British settlers who founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony; eventually merged with the Separatist Plymouth Colony
Who are the Puritans?
100
First permanent British colony in the New World
What is the Jamestown Colony?
100
Political protest in 1773 over tea tax by the Sons of Liberty in Boston; involved dressing as Native Americans
What is the Boston Tea Party?
100
Constitutional amendment passed in 1864 outlawing slavery
What is the thirteenth amendment?
100
Mass hysteria in colonial New England that resulted in the death of several women in 1692 and 1693.
What are the Salem Witch Trials?
200
Two explorers sent by Thomas Jefferson to explore the new Louisiana Purchase and look for a Northwest Passage
Who are Lewis and Clark?
200
Firing at this tiny island in Charleston Harbor sparked the Civil War
What is Fort Sumter?
200
Incident in 1770 in which a Boston mob heckled British soldiers, prompting them to fire into the crowd and kill 5 civilians
What is the Boston Massacre?
200
Severe and punitive form of Reconstruction led by Congress over the objections of Andrew Johnson
What is Radical Reconstruction?
200
Exchange of plants, animals and diseases between the New World and Old World
What is the Columbian Exchange?
300
Native American tribe that interacted with the Jamestown colony; initially peaceful until they realized more and more settlers were going to push them out of their land
Who are the Powhatan?
300
Armed conflicts in these two New England towns marked the beginning of the American Revolution
What are Lexington and Concord?
300
An 1894 strike by American Railway Union workers in a company town; the army was eventually sent in to end the strike.
What is the Pullman Strike?
300
Term given to England's policy of allowing colonial America a great deal of latitude in self-government
What is salutary neglect?
300
Name given to General Sherman's scorched-earth policy on the March to the Sea; targets civilians as well as soldiers.
What is total warfare?
400
Group forcibly brought to the New World in the 16th - 19th centuries (include the number)
What are 12 million slaves?
400
England's surrender in this town marked the end of the American Revolution
What is Yorktown?
400
Violent strike by Carnegie's steel workers against Frick's attempt to break the union
What is the Homestead Strike?
400
Style of painting in the late nineteenth century that used small brush strokes to suggest rather than accurately depict reality
What is Impressionism?
400
Name given to the forced relocation of Native Americans, especially Cherokees, to the West after Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal Act of 1830
What is the Trail of Tears?
500
Detective agents send by Frick to break the Homestead Strike in 1892; they attempted to surrender several times before the strikers accepted it.
What are the Pinkertons?
500
Name given to western New York state because it experienced so many revivals during the Second Great Awakening
What is the Burned Over District?
500
Incident in the late 18th century in which French diplomats insulted American diplomats by demanding a bribe; led to a quasi-war between France and the US
What is the XYZ Affair?
500
Federal act that gave 160 acres to anyone who could live on it for 5 years
What is the Homestead Act of 1862?
500
Scandal revolving around Peggy O'Neale that took up the first two years of Andrew Jackson's presidency-