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| War from 1754-1763 between France, w/ allied indian nations & Brit. & its colonists for control of eastern North Am. |
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| Articles of Confederation |
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| Plan that est. in 1781, a limited nat'l gov. in the U.S., later replaced by the Constit. of the U.S. |
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| Civil War battle in Tenn. in 1862 |
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| Emancipation Proclamation |
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| Pres. decree by Pres. Lincoln, effective Jan. 1 1863 that freed slaves in Confed.-held territory |
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| KKK flourished in the South in the 1860s, died out in early 1870s, 2nd KKK flourished nationwide in early & mid 1920s, & adopted costumes & paraphernalia of 1st Klan,3rd Klan emerged after World War II, wore white costumes consising of robes, masks,& hats. 1st & 3rd KKK had a well-est. record of terrorism |
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| Derived from Darwin's Theory of Nat. Selection, the belief that society should do as little as possible to interfere w/ people's pursuit of success. |
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| 1893 theory of Frederick Jackson Turner that claimed the frontier had played a key role in forming the Am. character |
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