⭐ Category 1: Colonies & Indigenous Relations
This economic system based on extracting raw materials for the mother country shaped England’s motivations for colonization.
What is mercantilism?
This protest against tea taxes in 1773 helped spark the American Revolution.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
This invention dramatically increased cotton production and deepened Southern dependence on slavery.
What is the cotton gin?
This event completed in 1869 linked the nation and transformed commerce, migration, and industry.
What is the Transcontinental Railroad?
This 1929 event triggered massive unemployment and bank failures in the U.S.
What is the Stock Market Crash?
These 17th-century colonists sought to build a “city upon a hill,” emphasizing religious community and moral purity.
Who were the Puritans?
This 1776 document justified independence by arguing that governments derive power from the consent of the governed.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This 1820 compromise admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state while banning slavery north of 36°30′.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
These investigative journalists exposed corruption and social problems, prompting reforms.
Who were the muckrakers?
Name one major program from the New Deal that aimed to provide immediate relief or reform.
What is the CCC, WPA, Social Security, etc.
This 1622 conflict in Virginia demonstrated early violent tensions between expanding English settlers and Powhatan peoples.
What is the Powhatan Uprising / Anglo-Powhatan War?
The U.S.’s first national government, created in 1781, was too weak because it couldn’t tax or regulate commerce.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
This 1852 novel helped shift Northern public opinion by portraying the evils of slavery.
What is Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
This 1890 law was the first federal attempt to regulate monopolies and restore competition.
What is the Sherman Antitrust Act?
This shift in production created jobs and ended the Great Depression as the U.S. prepared for war.
What is the WWII wartime economy / wartime mobilization?
This 1681 colony was founded as a refuge for Quakers and became known for relatively peaceful Indigenous relations.
What is Pennsylvania?
This compromise established a bicameral legislature balancing large and small states at the Constitutional Convention.
What is the Great Compromise?
His 1863 proclamation reframed the Civil War as a struggle against slavery and allowed Black men to enlist.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This 1911 workplace disaster led to major improvements in labor laws and safety regulations.
What is the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire?
These WWII workers symbolized expanded gender roles as women entered industrial jobs.
Who is Rosie the Riveter / women defense workers?
This 1763 British policy prohibiting settlement west of the Appalachians attempted to stabilize Indigenous relations but angered colonists.
What is the Proclamation Line of 1763?
Name the series of essays advocating ratification of the Constitution and promoting stronger federal authority.
What are the Federalist Papers?
During Reconstruction, these laws passed in Southern states attempted to restrict African Americans' rights and control labor.
What are the Black Codes?
This organization, founded by W.E.B. Du Bois, Ida B. Wells, and others in 1909, worked to secure civil rights and challenge racial injustice in the Progressive Era.
What is the NAACP?
This 1947–1957 era policy shaped U.S. Cold War strategy and influenced political and cultural narratives at home and abroad.
What is containment?