Enacted as part of the Compromise of 1850, this act was designed to ensure that escaped slaves would be returned to bondage.
What is the Fugitive Slave Act
100
This president was Commander in Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revoluntionary War.
Who is George Washington
100
This part of the Constitution states the purpose of the Constitution
What is the preamble
100
The first shots of the Civil War occured here as a result of a misunderstanding between President Lincoln and the South.
What is Fort Sumter
100
These were the colonists who violently rebelled againest British control during the American Revolution
Who are the Patriots
200
This was a series of four laws enacted in 1798 to reduce the political power of recent immigrants to the U.S.
What are the Alien and Sedition Acts
200
Was the nation's first frontier president
Who is Andrew Jackson
200
This is the number of articles in the Constitution
What is 7
200
During this battle, Confederate forces under General Lee were captured by General McClellan; this was the bloodiest single day battle in the Civil War.
What is the Battle of Antietam
200
The British issued this proclamation that prohibited colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mts.
What is the Proclamation of 1763
300
Enacted in 1862, this act provided 160 acres of land in the West to any citizen or intended citizen who was the head of the house and would cultivate the land for years to come.
What is the Homestead Act
300
During Thomas Jefferson's presidency the U.S. bought this territory that encompassed all or part of 15 different states known as the what?
What is the Louisana Purchase
300
The 18th Ammendment established the prohibition of alcohol and was then repealed by this Ammendment
What is the 21st Ammendment
300
This declared that all slaves in areas still in rebellion were, in the eyes of the federal government, free.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation
300
The French and Indian War started when the French built forts in this area
What is the Ohio River Valley
400
This act, in 1887, was intended to "Americanize' Native Americans by distributing reservation land to individual owners.
What is the Dawes Act
400
During Grant's presidency there were scandals and corruption that eventually led to the Panic of 1869 or this.
What is Black Friday
400
Article I Section 3 of the Constitution states that the Vice-President of the U.S. is President of this
What is the Senate
400
Following the Emancipation Proclamation, this was the first all African-American regiment to be raised in the North.
What is the 54th Regiment
400
When smaller groups within a larger society maintain their unique cultural identities, values, and practices this is known as_________.
What is cultural pluralism
500
These laws enacted in 1862 and 1890 helped to create agricultural colleges by giving federal lands to states.
What are the Morrill Acts
500
The XYZ Affair, the passing of the Alien and Sedition Acts and the passing of the Naturalization Act occured during whose presidency?
Who is John Adams
500
During the Civil War this women tended to wounded soliders and later went on to found the American Red Cross
Who is Clara Barton
500
This was a petition adopted by the Continental Congress and sent to King George II that pledged American loyality to the British in attempt to avoid war with Great Britian