What two men did the USA Government hire to Explore the new land in the West?
What is Lewis and Clark?
100
What battle happened at a church in Texas after Text declared itself Independent from Mexico?
What is The Battle of the Alamo?
100
Who was the President of the United States during the Civil War?
What is Abraham Lincoln?
100
What part of the country was the Union?
What is North?
100
Who was the next President after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated?
What is Andrew Jackson?
200
What woman worked as a guide and translator on the expedition to explore the West?
What is Sacagewa?
200
What war was fought for two years over the territory of Texas and its border?
What is the Mexican-American War?
200
What did John Brown try to do?
Give slaves weapons to rebel against their owners.
200
How many South states seceded from the USA and which state seceded first?
What is 11 and South Carolina?
200
What was built across the USA to improve transportation?
What is the Transcontinental Railway?
300
Who did the USA buy the Louisiana Territory from?
What is France?
300
What battle signified the start of the Civil War?
What is the Battle of Fort Sumter?
300
Who are Robert Lee and Ulysses Grant?
Lee is the leader of the Confederate Army and Grant was the leader of the Union Army.
300
What part of the country wanted slavery and formed the Confederate States?
What is South?
300
Who did the USA buy Alaska from? What did they find in Alaska?
What is Russia and gold.
400
What is the name of the path that the Cherokee people followed after their were forced out of their homeland?
What is Trail of Tears?
400
What happened after the Union won the Battle of Antietam?
Lincoln announced the Emancipation Proclamation.
400
What did John Wilkes Booth do?
He assassinated Lincoln.
400
What were the nicknames for the North people and the South people?
North were Yankees and South were Rebels.
400
In what year was the Frontier considered closed?
What is 1890.
500
What was the Indian Removal Act?
It forced Native Americans to leave their homeland and move to the West.
500
After what Battle did Abraham Lincoln give his famous 2-minute speech?
What is Battle of Gettysburg?
500
What group of people wore white hoods and went on raids, burning black schools, houses and businesses?
What is the Ku Klux Klan?
500
Who won the Civil War?
What is the Union?
500
Explain each of the 3 Amendments.
13th - Abolishes Slavery.
14th - People born in US are US Citizens and have equal rights.
15th - Provide rights regardless of race, colour or fact a person was once a slave.