Colonial Era
The first English colony in what is now the US
Jamestown
A deadly riot that occurred on March 5, 1770, on King Street in Boston.
Boston Massacre
This purchase in 1803 nearly doubled the size of the United States
Louisana Purchase
This president was elected in 1860, upsetting many in Southern states
Lincoln
"Blank" connected the east and west with fast transportation
Transcontinental Railroad
This product was grown in the first English colony
Tobacco
These four acts, the Boston Port Act, the Massachusetts Government Act, the Administration of Justice Act, and the Quartering Act are known as what?
Intolerable Acts
The "blank" was fought by the US and indigenous allies against the British, partly because the British were blocking trade from the US to France.
War of 1812
This freed all the slaves held in Confederate states
Emancipation Proclamation
This amendment granted black men the right to vote
15th Amendment
A set of rules for self-governance established by the English settlers who traveled to the New World on the Mayflower
Mayflower Compact
The "blank" in 1783 ended the war and granted America its independence and all lands east of the Mississippi River
Treaty of Paris
This ideal "Americans believed they had a right to all lands to the Pacific Ocean. Americans would spread democracy, Christianity, culture" is called what?
Manifest Destiny
Name one of the famous Confederate army generals, that were widely considered better than the generals of the Union army
Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson
As a result of poor labor laws, low wages, and long work days, "blank" were created to protect workers.
Unions
A series of revivals in which many American colonists experienced religious conversion by reexamining their destiny
The Great Awakening
Federalists or Anti-Federalists? This group did not support the Constitution because they felt it gave too much power to the national government
Anti-Federalists (put in Bill of Rights because of this)
The deadly route Native Americans were forced to follow when they were pushed off their land
Trail of Tears
Lincoln gave a speech called the "blank" . He explained that the USA was one indivisible nation.
Gettysburg Address
To fight alcohol abuse, Congress passed the "blank" amendment which was the start of prohibition.
18th
Poor Virginia settlers attacked the governor in an uprising known as
Bacon's Rebellion
What is the Great Compromise?
Divided Congress into a House of Reps (for large states) and Senate (for small states)
The "blank" repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty
Kansas-Nebraska Act
In 1865, Lee was defeated and surrendered to Grant at Appomattox Courthouse. The North won the Civil War and pushed for the "blank" which ended slavery in America.
13th Amendment
Teddy Roosevelt used “blank blank" diplomacy (the American navy) to gain his objectives, such as helping Panama gain independence from Colombia so the USA could build the Panama Canal
Big Stick Diplomacy