Which current state was the location of the first permanent English settlement in the Americas?
Virginia
100
This was the place where General Cornwallis surrendered and independence was achieved.
Yorktown
100
This is the term for somebody setting an example that will be used or looked at in the future.
Precedent
100
What does the term "Antebellum" mean?
Before the war
100
This battle was the major turning point of the Civil War.
Gettysburg
200
New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Delaware are all part of which group of colonies?
Middle Colonies
200
Influential thinkers on government such as John Locke and Montesquieu lived during this time period.
Enlightenment
200
This is the group of advisors to the President. It is not written in the Constitution (an expressed power), but is still a power given to the President (an implied power) under the Necessary and Proper Clause.
Cabinet
200
Which part of the country was economically based more on Agriculture before the Civil War?
South
200
The first shots of the Civil War were fired here.
Fort Sumter
300
This colony was designed with religious toleration in mind...as long as you were Christian.
Maryland
300
This Proclamation prevented colonists from being allowed to cross the Appalachian Mountains to settle after the French and Indian War.
Proclamation of 1763
300
This Rebellion showed that the Federal government was strong enough under the Constitution to deal with problems forcefully.
Whiskey Rebellion
300
What was the name of William Lloyd Garrison's anti-slavery newspaper?
The Liberator
300
This man was Abraham Lincoln's main rival in Illinois and was a proponent of Popular Sovereignty in the Kansas-Nebraska territories.
Stephen A. Douglas
400
Before landing at Plymouth Rock, a group of Pilgrims first signed this document, which was on of the earliest forms of self-government in the Americas.
Mayflower Compact
400
This famous document famously announced the Independence of the United States and was written by Thomas Jefferson.
Declaration of Independence
400
These acts were eventually deemed a violation of 1st Amendment Rights. Gave the President the power to remove foreigners from the country and prevented criticism of the government.
Alien and Sedition Acts
400
What was the name of the Antebellum reform movement that sought to ban alcohol?
Temperance Movement
400
Which general carried out a destructive march to the sea.
Sherman's March
500
This was the name for the economic system designed to build wealth for the mother country through the exploitation of its colonies.
Mercantilism
500
The Stamp Act, The Quartering Act, and the Townshend Acts were all part of this.
Intolerable Acts
500
In regard to a "quasi-war" with France, American diplomats were sent to meet with French government representatives. They were told they would need to bribe the French before any meeting would take place. What was the name of this?
XYZ Affair
500
Who was the main figure in the public education movement?
Horace Mann
500
This bloody battle led to the hesitation of France and England recognizing the Confederacy, as well as an opportunity for Abraham Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.