Unit 1:
How many original colonies were there?
13
What was the term given to the countries of the western hemisphere that were discovered by the Europeans?
The New World
What was the name of the famous group that was formed throughout the colonies to protest against the British Colonies?
Sons of Liberty
What was the name of the famous acquisition of territory that the US bought off France?
The Louisiana Purchase
What term describes where African Americans traded a portion of their crop in order to work on someone else's land?
Sharecropping
What was the name of laws that enforced racial segregation in the South?
Jim Crow Laws
What was the name of the group of writers who exposed hidden corruption in urban management?
What famous structure divided East and West Berlin?
The Berlin Wall
What is the term that describes the operation or planning of economic and foreign policy on a global basis?
Globalism
What country was Christopher Columbus looking for when he discovered America?
India
Who was known to start the ideas of Enlightenment in America?
Benjamin Franklin
What was the name of the law that forbid settlement west of the Appalachians?
Proclamation of 1763
What was the famous invention that revolutionized Southern agriculture and was an important part of the economic growth?
The Cotton Gin
What was the concept where territories were able to vote and decide whether to allow slavery in their state?
Popular Sovereignty
What was the name given to the period of time where so many technological advances were made?
Industrial Era
What was the law that banned the manufacture, sale and transport of alcoholic beverages?
Prohibition
What plan sent over $12 billion to Europe to help rebuild their cities and economy?
The Marshall Plan
What is the name given to a person who has fled from their homeland because of political persecution?
Political Refugee
What was the number one reason that caused the destruction of Native Americans during this period?
Disease
What was the name of the policy that relaxed the enforcement of strict regulations and laws imposed onto the American Colonies?
Salutary Neglect
What was the event where someone from the Sons of Liberty boarded a trading ship and dumped its content into the Boston Harbor?
The Boston Tea Party
What was the name of the compromise which drew a line along the 36/30 parallel across the Louisiana territory and established the northern/southern borders of the US?
The Missouri Compromise
Which constitutional amendment prohibited slavery after the Civil War?
Thirteenth Amendment
What was known as the era of rapid economic growth, especially in the North and West?
The Great Migration
What law ended and outlawed segregation in public places?
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
What was the name given to the series of wars against Iraq and Afganistan?
The War on Terror
True or False. New York was a Chesapeake colony?
True.
What was the name of the Protestant church that stated that everyone was equal, including women, African Americans, and American Indians?
Quakers
What was the name of the pamphlet written by Thomas Paine where he advocated colonial independence?
The Common Sense
What were the laws passed by Southern states which prevented African Americans from congregating and learning to read and write?
The Slave Codes
What constitutional amendment granted citizenship to all persons born in the US, including former enslaved people, and also guaranteed all citizens equal protection of laws?
Who was the famous leader in the fight for women's sufferage?
Susan B Anthony
Which amendment to the constitution led to the right for women to vote?
The Nineteenth Amendment
What famous Supreme Court case enabled women to obtain abortions in all 50 states within the first trimester?
What agreement was signed by the US, Canada and Mexico to eliminate all tariffs and other barriers of trade?
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
What is the name of the economic theory that said that "colonies exist for the benefits of the mother country" so that they can collect gold and silver?
Merchantism.
What was the name of the first elected legislative assembly in the New World?
House of Burgesses
What was the meeting where all the delegates met together to list their grievances and their solutions with the royal government?
The First Continental Congress
The Trial of Tears
Which constitutional amendment gave all citizens the right to vote regardless of race, color or previous condition of servitude?
The Fifteenth Amendment
What landmark Supreme Court case upheld that racial segregation was legal as long as it was "separate but equal"?
Plessy Vs Ferguson.
What system gave the government greater control over the nation's finances?
The Federal Reserve System
What famous Supreme Court case ruled that separating children in public schools on the basis of race was unconstitutional?
Brown vs Board of Education
What was the name of the war between the US and 35 countries against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait?
The Gulf War
What was the name of the law that the British created to prohibit the smuggling of sugar and molasses, and make money off the trade of the products?
The Sugar Act
What is another name for the French and Indian War?
Seven Years War
What treaty was signed at the end of 1783 which granted the US independence from Britain?
The Treaty of Paris
Which famous supreme court case established the principle of judicial review?
Marbury Vs Madison
What important meeting led to women across the country to begin advocating for their rights?
Seneca Falls Convention
Which law passed by the Government restricted immigration for 10 years from a certain group of people in the US?
The Chinese Exclusion Act
The Iron Curtain
What famous document provided education an d living expenses to veterans and solders so that they could earn diplomas and start small businesses?
GI Bill of Rights
What was the name of the massive air strikes the US led against Iraqi targets?
Operation Desert Storm
What was the first direct tax used by the British government to collect revenues from newspapers, licences, diplomas and pamphlets sold in the Colonies?
The Stamp Act
What was the name of the rule where slave states counted each slave as three-fifths of a person in order to determine the states number of delegates?
The Three-Fifths Compromise
What was the famous Supreme Court case that ruled that states could not tax the National Bank and therefore, national law was superior to state law?
McCulloch Vs Maryland
What was the landmark US Supreme Court case which decided the US Constitution was not meant to include Citizenship for African Americans?
Dred Scott Vs Sandford
Which congressional act took tribal land and reservations away from native American's in order to assimilate them into American culture?
Dawes Act of 1887
Which document outlined the German plan to keep the US out of the European war by encouraging Mexico to declare a war with the US in exchange for land lost during the Mexican War?
The Zimmermann Telegram
What rule was passed by the congress to prevent any future president from involving the military in any undeclared wars?
The War Powers Resolution
What was the name given to the agreement between delegates when they came up with a scheme for apportioning congressional representation during the Constitutional Convention?
The Great Compromise
What was the "policy of mutual non interference" where it was promised that America would stay out of Europe's wars and Europe would not get involved in America's war?
The Monroe Doctrine
What deal was made amount US congressmen that settled the 1876 presidential election and led to the end of the Reconstruction Era?
The Compromise of 1877
What was the name of the philosophy where it was believed that government programs to help the poor were useless because the people had a certain place that could not be changed?
Social Darwinism
What was the proposal made by Woodrow Wilson where he outlined the ending of World War 1 in a way to prevent further conflict?
The Fourteen Points
What divided Vietnam at the 17th parallel where Communists controlled North Vietnam and Democrats controlled South Vietnam?
The Geneva Accordance
What was passed by Jefferson which shut down America's import and export business to prevent British and French harassments?
The Embargo Act of 1807