People
Author of Declaration of Independence
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
First major army battle of Civil War
What was Bull Run/Manassas?
Principle that everyone can vote, but only white males who own property can vote in 1791 in most states.
What is democracy?
Major purchase of lands by US from France, located between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains around 1803.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
July 4 1776
When do we celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independence?
President during Trail of Tears
Who was Andrew Jackson?
Surrender of English to Americans in 1781.
What is Yorktown?
Principle that all are free, but some people are able to own others until 1863.
What is slavery in the land of the free?
Name for the group that signed a famous document in Philadelphia in 1787.
What was the Constitutional Convention?
A pretty boring but quite important document was signed in 1787
When was the U.S. Constitution presented to the public by the Constitutional Congress in Philadelphia?
President during Reconstruction
Who was Grant or Johnson?
Bloodiest single day battle of civil war.
What was Antietam?
One new country, but many states. The name of the first government of the United States from 1776-1789.
What is the Articles of Confederation government?
Violent abolitionist raid to attempt to free slaves in Harper's Ferry, VA, in 1859.
What was John Brown's raid?
In 1763 a line was drawn on a map to keep English colonists separate from native peoples.
What year did King George take out his map to draw a line across the Appalachian mountains separating the English colonists from the native people?
Shawnee leader who united Indian tribes to resist American settlement in early 1800s.
Who was Tecumseh?
American victory here convinced the French that the Revolutionary American Colonials had a chance to win the war.
What was Saratoga?
Every vote counts, except the Constitution gave Southern white people more representation in Congress because they owned slaves.
What is the 3/5ths clause/compromise?
Decisive battle of the French Indian war in Canada, involving a large British fortress on a river. The French surrendered there.
What was the battle of Quebec?
In 1754 a group met in upstate New York on the front lawn of William Johnson (aka Warragiyageh).
What year was the Albany Conference to discuss uniting the American colonies and building alliances with the Iroquois?
Famous Southern female plantation owner who studied law, taught slaves to read, and ran family's indigo business.
Who was Eliza Pinckney?
Turning point of Civil War--a 3-day battle in Pennsylvania.
What was Gettysburg?
Name of the time period in which supposedly everyone can vote, except rich tycoons could pay off politicians to side with big industrial businesses and form monopolies.
What is Gilded Age/Age of Extremes?
Battle in which Tenkswatawa told his warriors incorrectly that bullets would bounce off them, marking the end of the Shawnee-led pan-Indian resistance to American expansion.
What was the Battle of Tippecanoe?
In 1831 Virginia, violence led eventually to a Southern crackdown.
What year was Nat Turner's rebellion?