The American Revolution
He was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
These are the first ten amendments to the Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This 1803 land deal doubled the size of the United States.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
He was the President of the Union during the Civil War.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This is the simple, literal name given to the time period after the Civil War when the South had to be rebuilt and brought back into the U.S.
What is Reconstruction?
While it actually lowered the price of imported leaves, this 1773 law sparked a famous 'Party' in Boston Harbor because it maintained a tax without colonial consent.
What is the Tea Act?
This "Great" agreement created a bicameral legislature (House and Senate).
What is the Great Compromise?
This term describes the belief that the U.S. was destined to expand to the Pacific.
What is Manifest Destiny?
The first shots of the Civil War were fired at this South Carolina fort.
What is Fort Sumter?
This federal agency was set up to help former slaves with food, tech, and schooling.
What was the Freedmen’s Bureau?
This was the first governing document of the U.S., known for being too weak.
What were the Articles of Confederation?
This branch of government is responsible for carrying out and enforcing laws.
What is the Executive Branch?
Thousands of Cherokee died during this forced migration to Oklahoma.
What is the Trail of Tears?
This 1863 executive order declared all slaves in Confederate states free.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
These restrictive laws were passed by Southern states to limit the rights of Black citizens.
What were the Black Codes?
In response to the Boston Tea Party, Great Britain passed a series of punitive laws that the colonists nicknamed these, claiming they were too harsh to be endured.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
This amendment protects citizens from 'unreasonable searches and seizures' and is the reason police generally need a warrant to check your property.
What is the Fourth Amendment?
This 1849 event caused a massive population surge in California.
What is the Gold Rush?
This three-day battle in Pennsylvania is considered the turning point of the war.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
This amendment granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the U.S.
What is the 14th Amendment?
First formed in Boston to protest the Stamp Act, this secretive group of patriots used civil disobedience and occasionally violence—like tarring and feathering—to intimidate British tax collectors.
Who are the Sons of Liberty?
This 1794 Pennsylvania uprising proved the new federal government was strong.
What was the Whiskey Rebellion?
These two famous explorers were hired by Thomas Jefferson to lead an expedition to the Pacific Ocean to map out the new Louisiana Territory.
Who are Lewis and Clark?
While the Southern states were known as the Confederacy, the Northern states were known by this name.
What is the Union?
This amendment officially abolished slavery in the U.S.
What is the 13th Amendment?