Presidents
One of this President's first challenges involved an uprising by small farmers in New England
Who is George Washington?
We fought the Brits again - and this time they burned down the White House.
What is the War of 1812?
The act of forcing sailors into a navy is called impressment and it helped start this war.
What is the War of 1812?
Political parties weren't a thing in American until this presidential election.
What was the election of 1796?
I believe in a strong central government, an industrialized economy and trade with Britain and France. What political party am I?
What is Federalist?
Who is James Monroe?
This battle marked an important turning point in the Civil War because it stopped the confederates from invatding the north again.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
You got something to say? Better not be about the Federalist president thanks to this 1798 law.
What are the Alien and Sedition Acts?
This inventor and his technology had the unanticipated consequence of expanding slavery!
What is Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin?
I oppose Andrew Jackson and I want a strong central government. What party am I?
Our first Federalist president.
Who is John Adams?
These guys seceeded from the Union, beginning the Civil War.
Who are the Confederate states of America?
This rhyming decree freed the slaves. Kind of. Mostly. In the South.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This foreign policy told Europeans to stay out of the Western Hemisphere. No more colonies!
What was the Monroe Doctrine?
Thomas Jefferson is my man! If he can't do it...no one should. I believe in small government and states rights and an agricultural economy.
What is a Democratic Republican?
Who was Abraham Lincoln and what was the Gettysburg Address?
This short lived 1794 uprising was also about taxes - and a major test of the new federal government's strength
What is the Whiskey Rebellion?
The Trail of Tears was one of the consequences of this act.
What is the 1830 Indian Removal Act?
What is the Oregon Trail?
We love Andrew Jackson. Power to the people! As long as those people aren't Native Americans.
What is a Democrat (1800s version)?
This guy recently tried to revive the Alien and Sedition acts to deport immigrants.
Who is Donald Trump?
The Civil War ended in April 1865 when this confederate general surrendered to this union general at Appomattox courthouse.
Who are Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant?
Abraham Lincon was shot and killed during an outing to this place.
What is Ford's theater?
The armed uprising by this abilitionist in 1859 raised tensions before the Civil War
Who was John Brown?
The Union won the Civil War in part because of its industrial economic power. Which political party from early America would say "I was right!!"?
Who are the Federalists?