Period 1-2
The explorer sent by Spain who found the Americas
Who is Christopher Columbus?
The first president of the United States
Who is George Washington?
The movement that focused on women gaining rights
What is the Women's Rights Movement?
The executive order issued by Abraham Lincoln to free all slaves
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
The largest state in the country
What is Alaska?
The first British settlement in North America.
What is Jamestown?
The first Vice President of the United States
Who is John Adams?
The person who won the election of 1800 after confusing results and became the 3rd president of America
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
What is the Mexican-American War?
The state nicknamed the "sunshine state"
What is Florida?
The first 3 main Central and South American settlements
Who are the Mayans, Incas, and Aztecs?
The first colonist killed in the Boston Massacre
Who is Crispus Attucks?
The buying of western United States land from Napoleon in 1803
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
The person who assassinated Abraham Lincoln 11 days after the war ended
Who is John Wilkes Booth?
The first state to secede from the Union to join the Confederacy
What is South Carolina?
The acts passed between 1650-1673 that required colonies to only be able to trade with England.
What are the Navigation Acts?
The rebellion of farmers against Massachusetts because they were promised a bonus
The war where Britain tries to gain Western land by funding Native American rebellions and the White House gets burned down
What is the War of 1812?
The fort Confederate soldiers attack which causes the start of the Civil War
What is Fort Sumter?
The first state to ratify the Constitution
What is Delaware?
The idea that colonies exist for the sole benefit of their mother country
What is mercantilism?
The meeting held with 12 of the colonies because of their anger of the Intolerable Acts
What is the First Continental Congress?
The nickname for the Election of 1824 including John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, Andrew Jackson, and William Crawford
What is the Corrupt Bargain?
The compromise to not have an uneven amount of free and slave states because of California entering the Union
What is the Compromise of 1850?
The four corner states
What are Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico?