S. war effort in WWI.
What is the Espionage Act?
This philosophical movement influenced colonial leaders and encouraged ideas of natural rights and self-government.
What is the Enlightenment?
This rebellion in 1786-87 highlighted the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.
What is Shays' Rebellion?
This women's rights convention issued the Declaration of Sentiments in 1848.
What is the Seneca Falls Convention?
This amendment granted citizenship and equal protection under the law.
What is the 14th Amendment?
This 1930s New Deal program provided jobs through public works projects.
What is the Works Progress Administration (WPA)?