Principles of Government
What's the year?
Inventors
Name the State
Civil War
100
Sharing power between Congress and the states.
What is federalism?
100
The Pilgrims arrive at Plymouth
What is 1620?
100
He invented the steel-tipped plow which revolutionized farming in the Midwest.
Who is John Deere?
100
Home of Thomas Jefferson, Richmond, Jamestown
What is Virginia?
100
He was the Union General who marched his troops across Georgia and burned Atlanta.
Who is General William T. Sherman?
200
The people are the source of the government's power
What is popular sovereignty?
200
The Civil War begins
What is 1861?
200
He invented a system of interchangeable parts which transformed manufacturing forever.
Who is Eli Whitney?
200
Puritans, Paul Revere's ride, Boston
What is Massachusetts?
200
Issued in 1863, this presidential decree freed all slaves in the Confederacy.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
300
This principle ensures that no one branch gets too much power.
What is checks and balances?
300
Thomas Jefferson writes the Declaration of Independence
What is 1776?
300
This Robert Fulton invention made river transportation much faster and more efficient.
What is the steamboat?
300
Battle of Gettysburg, Constitutional Convention, Liberty Bell, Quakers
What is Pennsylvania?
300
General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant here in 1865.
What is Appomatox Court House?
400
The government is restricted in what it can do. It must follow the Constitution.
What is limited government?
400
Thomas Jefferson buys Louisiana Territory from France
What is 1803?
400
This inventor of the telephone also worked with the deaf.
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
400
Home of John C. Calhoun, First state to secede, Ft. Sumter
What is South Carolina?
400
This battle was the last time General Robert E. Lee advanced far into Union territory. It is considered a turning point in the war.
What is Gettysburg?
500
The government is split into three distinct branches which different jobs.
What is separation of powers?
500
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated.
What is 1865?
500
This man introduced the factory system to the United States through his textile mills, which, oddly enough, hired only women.
Who is Francis Cabot Lowell?
500
Gold rush of 1849, Gained by the Mexican War, Capital is Sacramento
What is California?
500
The Merrimack and Monitor were unique ships for their exterior made of this metal.
What is iron?
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