"Founding Frenzy" (Periods 2–3: 1607–1800)
This 1620 agreement established self-government for the Pilgrims in Plymouth Colony.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
This 1863 battle, the bloodiest of the Civil War, turned the tide in favor of the Union after Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
This 1776 document declared the colonies' independence, listing grievances against King George III.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This 1906 exposé by Upton Sinclair about meatpacking conditions led to the Pure Food and Drug Act.
What is "The Jungle"?
Put these events in order: Watergate scandal, Louisiana Purchase, Gettysburg Address.
1) Louisiana Purchase (1803) 2) Gettysburg Address (1863) 3) Watergate (1972-74)
This 1730s–1740s religious revival emphasized individual faith and challenged colonial church authority, uniting colonists across regions.
What is the Great Awakening?
This 1898 event, triggered by the sinking of the USS Maine, led to the Spanish-American War and U.S. acquisition of overseas territories.
What is the explosion of the USS Maine?
This 1830s political conflict over state's rights, involving South Carolina's nullification of tariffs, foreshadowed later sectional divisions.
What is the Nullification Crisis?
This 1920 constitutional amendment granting women's suffrage came after decades of activism and WWI's social changes.
What is the 19th Amendment?
This WWII-era symbol represented what social change regarding women's roles?
Women entering industrial jobs/wartime workforce
Unlike the Articles of Confederation, this 1787 document created a strong federal government with three branches and the 'elastic clause.
What is the U.S. Constitution?
Unlike Woodrow Wilson’s idealistic 'Fourteen Points,' this 1919 treaty punished Germany harshly after WWI and planted seeds for WWII.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
A historian analyzing this 1848 document would need to consider its Seneca Falls location and Elizabeth Cady Stanton's role.
What is the Declaration of Sentiments?
Unlike the nonviolent protests of Martin Luther King Jr., this 1960s group advocated 'by any means necessary' and black nationalism.
Who were the Black Panthers? (or What is the Nation of Islam?)
The 1820 Missouri Compromise drew this latitudinal line to divide future slave/free states.
What is 36°30' parallel?
This 1763 British policy banned colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains, angering colonists who wanted to expand.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
This 1947 U.S. policy pledged military and economic aid to countries resisting communism, marking the start of the Cold War’s containment strategy.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
While both addressed civil rights, this 1963 speech focused on racial harmony, while Malcolm X's 'The Ballot or the Bullet' emphasized self-defense.
What is Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech?
This 1963 event, where police attacked peaceful marchers, galvanized support for what became the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
What is Bloody Sunday (Selma march)?
This 1950s historian argued the frontier shaped American democracy, while newer scholars emphasize its impacts on Native Americans.
Who is Frederick Jackson Turner?
In his 1796 farewell address, this president warned against 'entangling alliances' with foreign nations and political parties.
Who is George Washington?
In his 1961 farewell address, this president warned of the 'unwarranted influence' of the 'military-industrial complex' in American life.
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
When analyzing the impact of this 1852 novel, historians must consider both its abolitionist influence and its reinforcement of racial stereotypes.
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
While expanding LGBTQ+ rights, this 2015 Supreme Court case also sparked ongoing debates about religious liberty vs. civil rights.
What is Obergefell v. Hodges?
Explain how these 3 events connect: 1929 stock crash → 1935 Wagner Act → 1964 Civil Rights Act.
Great Depression → New Deal labor protections → model for later civil rights legislation