Unit 1 Dates

Question 1

Start of the French and Indian War (aka 7 Years War)

Answer 1

1754

Question 2

Declaration of Independence

Answer 2

1776

Question 3

Articles of Confederation adopted

Answer 3

1781

Question 4

Constitution ratified

Adopted

Answer 4

1789

Question 5

Washington’s farewell address

Answer 5

1796

Question 6

First peaceful transition of power

Answer 6

1800

(“Revolution of 1800”)

Question 7

War of —- (“Second War of Independence”)

Answer 7

1812

Question 8

Missouri Compromise

Answer 8

1820

Question 9

Election of Andrew Jackson

Answer 9

1828

Question 10

Andrew Jackson nullification crisis; kills national bank

Answer 10

1832

Question 11

Compromise of ____ (california added, fugitive slave act, etc)

(when)

Answer 11

1850

Question 12

Kansas-Nebraska Act; founding of Republican Party

Answer 12

1854

Question 13

Election of Abraham Lincoln

Answer 13

1860

Question 14

Gettysburg Address; Emancipation Proclamation

Answer 14

1863

Question 15

End of Civil War; start of Reconstruction

Answer 15

1865

Question 16

Compromise of —-; Reconstruction ends

Answer 16

1877

Question 17

Plessy v Ferguson

Answer 17

1896

Question 18

Election of Teddy Roosevelt (beginning of the progressive era)

Answer 18

1904

Question 19

FDR elected; New Deal

Answer 19

1932

Question 20

Brown v Board of Education

Answer 20

1954

Question 21

Roe v Wade; Watergate

Answer 21

1973

Question 22

Election of Ronald Reagan

Answer 22

1980