General Study Quiz

Decisive American victories in 1777 that shifted the war's momentum.

The initial engagement on September 19, 1777, where British forces faced heavy losses.

The follow-up engagement on October 7, 1777, without British reinforcements.

The unanimous election of Washington as the first president on February 4, 1789.

The foundational document outlining the U.S. federal government created in 1787.

The legislative body formed under the Constitution, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives.

The 1787 agreement creating a bicameral legislature with equal and proportional representation.

Legislation to address and fund domestic debts incurred by state governments.

A treaty setting southern boundaries for Arizona and New Mexico, signed in Mexico.

Legislation aimed at balancing slave and free states in 1820 and 1850.

Devotion to regional interests over national unity, especially North vs. South.

Laws that allowed capture and return of runaway enslaved people.

A network aiding escaped slaves to reach safety in the North or Canada.

A former enslaved woman who led many to freedom via the Underground Railroad.

Legislation allowing slavery based on popular sovereignty in the Kansas and Nebraska territories.

Supreme Court ruling declaring African Americans could not be citizens and the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional.

Conflict that began with North Korea's invasion of South Korea in June 1950.

Mass protests against racial segregation in the southern US during the 1950s.

Period from WWII to early 1970s of significant economic growth in the US.

The 1954 Supreme Court ruling that declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional.

35th US president (1961–63) who faced crises and was assassinated in 1963.

13-day standoff in October 1962 over Soviet missiles in Cuba.

Failed 1961 US operation to overthrow Fidel Castro using Cuban exiles.

US involvement escalated in the 1950s as part of the containment doctrine against communism.

The peace treaty that ended the Spanish-American War and ceded territories to the U.S.

A conflict in 1898 between the United States and Spain over Cuban independence.

Cuba gained independence on May 20, 1902, after U.S. military occupation.

The 1920s era known for economic prosperity and cultural dynamism in the U.S. and Europe.

Period during the 1920s-1930s marked by the global popularity of jazz music and dance.

American aviator who made the first solo nonstop flight from New York to Paris in 1927.

A fashionable young woman in the 1920s who embraced a lifestyle of freedom and independence.

A revolutionary automobile that became widely available to consumers in the 1910s and 1920s.

Italian explorer who sailed west in 1492, landing in the Bahamas.

Italian explorer who sailed along South America's coast in 1499-1501.

Portuguese explorer whose crew first circumnavigated the globe from 1519-1522.

Religious reformers wanting to purify the Church of England in the 16th and 17th centuries.

A contract where a laborer agrees to work for a set time to pay off a debt.

The first permanent British colony in America, established on May 4, 1607.

English settlers who founded Plymouth colony in 1620 after fleeing to Holland.

The British colonies in America categorized into New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies.

Texas declared itself an independent republic in 1836.

11th President of the U.S. from 1845 to 1849, annexed Texas in 1846.

19th-century belief that U.S. settlers were destined to expand westward.

Conflict from 1846 to 1848 between the U.S. and Mexico over territory disputes.

1848 treaty ending the Mexican-American War, formalizing U.S. land acquisition.

Mass migration to California from 1848-1855 after gold was discovered.

1853 agreement where the U.S. bought southern Arizona and New Mexico from Mexico.

Gold rush led to severe declines in Native Californian populations due to disease and genocide.