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What tribe was Pocahontas from?
Powhatan
What was the name of the first permanent English colony?
Jamestown
In what year was the Declaration of Independence signed?
1776
Which president signed the Indian Removal Act that forced Native Americans to move to land in the West?
Andrew Jackson
Who was the Confederate president during the Civil War?
Jefferson Davis
Eli Whitney invented this machine in the 1800s, increasing the slave economy in the south.
Cotton gin
A phrase used to describe the goal of expanding America’s land.
Manifest Destiny
One of the most famous African American figures in the abolitionist movement. He escaped from slavery and had his own newspaper.
Frederick Douglass
An organization created during Reconstruction to protect the legal rights of former slaves and provide education, jobs, healthcare, etc.
Freedman's Bureau
This legally guaranteed the US citizenship of former slaves.
14th Amendment
When Christopher Columbus landed here, he named it Hispaniola. It is now known as what?
Bahamas
This saved Jamestown from collapse.
Tobacco
Which colonial region had a cold, rocky climate and an economy based on fishing and shipbuilding?
New England Colonies
A movement in Europe in the early 1700s that emphasized science, reason, logic, and natural rights. Many of its ideas influenced the American Revolution.
The Enlightenment
An expensive war that left England in debt, causing the American Revolution.
The French and Indian War
A tax on American colonists forcing them to pay taxes on printed materials such as newspapers, pamphlets, and playing cards.
The Stamp Act
