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100

"Fifty-four forty or fight" campaign slogan

Who is James K. Polk

100

established the first town school system in America

What is Old Deluder Satan Act

100

Colony that established the House of Burgesses

What is Jamestown

100

First permanent French settlement of the New World

What is Quebec

100

sold the Louisiana Territory

What is France

100

negotiated purchase that completely settled the southern border of the U.S.

Who is James Gadsden

200

first U.S. President

Who is George Washington

200

prepared England for limited government

What is Magna Carta

200

This battle was the turning point of the War for Independence

What is Battle of Saratoga

200

He first trained circuit riding preachers during the time of the Second Great Awakening

Who is Francis Asbury

200

type of interpretation of the Constitution Thomas Jefferson and the Democratic-Republicans stood for

What is strict

200

Promoted the idea of public school

Who is Horace Mann

300

issued the Specie Circular

Who is Andrew Jackson

300

required all public lands be paid for in silver and gold

What is Specie Circular

300

War that resulted in establishing English tradition and liberty in North America

What is French and Indian War

300

Discovered a mountain pass through the Sierra Nevada

Who is Jedediah Smith

300

Purpose of the government as listed in the U.S. Constitution

What is protect

300

First president of the Republic of Texas

Who is Sam Houston

400

ended tribute to the Barbary pirates

Who is Thomas Jefferson

400

established townships for the Northwest Territory

What is the Land Ordinance of 1785

400

Wrote Poor Richard's Almanac

Who is Benjamin Franklin

400

First man to go to Oregon Country in response to the Indians' call for the gospel

Who is Jason Lee

400

signed the Oregon Treaty with the United States

What is England

400

invented the reaper

Who is Cyrus McCormick

500

warned European powers against interfering in the Western Hemisphere

Who is James Monroe

500

levied a tax on all legal documents

What is the Stamp Act

500

Colony that set a precedent for religious freedom

What is Rhode Island

500

European who discovered the Hawaiian Islands

Who is James Cook

500

experienced a potato famine

What is Ireland

500

From what city in Missouri did the wagon train leave when starting the Oregon Trail?

What is Independence

600

was VP then President after the death of William Henry Harrison

Who is John Tyler

600

The year the "Tariff of Abominations" passed that increased the North's profit at the expense of the South

What is 1828

600

First shots fired here to start the War for Independence

Where is Lexington

600

Narcissa Whitman went with this other woman as the first white women to cross the Rockies

Who is Eliza Spaulding

600

type of government established by the U.S. Constitution

What is a federal republic

600

Gold was discovered at his ranch in 1848

Who is John Sutter

700

wrote the first American dictionary

Who is Noah Webster

700

known as the Father of American missions

Who is Adoniram Judson

700

supported Christopher Columbus in his expedition to the New World

What is Spain

700

Developed the first successful steamboat

Who is Robert Fulton

800

This revived interest in trade with the East

What is the Crusades

800

threatened the freedoms of Texans

What is Mexico

800

Wrote "The Scarlet Letter"

Who is Nathaniel Hawthorne

900

First amphibious landing of American forces conducted here

Where is Veracruz

1000

established Christian principles in the factories he owned

Who is Francis Cabot Lowell

1100

Battle that Texas won its independence from Santa Anna

Battle of San Jacinto

1200

General who defeated Santa Anna's army at the Battle of Buena Vista

Who is Zachary Taylor

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