Land Acquisitions
A purchase made by Thomas Jefferson that doubled the size of the US.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
The Supreme Court case that unanimously ruled that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education (1954)?
A Native American tribe that dominated the Northwest Coast known for their totem poles.
Who are the Chinook Indians?
The war where the US tried to stay "neutral" until the MAIN reasons emerged.
What is WWI?
This is a period where England didn't enforce strict Parliamentary laws on the colonies.
What is Salutary Neglect?
The state that was annexed by the US from Mexico.
What is Texas?
The Supreme Court case established a precedent for judicial review.
What is Marbury v Madison (1803)?
The system of trade between the Americas, Europe, and Africa.
What is the Triangular Trade?
The war that started American Imperialism and was nicknamed a "splendid little war."
What is the Spanish-American War?
This person was sold into slavery at age 11, and once he received freedom he wrote an autobiography and spoke out against slavery.
Who is Olaudah Equiano?
Islands that were ceded by Spain to the US under the Treaty of Paris in 1898. (There are three)
What is Guam, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico?
The Supreme Court case that established congressional power to regulate interstate commerce.
What is Gibbons v Ogden (1824)?
A short-term partnership between multiple investors to fund a commercial enterprise.
What is a Joint Stock Company?
The war where the White House was burned down.
What is the War of 1812?
This person was known for his "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" sermon in the Great Awakening.
Who is Jonathan Edwards?
This was purchased to build the transcontinental railroad.
What is the Gadsden Purchase?
The case that ruled that freedom of speech could be restricted of there was a 'clear or present danger.'
What is Schenck v US (1919)?
A system of inheritance in which the eldest son in a family receives all of his father's land.
What is primogeniture?
The only conflict where the US didn't actually declare war.
What is the Korean Conflict?
This Catholic Nobleman was granted control of land by the Chesapeake Bay for his loyalty to King Charles I.
Who is Lord Calvert of Maryland?
Islands purchased by Denmark to stop Germany from seizing the Panama Canal.
What are the US Virgin Islands?
This case established that labor unions and strikes are lawful.
What is Commonwealth v Hunt (1842)?
This person sailed the ocean blue on 1492.
Who is Karen Rogers?
The only US conflict not directly against another country.
What is the Barbary Pirates (War)?
Your favorite history teacher.
Who is Mrs. Wagner (Wags)?