One of the Native American Tribe in the Trail of Tears.
Cherokee, Choctaw
100
What do you call the group of people who meet in the Constitutional Convention?.
The Framers
100
The largest land acquisition from France
during Thomas Jefferson’s presidency (1803), doubling
the size of the United States.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
100
A person who is strongly opposed to slavery.
What is an abolitionist?
200
An Italian sailor who set out to find a new route to the East by sailing West.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
200
What is one of the battles that the Native Americans won?
The Battle of the Big Long Horn
200
For the role he played in winning and securing American independence, he is generally recognized as one of the most important figures in all of U.S. history. He also is called Father of his Country.
Who is George Washington?
200
The expedition from 1804-1806 that gathered information about the land gained by the Louisiana Purchase and sought an overland route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean.
What is the Lewis and Clark Expedition?
200
Who is the leader of The Union Government during the Civil War?
Pres. Abraham Lincoln
300
The Spanish explorer who looked for the Fountain of Youth in Florida.
Who is Ponce de Leon?
300
What is Sacagawea's native tribe?
Shoshone
300
Document proclaiming the independence of the 13 British colonies in America, adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
300
The discovery at Sutter's Mill increased the population of 14,000 in 1848 to almost 100,000 in 1850. It was also famous for encouraging the construction of wagons, roads and railroads going west.
What is the California Gold Rush?
300
Who is fighting in the Civil War?
The North and the South.
400
Who discovered America for France?
Christopher Columbus
400
What dangerous disease killed a lot of Native Americans in the Oregon Trail?
Cholera
400
Who forced the Americans to work on their boat in War of 1812?
British
400
Products could be moved more cheaply and much faster by this new method of land transportation in the 1830's.
What is the steam locomotive?
400
Who is the General of the Union Government?
Ullysses Grant
500
French navigator who explored the east coast of Canada and the St. Lawrence River and was responsible for naming Canada.
Who is Jacques Cartier?
500
Tribe of Native Americans who live in the Pacific Northwest region (Columbia River Plateau) of the United States.They also gave food and supplies to Lewis and Clark.
Who are the Nez Perce people?
500
What battle did the Texans and the Americans fought in San Antonio, Texas?
The Battle of the Alamo
500
The fort in San Antonio, Texas, which was the
site of a Mexican victory over supporters of Texan
independence in 1836.