U.S. Presidents
The American Revolution
The Colonies
Westward Expansion
Mr. Henderson
100
The first President of the United States.
Who was George Washington?
100
The American Revolution was fought for independence from this country.
What is Great Britain (England)?
100
Tobacco, Rice, Cotton, and Sugar are examples of this kind of crop, grown for profit using the labor of enslaved people.
What is a cash crop?
100
The Louisiana Purchase increased the size of the United States by this amount.
What is double the size?
100
This is the year Mr. Henderson was born.
What is 1979?
200
The number of years a President serves in a term.
What is 4?
200
This is the name for an army composed entirely of volunteers.
What is a militia?
200
The term for a large farm that relied on the labor of enslaved people to grow cash crops.
What is a plantation?
200
The United States acquired the land that is now California, Nevada, Utah, and New Mexico, plus parts of Arizona and Colorado in 1848 after winning a war with this country.
What is Mexico?
200
This was Mr. Henderson's former career.
What is being a chef?
300
The only President to have resigned from the Presidency.
Who was Richard Nixon?
300
The name for British troops, based on the color of their uniforms.
What are redcoats?
300
The name of the trade route from Europe to Africa to the Americas, and back to Europe that shipped crops, manufactured goods,
and enslaved people.
What is Triangular Trade?
300
The term for the idea that it was God's will for the United States to expand across the North American continent.
What is Manifest Destiny?
300
This is Mr. Henderson's daughter's name.
What is Margaret (Maisy)?
400
The only President to serve 4 terms in office.
Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)?
400
This treaty, named for the capital of France, ended the American Revolution.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
400
The term for someone who agreed to work for free under contract for 4 to 7 years in exchange for their passage across the ocean to the colonies. This was NOT the same as slavery.
What is an indentured servant?
400
This was completed in 1869 when the Union Pacific Company and the Central Pacific Company met in Promontory, Utah.
What is the Transcontinental Railroad?
400
This is Mr. Henderson's favorite color.
What is clear?
(It goes with everything)
500
This is the number of Presidents who have died while in office.
What is 8?
500
The term for a person who was loyal to the British King and who did not want revolution.
What is a Loyalist?
500
Pennsylvania was one of several colonies founded by colonists seeking this type of freedom.
What is religious freedom?
500
In 1845, this country officially became part of the United States after nearly 10 years of negotiations.
What is Texas?
500
This is Mr. Henderson's favorite musical artist.
Who is Carly Rae Jepsen?