Angry at the Tea Act, Samuel Adams and his group of Rebels, disguised as Mohawk Indians, Boarded the British Ships, and Dumped Hundreds of Crates of Tea overboard.
What was the Boston Tea Party?
100
This Document, later repealed in the constitutional convention, served as the first constitution of the U.S, and was thrown down by a group of farmers, headed by Daniel Shays'
What is the Articles of Confederation?
100
This manifest phrase was the widely held belief that American settlers were destined to expand across the continent.
What is the Manifest Destiny?
100
This Plan, devised by the Union, involved three steps, the most important of which was to cut of export and import into the south.
What was the Anaconda Plan?
100
This Era of writing, is dedicated to portraying life as it really was, not including any element of fiction, or fantasy.
What is Realism?
200
Before the Revolutionary war, this(these) laws/acts/taxes helped fuel the war.
What is the Stamp Act, Tea act, Coercive Acts, Sugar Act.
200
This Document, adopted by the continental congress of 1776, composed by Thomas Jefferson, and written within the assembly room of Independence hall, declared themselves at war with Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
200
These men were trappers and explorers who lived in the wilderness, hunting animals, and selling their kills, (Beaver Pelts).
Who were Mountain Men?
200
These laws were passed by the United States Congress in 1793 and 1850 to provide for the return of slaves who escaped from one state into another state or territory.
What was the Fugitive Slave Act?
200
This author, with his own style of charisma, was an orphan for most of his life, and he lived as an orphan for most of his life. His entire family, even as an adult was also scared, by a ravaging disease of the time.
Who was Edgar Allan Poe?
300
These groups of men and women, were the underground resistance force against the British, and were the rebels that eventually ignited the war.
What are the sons/daughters of Liberty?
300
This Amendment of the constitution, protects citizens from double jeopardy, from being witness to self (Miranda rights), and ensures Just Compensation of Private Property.
The Fifth Amendment
300
To control the migration to California during the gold rush, this act prevented the migration from Asia into the U.S.
What was the Chinese Exclusion act?
300
This Battle, was the result of Lee's signal to Picket, to charge the Union side. The result of this was one of the most bloodiest days in the Civil war, and the inspiration for one of the greatest speeches.
What was the battle of Gettysburg?
400
This Petition was the final peace offering to Britain stating that they were willing for a peaceful solution. The petition affirmed American loyalty to Great Britain and entreated the king to prevent further conflict.
What was the Olive branch Petition?
400
This institution that officially elects the President and Vice President of the United States every four years. They are elected by "electors" who are chosen by popular vote on a state basis. Electors are apportioned to each state proportional to their population.
What is the Electoral College?
400
This massacre (also known as the Walla Walla massacre) was the murder of Oregon missionaries Dr.__________ and his wife Narcissa, along with eleven others. They were killed by Cayuse and Umatilla Native Americans.
What was the Whitman Massacre?
400
This Organization,as a U.S. federal government agency that aided distressed ex-slaves in 1865–1872, but it was very weak by 1870 during the Reconstruction era of the United States.
What was the Freedman's Bureau?
500
The First of these was a convention of delegates from twelve colonies that met in response to the passage of the Coercive Acts.
The second of these managed the colonial war effort, and moved incrementally towards independence, adopting the United States Declaration of Independence.
What was the First and Second Continental Congress?
500
This Amendment to the constitution protects citizens form excessive bail, excessive fine, and cruel/unusual punishment.
What is the 8th amendment to the constitution?
500
This Act was signed into law by President Andrew Jackson on May 28, 1830. The act authorized him to negotiate with the Natives in the Southern United States for their removal to federal territory west of the Mississippi River in exchange for their homelands.
What was the Indian Relocation Act?
500
These set of laws, promoted a "separate but equal" status for African Americans. The separation in practice led to conditions for African Americans that tended to be inferior to those provided for white Americans, systematizing a number of economic, educational and social disadvantages.