Colonial America
Why was Pennsylvania called the "Breadbasket"?
Fertile soil ideal fro growing grains.
What was the turning point of the American Revolution?
Battle of Saratoga.
What are the first 10 amendments to the Constitution called?
The Bill of Rights.
What did the 13th Amendment do?
Abolished slavery in the U.S.
What nickname was given to investigative journalists in the early 1900s?
Muckrakers.
What was the purpose of FDR's New Deal?
Create jobs and help the economy during the Depression.
What was the Mayflower Compact's main purpose?
To establish majority rule government.
What was the last major battle of the American Revolution?
Battle of Yorktown.
What was a key weakness of the Articles of Confederation?
Federal government lacked power.
What document did Lincoln sign to free slaves in the Confederacy?
Emancipation Proclamation.
What movement aimed to help workers and end corruption?
The Progressive Movement.
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
Celebration of Black culture through music/art.
Which region's economy depended on shipbuilding and fishing?
New England Colonies.
What caused the Boston Tea Party?
The Tea Act.
What did the Great Compromise create?
Two house legislative branch. House of Representatives based on Population and the Senate with 2 per state.
What was the purpose of Sherman's March to the Sea?
To break the South's will and force surrender.
What was the main goal of the Prohibition movement?
Ban sale/consumption of alcohol.
What helped spread American pop culture in the 1920s?
The radio.
What route did slave ships take from African to the New World?
The Middle Passage.
What did the Townshend Acts tax?
Tea, paint, and paper.
What did the Three-Fifths Compromise settle?
How enslaved people were counted for representation.
What case legalized segregation under "separate but equal"?
Plessy v. Ferguson
What did Upton Sinclair's The Jungle lead to?
What law ended segregation in public places?
Civil Rights Act of 1964.
What was the House of Burgesses?
First legislative assembly in the colonies.
What led the British to tax colonists after the French and Indian War?
What is the purpose of checks and balances?
Why did Radical Republicans oppose Presidential Reconstruction?
They felt it was too lenient on the South.
Where did most immigrants settle in the late 1800s?
Large northern cities for factory work.
What did the Supreme Court decide in Brown v. Board of Education?
Segregation in schools was unconstitutional.