The first permanent English settlement in the Americas was...

The ______________________ stated the American colonists intention of being free from the British and included a list of complaints against the King.

The war in which American rebels defeated the British empire for their freedom is remembered as the...

The American rebels were able to defeat the mighty British military..

After winning independence the U.S.A. founders eventually settled on The __________________ as the framework for a system of government... the framework that is still currently being used today.

Most European settlers viewed the natural world as ______________ while most Native Americans viewed the natural world as _____________.

The idea that a higher power had destined Americans to settle all of North America came to be known as...

The Gold Rush in 1848-49 started when gold was discovered in...

The _______________________ connected the East and West coasts by running across the entire U.S.; making travel safer and easier and expanding business in America.

__________ a Mexican territory broke away from Mexico and the United States annexed it before the Mexican government could do anything about it.

During westward expansion in American history, the issue of ______________ came up every time a territory applied for statehood, and whether or not _____________ should expand into the new states.

When ___________________ was elected in 1860 seven southern states broke away from the U.S.A..

During the American Civil War, the railroads, telegraph, and factories were all advantages that helped the __________ win.

During the periods of lenient Reconstruction after the Civil War, the South took the opportunity to establish ______________ which were laws that limited the civil rights of newly freed African Americans.