Colonies & Am. Revolution
Constitution & Early Presidents
Age of Jackson & Civil War
Reconstruction Industry, & Moving West
Progressive Era, Imperialism, WW1
Roaring 20s, Depression, & New Deal
100
This colonial region was not established for religious freedom, rather it was established for financial gain.
What are the Southern Colonies?
100
The first ten amendments to the Constitution are called the...
What are the Bill of Rights?
100
This is the law that led to the Trail of Tears
What is the Indian Removal Act?
100
This painting depicts this belief that the US was divinely ordained to expand across North America
What is Manifest Destiny?
100
This is the term for journalists, like the photographer that captured this image, who exposed corruption in society.
Who are muckrakers?
100
This disaster was caused by both natural wet/dry season cycles, as well as human-intervention like over-farming.
What is the Dust Bowl?
200
This British policy "loosened the reins" on the colonists and allowed for self-rule for many years.
What is Salutary Neglect?
200
This first constitution established a weak central government with no power to tax.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
200
*2-part answer*
Under the Missouri Compromise, this state entered as a slave state... & this state entered as a free state...
What is Missouri? What is Maine?
200
This amendment abolished slavery.
What is the 13th Amendment?
200
"Separate but equal" was upheld and deemed Constitutional under this Supreme Court case...
What is Plessy v Ferguson?
200
This amendment gave women the right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment?
300
This is how the French & Indian War led to the American Revolution...
A. France took over the American colonies
B. The colonists were defeated by the French & Indians and decided to declare independence from Britain
C. The colonists refused to join a side in the war and took fighting into their own hands against their mother country
D. Britain's debt from war led to increased taxation of the colonies
What is D. Britain's debt from war led to increased taxation of the colonies?
300
This president is responsible for the Louisiana Purchase, which doubled the size of the U.S..
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
300
This is the Union's strategy during the Civil War
What is the Anaconda Plan?
300
This plan was created by Stevens & Sumner; sought to place the South in military districts, require the passing of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments in order for southern states to re-enter the Union.
What is Congressional Reconstruction?
300
These forward-looking ideas focus on shifting international relations towards open diplomacy and emphasize how lasting peace can be achieved after WW1.
What is (Wilson's) 14 Points?
300
During the Great Depression, these makeshift towns consisted of homes made of cardboard, scrap wood, metal, & other scavenged materials.
What are Hoovervilles?
400
This historic painting depicts Washington crossing the Delaware in order to surprise attack Hessian soldiers in this pivotal battle.
What is the Battle of Trenton?
400
Our National Anthem was written during this event, which was mainly caused by the impressment of American sailors; this is the second successful fending-off of Great Britain and is a major morale booster for US.
What is the War of 1812?
400
The Compromise of 1850 introduced California as a free state... but don't worry South, this other law/act was included in the Compromise to settle your worries about your "property"...
What is Fugitive Slave Act?
400
Typically facing stricter requirements, Asian immigrants most commonly were processed through this center on the West Coast.
What is Angel Island?
400
The addition to the US' previous foreign policy that said the US would intervene in Latin America to prevent Europe from doing so...
What is the Roosevelt Corollary?
400
Henry Ford popularized this manufacturing method, which led to mass production and an increase in consumerism.
What is the assembly line?
500
The Proclamation of 1763 angered colonists because it did not allow them to settle here...
What is West of the Appalachian Mtns.?
500
This cartoon represents the US foreign policy of noninterference, established by the:
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
500
This speech given by Lincoln redefined the goal of the Civil War to not only be about preserving the Union, but to also create a better nation with equality for all men.
What is the Gettysburg Address?
500
This event led to the immediate secession of South Carolina from the Union.
What is Lincoln's election of 1860?
500
Congress' fear of losing independence/autonomy stopped the US from joining what pact after WW1?
What is the League of Nations?
500
*Multiple-step answers*
This is FDR's response to the Great Depression... and it attempted to provide these 3 things...
What is the New Deal? What is relief, recovery, & reform?
600
*2 answers here*
This pamphlet written by whom inspired American independence by advocating for a democratic republic instead of a monarchy; the title of this work is called...
Who is Thomas Paine & what is Common Sense?
600
Amidst tensions with France, John Adams passes these laws to silence Democratic-Republicans' criticisms; this tarnishes his presidency and is the catalyst for states' rights argument.
What are the Alien & Sedition Acts?
600
During the Civil War, Lincoln suspends this in response to riots in Maryland; afraid that Maryland would secede and DC would be surrounded by the Confederacy.
What is Habeas Corpus?
600
Reconstruction ends with the Compromise of 1877, which gives this individual the presidency in return for pulling the military out of the South.
Who is Rutherford B. Hayes?
600
These are the two reasons for US involvement in WW1.
What is unrestricted sub warfare (Lusitania) & the Zimmerman Telegram?
600
The scandal depicted in this cartoon is known as the _____________ Scandal. Explain whose idea this was and why it was planned.
What is FDR's Court Packing Scandal, which he planned in order to "pack the courts" with more justices in order to get his New Deal Programs passed?