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Who is George Washington?
A pair of places, this is where the first shots of the American Revolution were fired.
Where are Lexington and Concord?
This is the belief that it is the United States' God-Given right to own all the land between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
What is Manifest Destiny?
This document that was completed and signed in 1776 decried the way King George III Treated the colonists and declared independence from Great Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson desired this land for New Orleans however he was sold more than he bargained for, leading to the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
What is the Louisiana Territory?
This man is best known for enacting the Indian Removal Act and for closing the National Bank.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
This Battle during the Civil War is known as the Turning Point for the North and is also the bloodiest battle, claiming 50,000 casualties.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
These rights cannot be taken away and include Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.
What are Unalienable Rights?
This document lays out the basic principles of how the U.S. Government should work, laying out the Branches of Government.
What is the U.S. Constitution?
This man-made waterway allowed transportation of goods from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes.
What is The Erie Canal?
With a powerful slogan like "54'40" or Fight!," this man secured the election of 1844 and fulfilled Manifest Destiny.
Who is James K. Polk?
Robert E. Lee surrendered here, ending the American Civil War.
Where is Appomattox Court House?
These are original records of an event, including eyewitness reports and first-hand information.
What are Primary Sources?
This was the first official Constitution of the United States, failing for being too weak with the Federal Government.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
This is where the first permanent British Colony was established in North America.
Where is Jamestown?
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
Known as the turning point of the American Revolution, this battle convinced the French to join America's cause in the War.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
What is Impressment?
This document, sometimes mistaken for its name, lays out what rights the government protects.
What is the Bill of Rights?
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What is the geographic feature that allowed people to migrate through the Appalachian Mountains into Present-Day Tennessee.
What is the Cumberland Gap?
Who is Henry Clay?
Where is Fort McHenry?
In reference to an economy, this word means that a region relies primarily on farming.
What is Agrarian?
This is the agreement was signed in 1620 by the Pilgrims in Plymouth Colony to create their government
What is the Mayflower Compact?
In 1853, This purchase rounded out the Continental United States by gaining more territory south of present-day New Mexico and Arizona.
What is the Gadsden Purchase?