COLONIAL ERA
First permanent English settlement
What is Jamestown?
Document declaring independence
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Branch responsible for making laws
What is the Legislative Branch?
State where the first shots of the Civil War were fired
What is South Carolina?
President who ended the Cold War
Who is George H.W. Bush?
Economic theory guiding colonial trade
What is Mercantilism?
Famous pamphlet urging separation from Britain
What is Common Sense?
Father of the Constitution
Who is James Madison?
President of the Confederacy
Who is Jefferson Davis?
Program aimed at combating poverty in the 1960s
What is the Great Society?
Religious revival in the colonies
What is the Great Awakening?
General of the Continental Army
Who is George Washington?
System ensuring no single branch has too much power
What is Separation of Powers?
Supreme Court decision on slavery before the Civil War
What is Dred Scott v. Sandford?
Scandal that led to Nixon's resignation
What is Watergate?
Event leading to increased taxes on colonists
What is the French and Indian War?
Battle considered the turning point of the Revolutionary War
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
First ten amendments to the Constitution
What is the Bill of Rights?
Union general who later became president
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
Major domestic challenge faced by President Obama
What was the Great Recession?
Colony founded by Quakers
What is Pennsylvania?
Treaty that officially ended the Revolutionary War
What is the Treaty of Paris (1783)?
Process for amending the Constitution
What is the Amendment Process?
Amendment that abolished slavery
What is the 13th Amendment?
President who signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?