Pre-America / 1400s–1600s
Revolution & Government / 1754–1791
Slavery & Civil War / 1619–1865
1920s–1950s
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100

These were the first people in North America who migrated from Asia and settled across the continent.

Native Americans

100

This war left Britain in heavy debt, leading it to tax the American colonies.

French and Indian War

100

This Virginia settlement was where enslaved Africans were brought in 1619.

Jamestown

100

This 1920s cultural movement included African American art, literature, and music.

Harlem Renaissance

100

This phrase described the colonists’ complaint that they were taxed without having a voice in government.

Taxation Without Representation

200

This term describes the movement of people from Asia into North America.

 Migration

200

This 1765 law was passed by Britain to raise money from the colonies.

Stamp Act

200

This secret safe path helped many enslaved people escape to free states or Canada.

Underground Railroad

200

This policy banned alcohol under the 18th Amendment.

Prohibition

200

This compromise counted enslaved people as part of the population for representation.

Three-Fifths Compromise

300

This describes the way Native Americans built villages, traded goods, and connected with other groups.

Trade Networks

300

This protest involved colonists dumping British tea into Boston Harbor.

Boston Tea Party

300

This law was passed to control enslaved people and force escapees to be returned.

Fugitive Slave Act

300

This 1929 event marked a massive sell-off of stocks.

Black Tuesday

300

Civil Rights President? 

LBJ

400

These crops increased profits and made colonists need large workforces

Cash Crops

400

This first system of government after independence created a weak national government.

Articles of Confederation

400

This 1863 order freed enslaved people in Confederate states.

Emancipation Proclamation

400

This program by FDR focused on relief, recovery, and reform.

New Deal

400

This case officially ended school segregation.

Brown v. Board of Education

500

This system forcibly brought Africans to America for labor.

Slave Trade

500

This meeting in Philadelphia created the Constitution.

Constitutional Convention

500

This amendment ended slavery in the United States.

13th Amendment

500

This Cold War fear involved the belief that communists were secretly influencing America.

Red Scare

500

This committee held public hearings during the Red Scare to investigate suspected communist influence.

House Un-American Activities Committee