Birds That Rhyme With Smidgen (2X)
The Act of stealing soldiers, and forcing them to work for an alternative military is known by this name.
What is impressment?
Pilgrims coming from Britain, and heading to the new world, established this formal document. The Document in question established a civil government, and held people accountable to their laws.
The Mayflower Compact
This Amendment allows for peaceful assembly, speach, religion, and press.
What is the first amendment?
In what year did California receive over 100,000 people, in search of gold?
What is 1849?
Stonewall Jackson got his name at this first battle of the Civil War; earned for fighting the Union "Like a Stonewall."
What is the battle of Bull Run?
This individual assisted Lewis and Clark on their expedition by assisting in translation, making peaceful connections, and guiding the expedition westward.
Who was Sacagawea?
These two figures in History started their political careers as "War Hawks..." or individuals who pushed for the United States to go to war in 1812.
Who are Henry Clay & John C. Calhoun?
These crops are typically grown with the intention of selling, rather than sustenance.
What is a Cash Crop?
This Amendment protects citizen from unlawful search and seizure of property without probable cause.
What is the fourth amendment?
This location is where gold was first "discovered" in California, and is hailed as the location where the gold rush started?
What is Sutter's Mill?
This Ironclad Warship was constructed by the Union, and fought it's first battle against another Ironclad on March 9th... forever changing naval combat.
What is the "Monitor."
This General was the commander of the Mexican forces during the Mexican American War.
Who was General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna?
In 1807, This steam powered vessel was famed for being the first of its kind to travel from New York to Albany.
What is the Clermont?
This Act placed taxes on all printed material.
What is the Stamp Act?
This Amendment protects citizens against excessive bail or cruel or unusual punishments.
What is the eighth amendment?
This location is where hydraulic mining practices had destroyed much of the landscape, caused a flood of the Sacramento river system, and where various environmental gold mining laws developed from?
What is Malakoff Diggins?
This famous document was presented to the people on New Year's Day of 1863.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This congressman came to the aid of the Alamo, arriving with a band of sharpshooters.
Who was Davey Crockett?
While watching the bombardment of Fort McHenry, during the War of 1812, this young attorney penned the original lyrics to the "Star Spangled Banner."
Who is Francis Scott Key?
This Act was passed after the Stamp Act had been repealed. It stated that Britain had the right to tax colonists and to make decisions for them, "In all cases."
What was the Declaratory Act?
What is the 13th Amendment?
These locations, such as North Bloomfield, where quickly developing small towns nearby gold claims. They were known for being lawless, and for growing rapidly in less than a years time.
What is a BoomTown?
This Civil War General would inevitably become a U.S. President, serving between 1869 - 1877
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
This individual can be seen holding a Bible and a Rifle in the Kansas Capital Mural, "Tragic Prelude." The Mural depicts the Bleeding Kansas History.
Who was John Brown.
What are the full names of Lewis and Clark?
After the Boston Massacre in 1770, this artist made an engraving titled, "The Bloody Massacre," which fueld the revolutionary fires of the colonists.
Who was Paul Revere?
DOUBLE POINTS!!!
This Amendment granted women the right of suffrage.
What is the 19th Amendment?
Hydraulic mining requires the use of these devices to fire water at a high velocity into the mountain scape.
What is a Hydraulic Monitor (will accept Monitor.)
This individual served as the President of the Confederacy during the Civil War.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
What is Ulysses S. Grant's middle name?
He doesn't have one!