First Arrivals & Native Americans
Colonial Times/Revolution
A New Country
The Constitution
Jacksonian Democracy & Westward Expansion
100
The name of what was the land bridge between Asia & Alaska. It is now under water.
What is Beringia?
100
What happened to these people is still a mystery today.
What is the Roanoke Colony?
100
This was the first constitution of the United States.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
100
The dude in charge of the Executive Branch of the U.S. Government.
Who is the President of the United States?
100
I helped you get elected so you owe me dude, give me a job.
What is the Spoils System?
200
A stone tool named after a town in New Mexico near where the first one was found. Do you get the point?
What is a Clovis Point?
200
A conflict over the Ohio River Valley.
What is the French and Indian War?
200
This creates an example to guide others in similar situations later.
What is a precedent?
200
Freedom of speach, religion, assembly, the press, and to petition the government for the redress of grievances.
What is the 1st Amendment?
200
$18 a square mile? We'll take 828,000 of them. Thank you Napoleon, sincerely, Thomas Jefferson.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
300
The impact that humans have on their environment and that their environment has on humans.
What is Human Geography?
300
The English policy of basically ignoring the colonies as long as they made England money.
What is Salutary Neglect?
300
Civil unrest in western Massachusetts over taxes and land foreclosures.
What is Shays' Rebellion?
300
This branch of government makes the laws.
What is the legislative branch (congress)?
300
The idea depicted in this image:
What is Manifest Destiny?
400
The largest city in North America before European arrival, found along the Mississippi River close to present day St. Louis.
What is Cahokia?
400
This was "the shot heard around the world."
What was the Battle of Concord and Lexington?
400
This rebellion demonstrated government's ability to enforce laws and establish federal authority under the new constitution.
What was the Whiskey Rebellion?
400
You have to be at least 30 years old to be elected to this office, which serves for 6 year terms.
What is the Senate?
400
Sure, they're pretty, but why is everyone rushing out west for some rocks?
What is the California Gold Rush?
500
This was a powerful alliance of six Native American nations (Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, and later Tuscarora) in what is now northeastern North America.
What was the Iroquois Confederacy?
500
A "Christmas gift" from George Washington for about 900 Hessian soldiers. They were definitely surprised to recieve it.
What was the Battle of Trenton?
500
This established a process for territories to become states, prohibited slavery in the Northwest Territory, and created a structured government system for these territories, crucial for the orderly settlement and governance of western lands.
What is the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?
500
I am the 3rd person in line for the presidency.
Who is the Speaker of the House of Representatives?
500
Why is everyone so sad? Just follow the path of Cherokee Roses.
WHat was the Trail of Tears?