American Government
Native Americans and explorers of the U.S.
American Revolution
American Wars
Geography
100
This person is the head of the Executive Branch of our national government.
Who is the President?
100
Ethnic group of people who were the first to inhabit North America.
Who are the Paleo Indians?
100
the country that the United States gained freedom from
What is Great Britain (England)?
100
This war was fought between Britain and France and resulted in France giving most of their land to the British. Most Native Americans took a side during this war as well. This war strengthened the American Colonies but cost lots of money. It ended in 1763.
What is the French and Indian War?
100
the imaginary line divides the earth horizontally into the northern and southern hemispheres
What is the equator?
200
This branch of government creates laws.
What is the Legislative Branch of Government?
200
The American colonists used these methods to overpower Native Americans and eventually take their land.
What is: spreading illness, using weapons (gun powder), and forcing them to sign treaties?
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
This war was fought between Great Britain and their colonies in North America. The colonists initiated this war to gain independence from Great Britain and they won.
What is the Revolutionary War?
200
This continent includes the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
What is the North America?
300
These are the two qualifications that are needed in order to register as a voter in the United States.
What is being 18 years or older and a citizen of the U.S.?
300
I am one of the tribes that lived in southwest Ohio before their land was taken over by U.S. colonists.
Who are the Shawnee and Miami Indian Tribes?
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
This war was fought from 1861-1865 between the northern and southern parts of the United States. President Lincoln wanted to abolish slavery and people in the south didn't agree, so they attempted to become an independent nation. Lincoln and others in the north didn't want the U.S. to split, so they waged war over it. The north won, meaning that the U.S. stayed one nation and slavery was abolished for good.
What is the American Civil War?
300
the farthest point on earth one can go to the south
What is the South Pole?
400
I am the first ten amendments of the constitution. I was created by our founding fathers and list the top 10 rights each person has as a citizen of the United States.
What is the Bill of Rights?
400
I was an Italian explorer that was given funding by Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand from Spain to find a new route to Asia by crossing the Atlantic Ocean. I mistakingly discovered the Americas and thought I was in India. As a result, I called the people living there "indians." The nickname persists today. This first voyage happened in 1492.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
400
I am a nickname for the acts enacted by the king of England following the French and Indian War. These include the Stamp Act, the Sugar Act, the Quartering Act, and the Tea Act. Colonists felt that these acts were unfair and cost them lots of money. The king had not consulted the colonists before creating these laws.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
400
This war was fought between the British and the Americans just a few decades after the American Revolution. The British were mad about the result of that war, and were blocking trade between the U.S. and France as payback. They got the Native Americans (who got along much better with them that the colonists) to team up with them to fight the U.S. They lost again!
What is the War of 1812?
400
the U.S. state that is the farthest point to the northeast
What is Maine?
500
The United States congress is divided into these two groups.
What is the Senate and the House of Representatives?
500
King Henry VII granted this explorer and his three sons the right to seek islands and countries towards the west, east, and north, with five ships under the English flag.
Who is John Cabot?
500
Slogan in the period 1763-1775 that summarized a primary grievance of the American colonists in the Thirteen colonies.
What is "no taxation without representation"?
500
This war was fought between Americans and Native Americans due to the fact that the Americans were taking over Native American Land. Warriors such as Little Turtle and Blue Jacket fought and were defeated. In the end, they were forced to sign the Treaty of Greenville, stating that they had to give up much of their land to the Americans.
What is the Battle of Fallen Timbers?
500
I am the five states that share a border with Ohio.
What are Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, Michigan, and Pennsylvania?
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