The Colonies
What was the reason the Pilgrims fled England and established Plymouth Colony
What was the name of the document where the Colonies "broke up" with England?
Declaration of Independence
Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?
Fort Sumter, Charleston South Carolina
Which group/person wanted a small loyalty pledge (10%) from the states to reenter the Union?
Abraham Lincoln
What percentage of the Cherokee Nation died during the Trail of Tears
25%
What was the reason that the Virginia Company established Jamestown?
To look for gold and other precious metals
Identify the following quote as patriot or loyalist
“Let a crown be placed thereon, by which the world may know, that so far as we approve of monarchy, that in America the law is King. For as in absolute governments the King is law, so in free countries the law ought to be King; and there ought to be no other.”
What was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War
Gettysburg
Which group wanted to severely punish all southerners and take plantations land and give it to the emancipated slaves?
Radical Republicans (Congressional Reconstruction)
What did the Supreme Court case Marbury vs Madison establish?
Judicial Review
What was the founder of Georgia named?
George Oglethorpe
Which act taxed nearly all household goods
Townshend Act
Why was it almost guaranteed that Abraham Lincoln was going to win the election of 1860?
Because there was only one Republican candidate and multiple Democratic candidates.
Name 4 things that the Freedman's Bureau did to help the emancipated slaves?
Build schools, build hospitals, feeding the hungry, legalizing marriages, finding lost loved ones....
In what year was gold discovered in California?
1849
Which country controlled New York before it was surrendered to England?
The Dutch
Where were the first shots of the revolutionary war fired?
Lexington and Concord
Who was the leader of the Union forces and a future president?
Ulysses S. Grant
What was the name of the "clause" that allowed anyone with an ancestor that could vote to avoid paying the poll taxes?
Grandfather Clause
What are one of the characteristics of Jacksonian Democracy?
The Majority rules
Which Phrase completes this list
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1) Millions of slaves transported across the Atlantic Ocean
2)Section of the major trade route between Africa and the Americas
3) Cruel and inhumane conditions on slave ships
The Middle Passage
What is the central idea of the Declaration of Independence?
All men are created equal and have certain God-given rights.
Where was Lincoln shot and killed?
Ford's Theater
Why was Andrew Johnson impeached?
What was the name of the slave that traveled to multiple territories that didn't allow slavery and sued to win his freedom?
Dredd Scott