WESTERN EXPANSION
AMERICAN WARS
FAMOUS PEOPLE
STATES
NICK NAMES
100
What land was purchased from France for 10 million dollars?
Louisiana Territory
100
Which war did the 13 colonies win their independence from England?
American Revolutionary War
100
Who was the first president of the United States?
George Washington
100
Which state did the Lewis and Clark expedition begin?
Missouri
100
During the winter of 1839, one out of every four Cherokee Indians died whil walking to Oklahoma to an Indian Reservation.
The Trail of Tears
200
What form of transportation helped carry natural resources to factories and people out west?
The railroad boom 1830 - 1850.
200
Which war did America gain land to the Pacific Ocean?
Mexican and American War
200
What famous frontier man died at the Alamo?
Davey Crocket
200
The Alamo is located in what state?
Texas
200
Texas was known by what nick name?
The Lone State
300
What war gave America land EAST of the Mississippi River?
French Indian War
300
Which war did the 13 colonies join England to win land EAST of the Mississippi River?
French Indian War
300
Who was the famous Mexican General who fought in the at the Alamo and the Mexican American War?
General Santa Anna
300
Which states belong to the confederacy during the Civil War?
Southern states
300
People who went to California to look for gold were called by what nickname?
The forty-niners
400
What war lasted two years and gave America new SW states?
Mexican American War
400
Which battle did Americans lose to Mexico?
Battle of Alamo 1836
400
Who was a famous x-slave speaker who created the Underground Railroad to help other slaves escape?
Fredrick Douglass
400
Which states belong to the Union during the Civil War?
Northern States
400
People who wanted to go to war against England in the War of 1812.
War Hawks
500
Name all 7 new western and southwestern states that were created after the Mexican American War:
Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, California, Nevada and Utah
500
Which war was fought only on American soil?
American Civil War
500
Who wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin" about the hard life of slaves?
Harriet Stowe
500
Identify four states that belong to the Union and four states that belong to the confederacy.
UNION STATES: Maine, New Hamshire, New York, Pennsylvania West Virginia Ohio Michigan Kentucky Indiana Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Kansas, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts CONFEDERACY: Virgina, North Carolina South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, and Florida
500
What did Sam Houston yell when he attacked Mexico?
'Remember the Alamo!'
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