Unit 1
Discovery of Americas
Discovery of Americas
Who is Robert Frost?
This king of England broke off from the Catholic Church because he wanted a divorce. (he had 6 wives before he died)
Who is King Henry VIII?
This event, led by Sam Adams, involved destroying British merchandise by throwing it overboard as an act of protest against the British Government
What is the Boston Tea Party?
Before the Constitution was written, this was the governing document for the United States
What are the Articles of Confederation?
This man wrote our National Anthem, "the Star-Spangled Banner" during the war of 1812
Who is Francis Scott Key?
The nickname for an area in New York that repeatedly experienced the religious "flames of revival."
What is the Burned-Over District?
This man was President during the Civil War, and signed the Emancipation Proclamation
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Nebraska's state bird
What is the Western Meadowlark?
The year that Christopher Columbus discovered America
What is 1492?
This captain saved Jamestown and famously said "He that will not work, will not eat."
This town was where Thomas Gage and his troops encountered the Minute Men, resulting in the "Shot heard round the world"
What is Lexington?
This delegate to the Constitutional Convention was nicknamed "Little Jemmy" on account of his small stature
Who is James Madison?
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This president was unlike his predecessors--he was a self-made, brawling, tobacco-chewing, frontiersman who emphasized the common man?
Who is Andrew Jackson?
The month, day, and year that the Civil war ended
What is April 9th, 1865?
Nebraska's State flower
What is the Goldenrod?
Finish Cicero's quote: "To not study history is ______"
This document was the binding resolution of the pilgrims at Plymouth Colony
What is the Mayflower Compact?
The month, day, and year that the Declaration of Independence was signed
The two houses that make up Congress
What are the Senate and the House of Representatives?
This 364 mi. long feat of engineering connected New York (via the Hudson) to the Great Lakes
What is the Erie Canal?
The name for the event/route wherein the Native Americans were forced to move west
What is the Trail of Tears?
The place where the Civil War officially ended
Nebraska's state tree
What is the Eastern Cottonwood?
This Norseman discovered Newfoundland almost 500 years before Colombus' voyage
Who is Leif Eriksson?
This colony was founded for religious freedom, it's capital city means "brotherly love."
What is Pennsylvania?
Finish the quote: "We hold these truths to be self evident, that _____________, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are _____________________"
"All men are created equal"
"Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."
The three branches of the Federal Government
What are the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches?
The first AND last names of the two leaders of the Corps of Discovery expedition
Who are Meriwether Lewis and William Clark?
This Frenchman came to America to study for his book "Democracy in America."
Who is Alexis de Tocqueville?
The bloodiest day in the Civil War
What is the Battle of Antietam Creek?
Nebraska's state Motto
What is "Equality Before the Law?"
The name of Columbus' main ship
What is the Santa Maria?
This man was the leader of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
Who is William Bradford?
The battle at this town ended with a victory for the Americans, and was effectively the end of the Revolutionary War.
What is Yorktown?
The first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution are known by this name
What is the Bill of Rights?
Who is Pierre L'Enfant?
This New York author wrote "arguably the best American Novel" drawing from his experience on a whaling ship
Who is Herman Melville?
The head of the Confederate Army
Who is Robert E. Lee?
Nebraska is the only state in the USA that has this kind of legislature
What is Unicameral?
The name of Sacagawea's baby who came on the Corps of Discovery Expedition
Who is Jean-Baptiste?