Colonial
New Nation
American Civil War
Gilded Age
Interwar Years
100

The First English Settlement

Roanoke

100

The treaty that officially recognizes the United States as a country.

The Treaty of Paris.

100

The first shots of the Civil War (location)

Fort Sumter

100

Owner of Standard Oil

John D. Rockefeller

100

The day that the markets crashed before the Great Depression

Black Tuesday

200

Known as "brown gold," a common crop in the Vrigina colony 

Tobacco

200

How enslaved people would be counted for representation and taxation.

3/5ths Compromise.

200

The Union would enact this naval blockade of the south (name the operation).

Anaconda Plan

200

Invention that revolutionized communication

The Telephone

200

A group of women who push for voting rights.

Women's Suffrage Movement

300

In 1692, 20 people were executed in Massachusetts. They weighed more than a duck...

Salem Witch Trials.

300

Essays written by Hamilton, Jay, and Madison, pushing for the ratification of the U.S. Constitution.

The Federalist Papers

300

An act passed in 1862, encouraging Western migration. A person could gain 160 acres.

The Homestead Act

300

The first president to serve two non-consecutive terms. 

Grover Cleveland

300

FDR would conduct these meetings, addressing the nation every Saturday.

Fireside Chats

400

In 1676 a rebellion in Virginia occurred due to the colonial government not supporting the frontiersmen.

Bacon's Rebellion.

400

The XYZ affair would lead to war with what European country?

France

400

The secret network enslaved people used to get to the North

The Underground Railroad

400

Progressive-era journalists who expose monopolies.

Muckrackers
400

The first global organization of its kind. Designed to keep the peace, suggested by Woodrow Wilson, but did not join.

League of Nations

500

The economic theory that colonists can only trade with England. 

Mercantilism.

500

In 1804, Alexander Hamilton would be killed by this sitting vice president.

Aaron Burr

500

Name the battle where two ironclad monitors fought, changing naval engineering forever. 

Battle of Hampton Roads

500
In 1894, a strike took place against the railroad industry.

The Pullman Strike.

500

What state was Bonnie and Clyde killed in?

Louisianna