The American Revolution
Angry colonists dumped this substance into the harbor of Boston in 1773
What is tea?
It was the USA's first governing document
What are the Articles of Confederation?
Andrew Jackson is often blamed for this tragic event in which several thousand Native Americans died on a forced march to Oklahoma.
What is the Trail of Tears?
The Civil War began in this year.
What is 1861?
When a single business controls the entire supply of a good or service, it's called this
What is a monopoly?
The stamp act taxed these types of products
What are printed goods?
It was the document that replaced the USA's first form of government, and is still in use today
What is the US Constitution?
The United States went to war with this nation in 1812.
What is Britain?
It was the first battle of the Civil War
What is Fort Sumter?
This political machine dominated New York City politics during the late 1800s
What is Tammany Hall?
The US declared independence on from Britain on this date
What is July 4, 1776?
This man proposed a financial plan for the new nation that called for a central bank, a whiskey tax, and tariffs on imported goods.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
The USA claimed most of the Western United States as a result of this war
What is the Mexican-American War?
This document, issued by Abraham Lincoln in 1863, specifically made the Civil War about abolishing slavery.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
The late 1800s are referred to by this term because of America's apparent wealth which concealed deep problems
What is the Gilded Age?
This war led to Britain taxing the American colonies to pay off its war debts
What is the French and Indian War?
This political party supported ratifying the Constitution
Who are the Federalists?
This territory erupted into violence over the issue of slavery in 1856.
What is Kansas?
It was the first state to secede following the election of Abraham Lincoln
What is South Carolina?
When a company controls every step of the supply chain from production do distribution, it is this type of integration
What is Vertical Integration?
This issue was at the heart of the American colonist's frustration regarding taxes
What is parliamentary representation?
The US Constitution created these three branches of government
What are Executive, Legislative, and Judicial
This term refers to individual states and territories voting on whether to practice slavery
What is popular sovereignty?
It's the number and content of one of the Reconstruction Amendments
What is...
13th--Ended Slavery
14th--Citizenship and Equal Protection
15th--Voting for Black Americans
This French term refers to an economy in which the government does not regulate business in any way
What is Laissez Faire?