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Who was the leader of the Mongol Empire?
Who was the leader of the Mongol Empire?
What was the primary function of the Proclamation Act of 1763?
What was the primary function of the Proclamation Act of 1763?
Who was the Shoshone woman who guided Lewis and Clark on their expedition?
Who was the Shoshone woman who guided Lewis and Clark on their expedition?
What was the significance of the Battle of Yorktown?
What was the significance of the Battle of Yorktown?
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What was the primary crop grown in colonial America?
What was the primary crop grown in colonial America?
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Who was the first President of the United States?
Who was the first President of the United States?
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What was the significance of the 54th Massachusetts regiment?
What was the significance of the 54th Massachusetts regiment?
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What was the main purpose of the Homestead Act?
What was the main purpose of the Homestead Act?
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What was the term used to describe the farming system after the Civil War?
What was the term used to describe the farming system after the Civil War?
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What was the name of the book that exposed the meatpacking industry?
What was the name of the book that exposed the meatpacking industry?
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What was the term used to describe the persecution of Jews during WWII?
What was the term used to describe the persecution of Jews during WWII?
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What was the name of the first successful airplane inventors?
What was the name of the first successful airplane inventors?
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Study Notes
Pre-Contact Era
- Time period before European arrival in the Americas
- Features Genghis Khan, leader of the Mongol Empire
Age of Exploration
- Period of European exploration of the world
- Christopher Columbus, an Italian explorer, reached the Americas in 1492
- Columbian Exchange: exchange of goods between Europe and the Americas
American Revolution
- Colonies fought for independence from Britain
- Key figures include George Washington, the first President of the United States
- Battle of Monongahela was a significant battle during the French and Indian War
Colonial America
- Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement in America
- Tobacco was a cash crop in colonial America
- Proclamation Act of 1763: British law restricting westward expansion
- Saratoga was a turning point battle in the American Revolution
- Yorktown was the final battle of the American Revolution
Early American Republic
- The New Republic refers to the early years of the United States after independence
- Cincinnatus was a Roman model of civic virtue
- Alexander Hamilton was a Founding Father and Treasury Secretary
- The Dinner Party was a significant event or gathering
- Marie Antoinette was the Queen of France during the French Revolution
Early 19th Century
- Age of Jefferson refers to the presidency of Thomas Jefferson
- Election of 1800 was a contentious presidential election
- Lewis and Clark led an expedition to explore the Louisiana Purchase
- Sacagawea was a Shoshone woman who guided Lewis and Clark
- Age of Jackson refers to the presidency of Andrew Jackson
- The Trail of Tears was the forced relocation of Native Americans
American Civil War
- The Civil War was a war between Northern and Southern states
- Gettysburg was a major battle during the Civil War
- Vicksburg was a key Union victory during the Civil War
- 54th Massachusetts was the first African American regiment
- John Brown was an abolitionist known for his raid at Harper's Ferry
- Harriet Tubman was a conductor of the Underground Railroad
- Gettysburg Address was Lincoln's speech during the Civil War
Reconstruction and Industrialization
- Reconstruction was the period after the Civil War of rebuilding the South
- KKK was a white supremacist group
- Sharecropping was a farming system after the Civil War
- The West refers to western expansion in the United States
- Cowboys were figures in the American West known for cattle herding
- The Homestead Act was a law granting land to settlers
- Manifest Destiny was the belief in expansion across North America
Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
- Industrial Revolution was a period of rapid industry growth
- Social Darwinism was the application of Darwin's ideas to society
- Laissez Faire was a policy of minimal government intervention in the economy
- Wright Brothers invented the first successful airplane
- Progressivism was a movement for social reform
- Muckrakers were journalists who exposed social issues
- The Jungle was a book exposing the meatpacking industry
- WWI was a global conflict from 1914 to 1918
- MANIA refers to the causes of WWI (Militarism, Alliances, Nationalism, Imperialism, Assassination)
20th Century
- 1920s were a decade of economic prosperity and social change
- Speakeasies were secret bars during Prohibition
- Henry Ford founded the Ford Motor Company
- Charles Lindbergh made the first solo transatlantic flight
- Harlem Renaissance was a cultural movement celebrating African American art
- Great Depression was an economic downturn in the 1930s
- Okies were term for Dust Bowl migrants
- Dust Bowl was a severe drought and dust storms in the 1930s
- Monopoly refers to exclusive control of a market
- Causes of Great Depression included economic factors leading to the Depression
- New Deal was FDR's economic recovery program
World War II
- WWII was a global conflict from 1939 to 1945
- Pearl Harbor was the Japanese attack on a U.S. naval base
- Manhattan Project was the development of the atomic bomb
- Stalingrad was a major battle on the Eastern Front
- Battle of Midway was a key naval battle in the Pacific
- D-Day was the Allied invasion of Normandy
- Kamikaze were Japanese suicide pilots
- Holocaust was the Nazi genocide of Jews
- Rosie the Riveter was a symbol of women in the workforce during WWII
Cold War Era
- 1950s were a decade of economic growth and Cold War tension
- Anxiety refers to a feeling of worry or unease
- Interstate Highway Act was the construction of the U.S. highway system
- Sputnik was the first artificial satellite
- Cuban Missile Crisis was a standoff between the U.S. and Soviet Union
- Fidel Castro was the Communist leader of Cuba
- Cold War refers to the tension between the U.S. and Soviet Union
- Domino Theory was the fear of communist expansion
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Test your knowledge of historical events from the Mongol Empire to the American Revolution. Explore the Age of Exploration, the Columbian Exchange, and the leaders who shaped the modern world.
