Revolution/Constitution
This is the author of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
The movement to end slavery was known as
Abolition
This immigration center in New York City saw 17 million people come through its doors between 1892 and 1943
Ellis Island
The leading voice behind the Indian Removal Act of the 1830s
The period of economic prosperity following World War I is known as
The Articles of Confederation were the original government of the United States and lacked this crucial power
The power to collect taxes, enforce the laws
This law forced Native Americans, especially Cherokee, to emigrate from the southeastern United States to Oklahoma
The Indian Removal Act
Old immigrants typically came from which regions of Europe?
Southern/Eastern
The leader of the African-American Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s-1960s
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
This notice sent from Germany to Mexico was intercepted by the British in 1917 and inspired the US to join World War I
The Zimmerman Note/Telegram
The 1st Amendment grants you these rights
*Must get at least 3 for the points!
Freedom of press, speech, assembly, religion, petition
Abraham Lincoln
New immigrants typically came from which regions of Europe?
Northern/Western
The leader of the Rough Riders of the Spanish-American War and future President
Theodore Roosevelt
The US enters WWII
Japanese internment camps in the US
George Washington advocated for this as a foreign policy in his famous Farewell Address
Neutrality from European affairs
This man led a raid on an armory in Harper's Ferry in the hopes of inciting a slave rebellion
John Brown
This law passed in 1882 set a strict quota on Chinese immigrants coming into the United States
The Chinese Exclusion Act
Supreme Commander of the Allied forces of World War II and a future President
Dwight D. Eisenhower
This ship mysteriously exploded in 1898 which led to the Spanish-American War
Daily Double: What type of journalism blew the explosion out of proportion?
The USS Maine
Daily Double: Yellow Journalism
This is what the Great Compromise created
Daily Double- Who came up with the idea for the Great Compromise?
The bicameral Congress- creating the House of Representatives and the Senate
Daily Double: Roger Sherman of Connecticut
The 13th Amendment did this
Daily Triple: For triple points, what did the 14th and 15th Amendments do?
13th- Ended Slavery
14th- Granted citizenship to former slaves/anyone born in the US
15th- Granted voting rights to some African-Americans
This massive engineering project saw thousands of Irish and Chinese immigrants contribute to its construction
The Transcontinental Railroad
President in charge of dropping 2 atomic bombs on Japan, later shaped US foreign policy for the Cold War
This celebration of African-American culture took America by storm with its literature, artistry, and jazz music in the 1920s
The Harlem Renaissance