Exploration and Colonization
This document, signed in 1620, established a model for self-government in the Plymouth Colony.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
This 1776 document, primarily written by Thomas Jefferson, listed grievances against King George III.
Answer: What is the Declaration of Independence?
100: This principle of the Constitution ensures that no one branch of government becomes too powerful.
Answer: What are Checks and Balances?
100: This 1803 land deal with France doubled the size of the United States.
Answer: What is the Louisiana Purchase?
100: This 16th President of the United States issued the Emancipation Proclamation and led the country during the Civil War.
Answer: Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This primary reason for European exploration involved the desire to spread Christianity and find new trade routes to Asia.
What are the "3 Gs" (Gold, Glory, God)?
200: This 1763 law prohibited colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains to avoid conflict with Native Americans.
Answer: What is the Proclamation of 1763?
200: This agreement created a two-house legislature, settling the dispute between large and small states.
Answer: What is the Great Compromise?
200: This 1823 policy warned European nations to stay out of the affairs of the Western Hemisphere.
Answer: What is the Monroe Doctrine?
200: This 1863 battle in Pennsylvania is considered the turning point of the Civil War in favor of the North.
Answer: What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
This colony was founded by Quakers as a place for religious tolerance and peaceful coexistence.
What is Pennsylvania?
300: This 1777 battle is known as the "turning point" of the war because it convinced France to officially join the American cause.
Answer: What is the Battle of Saratoga?
300: This group of people opposed the Constitution because they feared a strong central government and demanded a Bill of Rights.
Answer: Who are the Anti-Federalists?
300: This 1830 law led to the forced relocation of Native American tribes to lands west of the Mississippi River.
Answer: What is the Indian Removal Act?
300: This amendment to the Constitution officially abolished slavery in the United States.
Answer: What is the 13th Amendment?
This economic system relied on the theory that a country's power depended on its wealth, leading Britain to strictly control colonial trade.
What is Mercantilism?
400: These are rights that cannot be taken away by the government, such as life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Answer: What are Unalienable Rights?
400: This constitutional principle explains that the power of the government comes from the "consent of the governed" (the people).
Answer: What is Popular Sovereignty?
400: This Supreme Court case established the principle of Judicial Review, giving the Court the power to declare laws unconstitutional.
Answer: What is Marbury v. Madison?
400: This 1857 Supreme Court ruling stated that enslaved people were property and had no rights as citizens.
Answer: What is the Dred Scott v. Sandford decision?
This 1639 document is considered the first written constitution in the American colonies and expanded voting rights beyond church members.
What are the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?
500: This 1783 treaty officially ended the American Revolution and recognized the United States as an independent nation.
Answer: What is the Treaty of Paris (1783)?
500: The 4th Amendment protects citizens against this specific government action, requiring a warrant for searches.
Answer: What is Unreasonable Search and Seizure?
500: This 1832 conflict occurred when South Carolina tried to declare federal tariffs "null and void" within its borders.
Answer: What is the Nullification Crisis?
500: This era saw the passage of the 14th and 15th Amendments, which granted citizenship and voting rights to formerly enslaved men.
Answer: What is Reconstruction?