The British liked to "impress" supplies, ships and sailors during the ________________...
What is the War of 1812
100
Building the NC General Assembly meets in Raleigh is called the __________; building the US Congress meets in ______________
What is Legislative Building; Capitol
100
The trail that had 400,000 people move along it...
What is the Oregon Trail
200
Year the Indian Removal Act is created...
What is 1830
200
Direction the corps of discovery traveled to get to the Pacific Ocean...
What is Northwest
200
This president wanted the "Big 5" tribes removed from the southeast and placed on the Trail of Tears
Who is Andrew Jackson
200
Number of Representatives in General Assembly; number of Representatives in US Congress
What is 120; 435(8)
200
The group of trails took natives to Oklahoma...
What is the Trail of Tears
300
Year the US Constitution is written
What is 1787
300
Number of states that will be created after the Louisiana Purchase is made...
What is 15
300
Name 3 of the "Big 5" tribes of the southeast...
Who are the 1. Chickasaw 2. Creek 3. Cherokee 4. Choctaw 5. Seminole
300
Give 2 similarities of the General Assembly and US Congress...
What is 1. Both are created by Article II 2. Both have a House of Representatives 3. Both have a Senate 4. Both serve 2 year terms (House of Reps.) 5. Both write bills
300
The treaty that ended the Mexican-American War in 1848 was...
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
400
Year the Treaty of Ghent is signed
What is 1815
400
How much would the 15 million spent on the Purchase be worth in 2014 dollars?
What is 284 million
400
the President of the US during the War of 1812 was...
Who is James Madison
400
The number of North Carolina representatives in the US House of Representatives is _______; number of US Senators from North Carolina in the Senate...
What is 13; 2
400
Name 3 "present day" states that became part of the US after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed...
What is 1. California 2. Arizona (part) 3. New Mexico (part) 4. Utah 5. Nevada 6. Colorado (part)
500
Year the California Gold Rush begins...
What is 1848
500
Who were the 2 people President Jefferson sent to Paris to negotiate with Napoleon Bonaparte?
Who are Robert Livingstone and James Monroe
500
The name and year the treaty was signed that ended the War of 1812...
What is Treaty of Ghent in 1815
500
Thom Tillis is running for Kay Hagan's seat in the US Congress. Who is the other US Senator from North Carolina?
Who is Richard Burr
500
When the population of California reached 100,000, it applied for statehood. What # state did it become and in what year?