Colonial Era
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Important People
Grab Bag
100

People who came from Europe to settle in America for religious reasons

pilgrims

100

United States naval base in Hawaii that was attacked by Japan, causing the US to join WW2

Pearl Harbor

100

Civil Rights leader who gave the famous "I Have a Dream" speech at the March on Washington

Martin Luther King Jr.

100

First president of the United States

George Washington

100

Which amendment granted citizenship to former slaves?

14th Amendment

200

The colonists' complaint about the British government imposing taxes on citizens who have no say in the government

"No taxation without representation!"

200

Lincoln's document that freed the slaves in the Confederate states

Emancipation Proclamation

200

Term for segregation mandated by law, often seen in the Southern states after the Civil War

Jim Crow

200

President of the United States during the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001

George W. Bush

200

Word that means to leave or withdraw from a union, such as the Southern states' attempt to leave the United States and form their own country

secede

300

What form of government did Britain have?

Monarchy

(or parliamentary democracy)

300

Which war was an effort by the United States to stop the spread of communist ideas?

The Cold War

300

Supreme Court case that ruled segregation was unconstitutional

Brown v. Board of Education

300

President who said we should "speak softly but carry a big stick" and used this foreign policy to get the Panama Canal built

Teddy (Theodore) Roosevelt

300

Word that means to make a law official

ratify

400

How did Britain respond to the Declaration of Independence?

Started the Revolutionary War

400

The war between the Allied powers (United States, Soviet Union, and Britain) and Central  powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire )

World War 1

400

Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat started what movement. 

What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott

400

President who gave the Four Freedoms speech to Congress to convince them that the United States joining World War 2 was the right thing to do

Franklin D. Roosevelt

400

The belief that it was the God-given destiny of the United States to expand westward and take all of the land from coast to coast

Manifest Destiny

500

Who were the two sides in the Revolutionary War?

American colonists vs. Britain

500

Woodrow Wilson was the president of the US during this war that mainly involved disputes over land in Europe

World War 1

500

Which 1969 law ended segregation in private businesses and ended discrimination in hiring?

The Civil Rights Act

500

Wrote the Declaration of Independence, third president of the United States, responsible for the Louisiana Purchase

Thomas Jefferson

500

A president's way of interacting with the other countries of the world

foreign policy