Periods 1-2
Period 2:
THIS SYSTEM EXCHANGED ENSLAVED AFRICANS ACROSS THE OCEAN INTO THE AMERICAS. AS PART OF THE TRIANGULAR TRADE, GOODS WERE BROUGHT TO EUROPE AS SLAVES IN THIS PARTICULAR FACET OF THE TRADE WERE FORCIBLY REMOVED FROM THEIR HOMES.
WHAT WAS THE TRIANGULAR SLAVE TRADE?
PERIOD 3:
THIS 1756-1763 WAR BETWEEN FRENCH AND BRITISH FORCES (WITH INDIGENOUS AMERICANS ON BOTH SIDES) CREATED A HEAVY DISCONNECT BETWEEN AMERICAN COLONISTS AND THE BRITISH CROWN AFTER THE QUESTION OF WAR DEBT.
WHAT WAS THE SEVEN YEARS' WAR?
Period 5:
THIS LAND, ANNEXED BY THE UNITED STATES IN 1845, HAD BEEN A PART OF MEXICO UNTIL THE COUNTRY LOST THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR. SOME OF ITS CREDITED FOUNDERS INCLUDE THE 300, STEPHEN AUSTIN, AND SAM HOUSTON.
WHAT IS TEXAS?
Period 7:
THIS WAR, BEGINNING WITH THE ASSASSINATION OF AUSTRO-HUNGRARIAN ARCHDUKE FRANZ FERDINAND, WAS ONLY ENTERED BY THE US AS A RESULT OF THE 1917 ZIMMERMANN TELEGRAM.
WHAT IS WORLD WAR I?
Period 8:
THIS 1953 ARMED CONFLICT WAS MOTIVATED BY AMERICAN PRESSURES TO FIGHT COMMUNISM. THE CONFLICT ENDED AT THE 38TH PARALLEL AND HAS NOT YET BEEN DEEMED FINISHED.
WHAT WAS THE KOREAN WAR?
Period 1:
BEGINNING IN 1492, THIS CROSS-CULTURAL CONNECTIONS OF IDEAS, RESOURCES, AND PEOPLE HELPED BRING EUROPEAN INFLUENCE ON THE AMERICAS.
WHAT IS THE COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE?
PERIOD 4:
THIS 1803 ACQUISITION OF LAND GAVE THE US MOST OF WHAT COMPRISES THE COUNTRY TODAY, AS WELL AS EXPANDED THE POWER OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
WHAT WAS THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE?
Period 5:
THIS CONTROVERSIAL 1852 HARRIET BEECHER STOWE NOVEL ERUPTED A SURGE OF ABOLITIONISTS.
WHAT IS UNCLE TOM'S CABIN?
Period 6:
THIS 1862 ACT GAVE MILLIONS OF ACRES OF LAND TO ANY AMERICANS WILLING TO MOVE TO FARMS AND CREATE SMALL SETTLEMENTS.
WHAT WAS THE HOMESTEAD ACT?
Period 8:
THE THREAT OF COMMUNISM BROUGHT A PERIOD OF MASS HYSTERIA TO THE US KNOWN AS THE RED SCARE. ONE OF THE PERPETRATORS OF THIS ACCUSED GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS OF COMMUNISM IN THE HOUSE UN-AMERICAN ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE.
WHO WAS JOSEPH MCCARTHY?
PERIOD 2:
THIS TYPE OF COMPANY USED MULTIPLE SHAREHOLDERS TO GENERATE SALES AND OWNERSHIP. A PROMINENT EXAMPLE OF THESE, WHICH MOTIVATED ECONOMIC ADVANTAGES IN THE COLONIES, WAS THE VIRGINIA COMPANY.
WHAT IS A JOINT-STOCK COMPANY?
Period 3:
THIS PHRASE, UTTERED BY MANY PATRIOTS, LAMENTED AGAINST THE HIGH TAXES COLONISTS RECEIVED WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO BE IN PARLIAMENT.
WHAT IS "NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION"?
Period 5:
THIS 1857 LANDMARK SUPREME COURT CASE DECIDED THAT AFRICAN-AMERICANS WOULD NOT BE GIVEN THE SAME RIGHTS AS WHITE AMERICANS.
WHAT WAS DRED SCOTT V. SANDFORD?
Period 6:
THIS ECONOMIC CONCEPT OCCURRED IN THE GILDED AGE WHEN LARGE COMPANIES BEGAN TO OWN ALL INDUSTRY AND TRADE IN ITS FIELD.
WHAT IS A MONOPOLY?
Period 9:
THIS PRESIDENT WON THE 1981 AND 1985 ELECTIONS AND INTRODUCED A NEW WAVE OF CONSERVATISM IN THE UNITED STATES.
WHO WAS RONALD REAGAN?
Period 2:
THE BRITISH CROWN EMPLOYED THESE PEOPLE TO WORK IN COLONIES. THEY WERE GIVEN CONTRACTS TO WORK THIS LABOR UNTIL THEY WERE ABLE TO BE INDEPENDENT. THIS PRACTICE EVENTUALLY DIED OUT WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF SLAVERY.
WHO WERE INDENTURED SERVANTS?
Period 3:
AS PUNISHMENT FOR THE BOSTON TEA PARTY, PARLIAMENT PASSED THESE SERIES OF LAWS, PLACING HIGH TAXES, ENFORCING MILITARY INTERVENTION, AND MORE TO THE COLONISTS.
WHAT WERE THE INTOLERABLE ACTS?
(NOTE: WILL ALSO TAKE THE COERCIVE ACTS)
Period 5:
THIS WHITE SUPREMACIST GROUP, ESTABLISHED BY NATHANIEL BEDFORD FORREST, REIGNED TERROR ON AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE RECONSTRUCTION-ERA SOUTH.
WHAT IS THE KU KLUX KLAN (KKK)?
Period 7:
THIS DECISION BY PRESIDENT FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT WAS DEEMED NECESSARY UNDER THE 1944 KOREMATSU V. US SUPREME COURT CASE.
WHAT WAS EXECUTIVE ORDER 9066?
(NOTE: WILL ALSO ACCEPT JAPANESE INTERNMENT)
THIS SCANDAL FROM THE RICHARD NIXON ADMINISTRATION GREW DEEP DISTRUST AMONG THE AMERICAN PUBLIC.
WHAT IS WATERGATE?
Period 2:
THIS SETTLEMENT, ESTABLISHED IN 1607, BECAME THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL BRITISH COLONY IN THE AMERICAS.
WHAT WAS JAMESTOWN?
Period 4:
THIS POLITICAL PARTY, ESTABLISHED BY THOMAS JEFFERSON, USED HIS ANTI-FEDERALIST IDEALS TO ADVOCATE FOR A STRICT INTERPRETATION OF THE CONSTITUTION.
WHAT WERE THE DEMOCRATIC-REPUBLICANS?
Period 5:
THIS BLOODY 1863 CIVIL WAR BATTLE CAUSED THE MOST CASUALTIES OF THE WAR AND TURNED IT SIGNIFICANTLY TOWARDS A UNION VICTORY.
WHAT WAS THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG?
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PERIOD 7:
THESE SHANTYTOWNS, NICKNAMED AFTER THE PRESIDENT CREDITED WITH THE GREAT DEPRESSION, BECAME VERY ACTIVE FOLLOWING THE 1929 STOCK MARKET CRASH.
WHAT WERE HOOVERVILLES?
Period 8:
THIS YEAR WAS MARKED BY THE ASSASSINATION OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., THE TET OFFENSIVE IN THE VIETNAM WAR, AND THE COMPLETION OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACTS.
WHAT IS 1968?