Colonies
This was the first attempt at an English settlement. Also called the “Lost Colony.”
Roanoke.
Leader of the Continental Army.
George Washington.
This is the name for the system of how we elect the president.
The Electoral College.
This amendment abolished slavery.
13th amendment.
This is the name for the theory that says the fall of one nation to communism would lead neighboring countries also falling to communism.
Domino Theory.
The first successful English settlement. John Smith said, "You don't work, you don't eat."
Jamestown.
These are the first 2 battles of the war.
Lexington and Concord.
The Constitutional Convention originally took place to amend this document.
The Articles of Confederation.
He was the president of the South.
Jefferson Davis.
This is a U.S. foreign policy that said the U.S. would support nations that resisted communism.
The Truman Doctrine.
Signed by the Pilgrims on the boat. Established self overlining in the colonies.
Mayflower Compact.
This is the slogan the colonists used to argue that they should not have to pay taxes to the King, if they did not have a voice in Parliament.
"No taxation without representation."
These were added to the Constitution 1791 to convince Anti-Federalists to ratify it.
The Bill of Rights or the first 10 amendments.
Where did Lee surrender to Grant to end the war?
Appomattox Court House.
The were executed for spying and giving secret information to the Soviets.
The Rosenberg's.
This colony is know as the "holy experiment."
Pennsylvania.
This is considered the "turning point of the war." Where Americans take the lead.
Battle of Saratoga.
This plan called for representation based on states population. It was unfair to small states.
The Virginia Plan.
Which abolitionist led an attack at Harpers Ferry, Virginia?
John Brown.
He was an anti-communist who believed there were communist spies working for the U.S. government.
Joseph McCarthy.
This was the first legislative body in the New World.
House of Burgesses.
This is the treaty that ended the Revolutionary war.
Treaty of Paris.
These were the 3 major weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.
No chief executive, no power to tax and no national court system.
South Carolina.
This was the resolution passed by Congress that gave President Lyndon B Johnson the power to use all military means to protect South Korea from communism.
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.