The new world
What were the three main motivations for European exploration?
What are God, Gold, and Glory?
What year was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
What is 1776?
What was America’s first form of government?
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What are the Articles of Confederation?
Which amendment protects freedom of speech, press, and religion?
What is the First Amendment?
What were Washington’s warnings in his Farewell Address?
What are political parties, debt, and foreign alliances?
What law led to the forced removal of Native Americans?
What is the Indian Removal Act?
What is Manifest Destiny?
What is the belief that the U.S. was destined to expand coast to coast?
Who invented the cotton gin?
Who is Eli Whitney?
What is sectionalism?
What is loyalty to a region over the nation?
What event marked the start of the Civil War?
What is the attack on Fort Sumter?
What does the 13th Amendment do?
What is abolish slavery?
Which country established missions and presidios to convert Native Americans?
What is Spain?
What event was the “shot heard ‘round the world”?
What is the Battle of Lexington and Concord?
What document established a process for new territories to become states?
What is the Northwest Ordinance?
What group supported the Constitution and strong central government?
Who are the Federalists?
Who wrote the Star-Spangled Banner during the War of 1812?
Who is Francis Scott Key?
What was the Trail of Tears?
What is the forced migration of Cherokee to Indian Territory?
What event caused thousands to move to California in 1849?
What is the Gold Rush?
What was the effect of the cotton gin?
What is an increase in slave labor and cotton production?
What compromise set a line for slavery at 36°30'?
What is the Missouri Compromise?
What was Lincoln’s goal in the Gettysburg Address?
What is to preserve the Union and promote freedom?
What did the Freedmen’s Bureau do?
What is help formerly enslaved people with food, jobs, and education?
Which European country developed the fur trade and alliances with Native Americans?
What is France?
Name two grievances listed in the Declaration of Independence.
What are taxation without representation and quartering of troops?
What event proved the Articles of Confederation were too weak?
What is Shays’ Rebellion?
What document was written to gain support for ratifying the Constitution?
What are the Federalist Papers?
What territory did the U.S. buy from France in 1803?
What is the Louisiana Territory?
What crisis involved South Carolina threatening to secede over tariffs?
What is the Nullification Crisis?
What treaty ended the U.S.-Mexican War?
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What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
What innovation allowed faster communication across long distances?
What is the telegraph?
What law allowed settlers in new territories to vote on slavery?
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
What battle was the turning point of the Civil War?
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
What was the goal of Black Codes?
What is to limit the rights of African Americans?
What is the name of the trade route that brought enslaved Africans to the Americas?
What is the Transatlantic Slave Trade?
Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence? daily double worth 400 extra points
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
What is the purpose of checks and balances?
What is to prevent one branch from becoming too powerful?
What compromise addressed the issue of how slaves would be counted?
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
What court case established judicial review?
What is Marbury v. Madison?
What voting change occurred under Jackson’s presidency?
What is all white men could vote (no property requirement)?
What land was purchased for building a southern transcontinental railroad?
What is the Gadsden Purchase?
What economic system allows people to buy/sell freely with little government interference?
What is free enterprise?
What event involved violent conflict over slavery in Kansas?
What is Bleeding Kansas?
What proclamation freed slaves in the Confederacy?
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
What did the 14th Amendment grant?
What is citizenship and equal protection under the law?
What was the significance of the Mayflower Compact?
What is the first agreement for self-government in the colonies?
What battle was considered the turning point of the American Revolution?
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
What compromise settled the debate over state representation in Congress?
What is the Great Compromise?
What did Anti-Federalists demand be added to the Constitution?
What is the Bill of Rights?
What doctrine warned Europe to stay out of the Western Hemisphere?
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
Which Supreme Court case ruled in favor of the Cherokee?
What is Worcester v. Georgia?
What territory was disputed and later split with Britain in 1846?
What is the Oregon Territory?
What movement encouraged people to move to cities for factory jobs?
What is urbanization?
What case said slaves were property, not citizens?
What is Dred Scott v. Sandford?
Who led the Union to victory at Vicksburg?
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
What ended Reconstruction?
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What is the Compromise of 1877?
What economic theory fueled European competition and colonization?
What is mercantilism?
What treaty officially ended the American Revolutionary War?
What is the Treaty of Paris (1783)?
Name three of the seven principles of the Constitution.
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What are popular sovereignty, federalism, and separation of powers?
What is the 8th amendment?
No cruel or unusual punishment
What system did Henry Clay support to improve the economy and infrastructure?
What is the American System?
What did Jackson do in response to the Supreme Court’s ruling on Cherokee lands?
What is he ignored the decision and enforced removal anyway?
What was the major transportation route that connected the east and west coasts?
What is the Transcontinental Railroad?
What waterway transformed NYC into a trade hub?
What is the Erie Canal?
What state was the first to secede after Lincoln’s election?
What is South Carolina?
Where did General Lee surrender to General Grant?
What is Appomattox Court House?
Who was the first African American U.S. Senator?
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Who is Hiram Rhodes Revels?