Causes of Amer. Revolution
This was the number of original colonies before the Revolutionary war.
What is 13?
The US Const created these 3 branches of the federal gov’t.
What are the Executive, Legislative and Judicial branches?
It was the election of this man in 1860 that led to the first states leaving the Union.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Which precious metal caused a “rush” westward for settlers and prospectors.
What is gold?
As the Cold War began, this country was considered to be the US’s primary adversary.
What is Russia or USSR or Soviet Union?
He was the king of England leading up to and during the Revolutionary War.
Who is George III?
The first 10 amendments to the constitution are collectively known as this.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This battle is considered the turning point of the Civil War.
What is Gettysburg?
Which industry fueled expansion westward and allowed for mass transportation nationwide.
What is the railroad industry?
This weapon developed at the end of WWII played a primary role in world dominance during the Cold War.
What is the Atomic Bomb
Finish this saying: “Taxation without ____”
What is “representation”?
This was the document that was in place Before the US Constitution.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
This was the location of the first shots of the Civil War?
What is Ft Sumter?
This famous native American was one of the leading opponents of the US Army during westward expansion.
Who is Geronimo?
He was the US president between 1953 and 1960.
Who was Dwight Eisenhower?
Any 1 of these 5 laws or policies were a major grievance of the colonies.
Navigation Acts, Proc. Of 1763, Sugar Act, Stamp Act, or Intolerable Acts
This future US President is also known as the father of the Constitution.
Who is James Madison?
This policy ended slavery in the rebel states re-taken by the Union.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
The book notes one of these two outlaws had national notoriety and popularity during the Wild West.
Who is Billy the Kid or Jesse James?
Many of the US’s secrets, weapons and plans were gained by the USSR by this method.
What is spying or espionage?
This was the dominant economic theory of the colonial period. (—-ism)
What is Mercantilism?
This was the official year the Constitution was adopted.
What is 1789?
This is the location of the surrender of the confederacy in 1865.
What is Appomattox Courthouse?
This famous American historian claimed that frontier was one of the largest factors for the growth of American democracy.
Who is Frederick Jackson Turner?
This US senator drove Cold War and communist paranoia with his infamous “witch hunts “.
Who is Joseph McCarthy?