U.S. History Eras

1607: Founding of Jamestown

1620: Pilgrims and Mayflower Compact

1634: Lord Baltimore founds Maryland

Which U.S. History era do the dates above best represent?

• Exploration

• Colonization

• Creating a Government

• Road to Revolution

Which of the following was a defining characteristic of the Era of Good Feelings?

• The U.S. ceded territory to Great Britain in an attempt to avoid war.

• There was a renewed sense of nationalism.

• Evangelical revivalists challenged religious traditionalists.

• Many states called for a restructuring of the federal government.

In which era/unit of U.S. history was this process created?

• American Revolution

• Creating a Government

• Constitution

• Early Republic

Which era is categorized by economic, technological, and scientific advances in American society?

• Age of Jackson

• Reform Movements

• Civil War

• Industrial Revolution

Which era focuses on the Articles of Confederation?

• Revolutionary era

• Creating a government era

• Early Republic era

• Reconstruction era

This sequence of events resulted in the adoption of the -

• Articles of Confederation

• Bill of Rights

• Treaty of Paris

• Declaration of Independence

The Second Great Awakening was a movement that promoted -

• spiritual revival and the need for social reform

• the use of reason and scientific theory

• states' rights and governmental reform

• mercantilism and the development of global trade

-Intolerable Acts

-First Continental Congress

Thomas Paine's Common Sense

The list above occurred during...

• Westward Expansion

• Era of Good Feelings

• Revolutionary Era

• Jacksonian Era

In which era did the United States become more democratic with an increase in civic participation?

• Constitution

• Early Republic

• Age of Jackson

• Reform Movements

Which era focuses on the influence of key individuals who sought to enhance the quality of American life?

• Creating a government

• Early Republic

• Manifest Destiny

• Reform Movements