Exploration and Colonization
Revolutionary
Government -- Documents and Info
Changing America
Sectionalism and Civil War
100
The main reasons for European exploration of the New World.
What is gold, glory, and God
100
The commander of the Continental Army during the American Revolution
Who is George Washington
100
The year in which the Independence was declared by the American Colonists.
What is 1776
100
How did Thoams Jefferson double the size of the U.S.?
What is the Louisiana Purchase
100
What event in American History took place between 1861-1865?
What is the Civil War
200
The first permanent English settlement in North America.
What is Jamestown, Virginia
200
Group of Bostonians who worked against British economic policies. They were led by Samuel Adams.
Who are the Sons of Liberty
200
The year in which the U.S. Constitution was written.
What is 1787
200
A person who works to end slavery in American
What is an abolitionist
200
The main cause of the Civil War was sectional differences based on a state's right to decide the issue of ...
What is slavery
300
Why dissenters from Europe settled colonies such as Plymouth, Maryland, and Pennsylvania.
What is escape from religious persecution (or will accept seeking religious freedom)
300
First Battles of the American Revolution
What are Lexington and Concord
300
The importance of the Mayflower Compact
What is it is the first example of self-government in the colonies.
300
The annexation of what Republic sparked the Mexican-American War?
What is Texas
300
The turning point in the Civil War...this event put General Robert E. Lee on the defensive and fleeing back to the South.
What is Gettysburg
400
William Bradfor: Plymouth : William Penn: ______________
What is Pennsylvania
400
The Battle which convinced the French to aid the Americans in the cause of Liberty?
What is Saratoga
400
We hold these truths... FINISH THE QUOTE
What is "TO BE SELF-EVIDENT, THAT ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL. THAT THEY ARE ENDOWED BY THEIR CREATOR WITH CERTAIN UNALIENABLE RIGHTS. THAT AMONG THESE ARE LIFE, LIBERTY, AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS."
400
Industrialization of the United States had two major effect. They are...
What is an increase in Urbanization and Immigration
400
The location where Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant.
What is Appomattox Courthouse.
500
Economic system in which nations increased their wealth and power through a favorable balance of trade, using colonies to gather raw materials and then act as merchants for manufactured goods.
What is Mercantilism
500
The first action taken by King George III which angered the colonies. This action made it illegal for colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What is The Proclamation of 1763.
500
List three weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
What is No chief executive, no national courts, could not tax, could not call up an army, could not force states to pay debts to federal government...
500
Put the following events from the Era of Expansion in chronological order... Annexation of Texas, Florida, Mexican Cession, Gadsden Purchase, Louisiana Purchase
What is Louisiana Purchase, Florida, Annexation of Texas, Mexican Cession, and Gadsden Purchase
500
List the three Amendments that dealt with African Americans after the Civil War, in order, and explain what each amendment did.
What is 13th - freed all slaves in the U.S. 14th - Gave all African Americans citizenship 15th - Gave African American males the right to vote.
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