Colonies & Revolution
What was the first permanent English settlement in America, founded in 1607?
Jamestown
Which plan called for representation based on population?
The Virginia Plan
Which document freed enslaved people in states that were rebelling?
The Emancipation Proclamation
What expedition was sent to explore the lands of the Louisiana Purchase?
The Lewis and Clark Expedition
Journalists who exposed corruption and social problems were called what?
Muckrakers
Which two sides fought each other in the French and Indian War?
Great Britain vs. France and Native American tribes
Which plan supported equal representation for each state?
The New Jersey Plan
Who served as President of the Confederacy during the Civil War?
Jefferson Davis
What term describes extreme dislike of immigrants?
Nativism
What amendment granted women the right to vote?
The 19th Amendment
What 1770 event resulted in the death of five colonists in Boston?
The Boston Massacre
Which Supreme Court case established judicial review in 1803?
Marbury v. Madison
Which state was the first to secede from the Union?
South Carolina
Where were most European immigrants processed before entering the U.S.?
Ellis Island
Name 3 causes of WW1.
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism
What phrase became the rallying cry against British taxation of the colonies?
No taxation without representation!
What belief held that the U.S. had a divine right to expand westward?
Manifest Destiny
What book by Harriet Beecher Stowe intensified tensions over slavery?
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
What was the main goal of Prohibitionists?
Abolish use and sale of alcohol
Who was assassinated in 1914, triggering World War I?
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Why was the national government under the Articles of Confederation considered weak?
It could not tax the states or raise revenue
What U.S. territory purchased from Russia in 1867 was nicknamed “Seward’s Icebox”?
Alaska
Which Supreme Court case ruled that African Americans could not be U.S. citizens?
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Who published How the Other Half Lives, exposing urban poverty in 1890?
Jacob Riis
What treaty punished Germany after World War I?
The Treaty of Versailles