This freed the slaves in areas in rebellion to the Union. Basically it freed no one - all slaves in the Union or in areas under Union control were still slaves.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation
100
Germany had to pay reparations (money) to Britain and France after World War I
What is the Treaty of Versailles
100
Colonial hysteria led to 18 people being hanged and one person being pressed to death
What are the Salem Witch Trials
100
This started with a colonist throwing snowballs at a British soldier who was guarding the customs house in Boston. It ended with 5 dead colonists shot by British soldiers. It was used as propaganda by the Patriots.
What is the Boston Massacre
200
Monroe Doctrine (think before you answer)
Who is John Quincy Adams
200
Where General Lee surrendered to General Grant
What is Appomattox Courthouse
200
The Treaty of Paris 1898 gave the US control of these three islands. Hint: Cuba is not one of them
What are Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines
200
1925 Trial in Tennessee over the teaching of evolution.
What is Scopes "Monkey" Trial?
200
The British response to this protest was the Intolerable or Coercive Acts.
What is the Boston Tea Party
300
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe
300
The names of the two ironclad ships that fought - neither won but it signaled the end of the wooden war ship.
What are the Monitor and the Merrimack
300
After World War II, Western European countries agree to defend each other if any one of them got attacked
What is NATO
300
This couple were tried and executed in the Red Scare of 1950s for passing plans for the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union.
Who are Julius & Ethel Rosenberg
300
The term for the letter the Second Continental Congress sent to King George III after Lexington and Concord.
What is the Olive Branch Petition
400
The Feminine Mystique
Who is Betty Friedan
400
The Southern loss at this bloody battle convinced the British not to help the Confederacy
What is Antietam
400
The federal government will give each state land to sell but the state has to use the money to build a college
What is the Morrill Land Grant Act
400
These two Italian immigrants were tried and executed for killing a paymaster and a guard. The judge was very biased and called them "anarchist bastards" in front of the jury.
Who are Sacco & Vanzetti
400
This was the name for all the laws and regulations on colonial trade under the system of mercantilism. The British neglected to strictly enforce them until after the French & Indian War.
What are the Navigation Acts
500
Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions (two people)
Who are Jefferson & Madison
500
The name for the Northern strategy of blockading Southern ports and gaining control of the Mississippi River to strangle the South
What is the Anaconda Plan
500
France accepted this deal offered to France and Britain - Whoever will respect US shipping rights, will get to trade with the US
What is Macon's Bill No.2
500
1896 Supreme Court case that ruled that separate but equal is okay. It was overturned in 1954 by Brown v. the Board of Education
What is Plessy v. Ferguson
500
Basically blank search warrants that allowed the British soldiers to search homes and businesses for smuggled goods without having to prove probable cause to a judge.