European Movement which resulted in exposure to Middle

Eastern and Asian Goods; it was a failed attempt to take away the

Holy Land from Muslims

Crusades

European Movement resulted in new art, technology, and a return

to classical thought

Renaissance

European Movement resulted in the rise of the protestant religion

Reformation

Terms are used to describe the exchange of goods between

Europe and the Americas after Columbus’s discovery

Columbian Exchange

Spanish explorers who searched for “God, gold, and glory”

Conquistadors

Name of first American settlement in 1656 by Europeans

St. Augustine

First successful English settlement in the New World in

1607Jamestown

Name of the legislature of the Virginia colony called (first

representative government in the New World)

House of Burgesses

Main reason for the American Colonies protestation against

British Rule

Taxation

This war put the English into debt and forced them to tax and

closely monitor the troops in Boston; the war was fought

between England and France

French and Indian War

This occurred in 1770 that resulted in 5 colonists being shot

and killed by British troops in Boston

Boston Massacre

In 1773 Bostonians protested the Tea Act by staging what famous event; this was also an effect of Great Britain’s Intolerable Acts

Boston Tea Party

The first skirmishes of the Revolutionary War occurred in

what two towns

Lexington and Concord

Amendment that guarantees protection of the laws for all

citizens14th Amendment

Amendment that gave African American Males the right to vote

15th Amendment

Amendment that gave women the right to vote

19th Amendment

What papers were written by Jay, Hamilton, and Madison

encouraging the passage of the Constitution

Federalist Papers

What addition was made to the Constitution giving further

protection for individual rights

Bill of Rights

What two political parties emerged after the debate over ratification of the Constitution

Federalists and Democratic-Republicans

Who warned Americans about competing political parties in his

farewell addressGeorge Washington

Who served as chief justice of the Supreme Court for 34 years

and helped shape a powerful national government

John Marshall

What famous Supreme Court ruling established judicial review

Marbury V. Madison

Virginia assemblyman who gave a speech saying “Give me Liberty

or Give me Death”

Patrick Henry

Commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War and was first President of

the United States serving under the Constitution

George Washington

Leader of Son’s of Liberty

Samuel Adams

Made the most famous ride warning colonists the “Redcoats

were coming”

Paul Revere

Battle that is considered the turning point of the Revolutionary

War

Saratoga

The U.S. goal which called for the acquisition of territory in the west extending the country from sea to

sea

Manifest Destiny

Who did the U.S. fight for the land acquisition of California and

Texas

Mexico

What famous meeting in 1848 called for women to demand

greater equality and opportunity in the U.S.

Seneca Falls Convention

What 2 ladies hosted the Seneca Falls Convention

Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton

What white abolitionist from Massachusetts produced The

LiberatorWilliam Lloyd Garrison

What black abolitionist from Maryland produced The North

StarFrederick Douglas

What black woman used the Underground Railroad to help

liberate hundreds of slaves

Harriet Tubman

What woman led reform in prisons in the U.S.

Dorothea Dix

Who led reform in education in the 1800s

Horace Mann

What were communities called which tried to make a “perfect

society”Utopian Communities

Who founded the Mormon faith

Joseph Smith

Who led the Mormons to Utah

Brigham Young

What war of 1812 battle resulted in the protection of Baltimore and

Francis Scott Key’s inspiring “Star Spangled Banner”

Ft. McHenry

What war of 1812 battle did Jackson defeat the Creek Indians

in AlabamaHorseshoe Bend

What war of 1812 battle did Jackson defeat the British after a

truce was called

New Orleans

What was the first major battle of the Civil War

First Battle of Bull Run

What battle resulted in the single bloodiest day of the Civil War

Antietam

What three day battle did the Confederates lose in

Pennsylvania it was also the turning point of the Civil War

Gettysburg

What battle in Mississippi resulted in a complete blockade

of the south by the UnionVicksburg

What Union General captured Atlanta and continued southeast

to Savannah destroying everything in his path

William Tecumseh Sherman

What famous speech was given by Lincoln at a consecration

ceremony where he reminded Americans of the basic ideal, “All

men are created equal”

Gettysburg Address

Where did Robert E. Lee surrender to Grant in 1865

Appomattox Courthouse

What was the program called that return southern states to the

Union, rebuilt the South’s infrastructure, and attempted to protect the rights of free blacks

Reconstruction

What were the laws called passed by southern states

attempting to control freedmen and keeping them in a subservient position

Black Codes

What were Northerners called who moved to the South, voted

Republican, and were scorned by southerners after the Civil War

Carpetbaggers

What were Southerners called who voted Republican after the

Civil WarScalawags

What southern secret society emerged during the

Reconstruction that harassed, tormented, and killed blacks

demanding equality

Ku Klux Klan

What congressional solution resulted in Hayes winning the

presidential election in 1876 and Reconstruction ending

Compromise of 1877

What were the laws called passed in southern states after

Reconstruction that stripped African Americans of basic rights

like voting

Jim Crowe Laws

What type of farming existed in the south after the war where

farmers rented land to grow crops

Tenant farming

What type of farming existed in the south after the war where farmers were forced to share

crops with landowners

Sharecropping

Who invented the telephone

Alexander Graham Bell

What type of industry was Alabama involved in during the

late 1800ssteel

What theory was used to promote competition in the marketplace

Social Darwinism

What was the movement called which promoted change in

government, business, and social welfare

Progressivism

What did Theodore Roosevelt call journalist who were intent on exposing corruption at the turn of

the century

Muckrakers

Who was the African-American who encouraged blacks to seek social justice and equality and

was an early leader of the NAACP

W.E.B DuBois

Who was the African American who encouraged blacks to learn a

trade and also founded the Tuskegee Institute in 1881

Booker T. Washington

What African American man was famous for his work as an

agricultural scientist (also worked with peanuts)

George Washington Carver

What famous Supreme Court decision upheld segregation in

1896

Plessy v. Ferguson

Income Tax Amendment

16th

Prohibition Amendment

18th

Repealed the 18th and Prohibition Amendment

21st

What types of technological innovations were used in WWI

Tanks and submarines

What treaty ended WWI

Treaty of Versailles

What type of fighting took place in WWI

Trench warfare

What type of technological innovation did the Germans bring

to WWISubmarine (U-boats)

Who were the Central Powers in WWI

Ottoman Empire, Germany, Austria-Hungary

Who were the Allied Powers in WWI

France, Britain, Russia, U.S

What years did WWI last through

1914 to 1918

This organization was founded by U.S. Pres. Woodrow Wilson but

the U.S. refused to sign it because of the organization

League of Nations

What is the fear of communism

Red scare

Name of the summer in 1919 in which racist riots erupted in about

25 cities nationwideRed Summer

Trial in which two immigrants were given an unfair trial due to

their ethnic background and were eventually but to death

Sacco and Vanzetti

This program provided old age pensions, disability payments and

unemployment benefits

Social Security

FDR created this in response to critics who said he was not doing enough for ordinary Americans

Second New Deal

Name the Axis Powers in WWII

Germany, Italy, Japan

Name the Allies in WWII

U.S. Britain, France, Russia

Giving in to someone’s demands in order to keep peace

Appeasement

On Sept 1st 1939 Hitler invaded this country starting WWII

Poland

On Dec. 7th 1941 the Japanese attacked what?

Pearl Harbor

Who entered the war after the attack on Pearl Harbor

U.S.

President of the U.S. during WWII

Roosevelt

Leader of Russia during WWII

Stalin

Leader of Germany during WWII also a Nazi

Hitler

Leader of Great Britain during WWII

Churchill

Leader of Italy during WWII

Mussolini

What years did WWII go through

1939 to 1945

After this battle, Japan was unable to launch any more offensive operations in the

Pacific, the U.S. won this battle

Midway

Japanese suicide planes

Kamikazes