What was the colony founded in 1585 that mysteriously vanished?
What is Roanoke
100
Which policy restricted commerce from the colonies to England to only English ships, and none other?
What is the Navigation Laws
100
What was the peaceful transfer of power between Federalists and Republicans called?
What is The Revolution of 1800
100
What was the region of New York that was full of sermonizers preaching "hellfire and damnation?"
What is the "Burned-Over District"
100
Who was the "little woman who wrote the book that started [the] great war?"
What is Harriet Beecher Stowe
200
This colony was established as a place of complete religious freedom, and was home to the "outcasts" of society.
What is Rhode Island
200
Which 1776 writing inspired Americans to fight for independence?
What is Common Sense by Thomas Paine
200
What resulted in the death of the Federalist party?
What is the Hartford Convention
200
Who was an advocate for improving asylums and mental institutions?
What is Dorothea Dix
200
At what body of water did John Brown kill five proslaveryites?
What is Pottawatomie Creek
300
What 1676 revolt ignited the resentment of landless former servants against the well-off plantation owners?
What is Bacon's Rebellion
300
In which treaty did Britain formally recognize U.S. independence and grant generous boundaries?
What is The Treaty of Paris of 1783
300
What was caused by the “wildcat banks” loans, the
over-speculation, the “Bank War,” and the Specie Circular stating that
debts must be paid in specie (gold or silver), which no one had?
What is the Panic of 1873
300
What is the name of the first abolitionist newspaper?
What is The Liberator
300
What was the first state to secede?
What is South Carolina
400
What was the spontaneous mass movement that inclined Americans to think of themselves as a single people?
What is The Great Awakening?
400
In developing the new constitution, what worked out the debate between Virginia and New Jersey, giving congress a house and a senate?
What is The Great Compromise
400
What were the two parties during the reign of Martin Van Buren?
What is the Democrats and the Whigs
400
What was the name of the man called "Young Hickory?"
What is James K. Polk
400
What was the failed compromise that was sponsored by a Kentucky Senator, and was flatly rejected by Lincoln?
What is the Crittenden Compromise
500
What small scale scuffle between Spain and America merged with King George's War?
What is the War of Jenkins's Ear
500
Who was the first secretary of state?
What is Thomas Jefferson
500
What 1850 invention increased the demand for slaves, and who was it created by?
What is the cotton gin; Eli Whitney
500
What was the transaction that gave the US the southern tips of California and Arizona?
What is The Gadsden Purchase ;)
500
What was the Confederate raider ship that sunk 64 Union ships?