8th Grade Review - Hard Mode

Revolution

1

This halted westward expansion past the Appalachian Mountain

Proclamation of 1763

Proclamation Line

2

The sons of liberty, led by Sam Adams, did this to intimidate unpopular tax collectors

Burn Effigies

3

Paul Revere's Midnight Ride warned colonists of a British attack, leading to these two battles

Battle of Lexington and Concord

4

At this battle, George Washington forced General Cornwallis to surrender and ended the Revolutionary War

Battle of Yorktown

5

Women protested this act by creating their own clothing

Townshend Acts

6

Name of the food mixture of flour and water soldiers at Valley Forge ate

Firecake

Westward Expansion

1

America encouraged settlement in this state, sparking thousands of people to travel west by wagon

Oregon

2

America claimed to act defensively in this war over the American South West

Mexican-American War

3

Name of the belief Americans would stretch from sea to shining sea

Manifest Destiny

4

Mormons migrated to this state after being chased out of other places they lived

Utah

5

American annexed this state as a slave state after they declared independence from Mexico

Texas

6

Gold was discovered at this mill, leading to the California Gold Rush

Sutter's Mill

Civil War

1

This state seceded from the Union first

South Carolina

2

The Kansas-Nebraska act led to fighting in the west that became known as this

Bleeding Kansas

3

John Brown raided this artillery, hoping to start a slave revolt

Harper's Ferry

4

Two leading generals of the Confederacy

Robert E. Lee

Stonewall Jackson

5

Stonewall Jackson died due to his injuries during this Battle

Chancellorsville 

6

This city was given as a Christmas present to Lincoln from General Sherman

Savannah, Georgia 

Reconstruction

1

This amendment freed the slaves

13th Amendment

2

This was the goal of reconstruction

Unite the North and South

3

This amendment gives people born in America citizenship

14th Amendment

4

This Union general eventually became our 18th President

Ulysses S. Grant

5

Established to help formally freed slaves find jobs and provide schooling

Freedmen's Bureau 

6

Reconstruction ended with the election of this man

Rutherford B. Hayes

Vocabulary

1

to leave or withdraw formally, such as the South

secede

2

the right to vote

suffrage

3

farming where one produces only enough to survive

subsistence farming

4

Forms of media with a biased or misleading nature used to promote political causes or particular points of view

Propaganda

5

this term means setting an example for future people to listen to, such as George Washington as the first President

Precedent

6

Another word for "freeing someone"

Manumission

Emancipation

Final JeopardyWar

6

This philosopher was the inspiration to the Constitution

John Locke