Colonial Foundations
American Revolution
Building a Nation
Sectionalism
Civil War & Reconstruction Era
Gilded Age & Progressive Era
Rise of American Power
100
first people to live on a land are called
Indigenous people
100
What enraged the colonists the most and led to their spark for Independence?
300 Extra point for the slogan.
Taxes/No representation
No taxation without representation
100
What was the name of the break up letter written to King George III, by the American colonists?
The Declaration of Independence
100
What innovation increases the production of cotton and leads to the increase demand of enslaved people in the Americas?
The Cotton Gin
100
Which US president lead the country into the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
100
What sparked the prosperity of America in the late 1800s?
The Second Industrial Revolution
100
The explosion of this Battleship led to the Spanish American War
USS Maine
200
What is the name of the first successful British colony in North America?
Jamestown
200
_________________________ was an armed rebellion by Virginia settlers that took place from 1676 to 1677. It was led by Nathaniel Bacon against Colonial Governor William Berkeley, after Berkeley refused Bacon's request to drive Native Americans out of Virginia.
Bacon's Rebellion
200
The _________________________ established a weak central government, with the states retaining a great deal of their powers.
First laws governing the newly formed United States.
Articles of Confederation
200
____________________ was the belief that the expansion of the United States throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable (expected).
Manifest Destiny
200
What was the name of the two armies that fought in the Civil War?
The Union Army VS Confederate Amry
200
A company controlling an entire industry (ex: Standard Oil) is called
monopoly
200
A policy where a nation expands its power by gaining territories or controlling other countries politically or economically.
Imperialism
300
The settling of the Americas happens when early humans crossed what land bridge during the Ice Age
Beringia (the land bridge) or Bering Strait
300
The French and Indian War (aka the 7 Years' War) was fought over which New World Territory?
The Ohio River Valley
300
The supreme law of the United States that establish the federal government's structure, powers, and limits is called
The Constitution
300
________________________ means letting the people vote to decide an issue instead of the federal government deciding for them, such as whether slavery would be allowed in a territory.
Popular Sovereignty
300
____________________________ declared that all enslaved people in Confederate states still in rebellion "are, and henceforward shall be free"
Emancipation Proclamation
300
Wealthy businessmen were often called (negative term)
Robber Barons
300
Which 3 countries were given to the US after Spain lost the Spanish American War
Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines
400
Which cash crop saved Jamestown?
Tobacco
400
_______________________ forbade American colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
The Proclamation of 1763
400
Which political party at the time was in support of the ratification (passing) of the US Constitution?
The Federalists
400
___________________________ forbade slavery above the 36º 30' latitude line in the remainder of the Louisiana Territory.
The Missouri Compromise
400
_________________ granted birthright citizenship and equal protection under the law
14th Amendment
400
Government policy of minimal interference in business
Laissez Faire
400
The pro-imperialist concept that it is the duty of White Americans to take over other nations for their "betterment".
The White Man's Burden
500
_____________________ are the people who settle in a new land controlled by their home country called.
Colonists
500
What laws enforced the treatment of enslaved Africans as property, designed to control and punish them to preserve the economic system of slavery.
Slave Codes
500
Which political party at the time was against the ratification (passing) of the US Constitution?
Anti-federalists
500
What compromise was first to disrupt the balance of slave states to free states?
The Compromise of 1850
500
The 15th amendment granted all men (regardless of race/color) the right to
vote
500
_______________________ an organized group of workers who join together to collectively bargain for better wages, benefits, safety, and working conditions.
Labor Union
500
Which nation did the US forcibly "annex" (take) and later make an official State?
Hawaii
600
______________________ voluntarily surrendered their freedom for a specified time (5-7 years) in exchange for passage to America
Indentured Servants
600
What Act allowed British troops to live in colonists' homes?
The Quartering Act
600
The ______________________ was added to the Constitution to protect individual freedoms and limit the power of the federal government.
Bill of Rights
600
Which compromise or act repealed (canceled) the Missouri Compromise, thereby allowing slavery in territories it was formerly banned from?
Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)
600
_______________ abolished slavery in the US except as a form of punishment.
13th Amendment
600
Journalists who exposed corruption and social problems are called
Muckrackers
600
Where did the US bomb their own citizens for the first time?
Puerto Rico
700
The first African slaves were brought to North America in the year
1619
700
________________________ was a fight between an on-duty British guard and a colonist. Angry colonists joined and threw stones at the British guards.
The Boston Massacre
700
What rebellion proved the strength of the new government under the US constitution?
Whiskeys Rebellion
700
In which Supreme Court Case did the Supreme Court ruled against African Americans were not citizens and had no right to sue in federal court.
Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)
700
Which political party pushed for stronger protections for freed people during the Reconstruction Period
Radical Republicans
700
What book exposed the terrible conditions in the Chicago meatpacking industry (Book and author)
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
700
Teddy Roosevelt and a French engineer worked together to overthrow Columbian rule in order to build
The Panama Canal