Early America
Civil War & Reconstruction
Industrialization & Immigration
World Wars
Cold War
100

The first permanent English settlement in North America, founded in 1607.

Jamestown

100

He was president of the United States during the Civil War.

Abraham Lincoln

100

Many immigrants arrived in the U.S. through this station in New York Harbor.

Ellis Island

100

The spark that started WWI was the assassination of this archduke.

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

100

The rivalry between the U.S. and the Soviet Union after WWII was known as this.

Cold War

200

This group sailed on the Mayflower seeking religious freedom.

Pilgrims

200

is proclamation declared enslaved people in Confederate states free.

Emancipation Proclamation

200

This inventor is credited with the light bulb and power systems.

Thomas Edison

200

The surprise attack on this U.S. naval base brought America into WWII.

Pearl Harbor

200

This 1962 event, involving Soviet missiles close to the U.S., brought the world close to nuclear war.

Cuban Missile Crisis

300

The first ten amendments to the Constitution are called this.

Bill of Rights

300

The head general of the Confederacy was...

Robert E Lee

300

This nickname was given to wealthy business leaders who used ruthless practices.

Robber Barons

300

This defensive style of fighting is often associated with WWI

Trench Warfare

300

This 1980s president referred to the Soviet Union as "The Evil Empire."

Ronald Reagan

400

He wrote the Declaration of Independence

Thomas Jefferson

400

This amendment abolished slavery in the U.S

13th Amendment

400

This businessman used the assembly line to mass-produce automobiles.

Henry Ford

400

This leader served as U.S. president for most of WWII.

FDR

400

The United state got involved in this 1960s conflict to stop the spread of communism

The Vietnam War
500

This document was America’s first plan of government but proved too weak

Articles of Confederation

500

The head general of the Union (United States) had the nickname "Unconditional Surrender"

ulysses s grant

500

Crowded, unsafe apartment buildings in cities were known by this name.

Tenements

500

These two cities were hit with atomic bombs, ending WWII in the Pacific.

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

500

This barrier in Germany symbolized the division between communist East and democratic West until 1989.

The Berlin Wall