He shot Abraham Lincoln and escaped. He was tracked to a barn and when he refused to come out, the barn was set on fire. He was shot, either by himself or by a soldier.
Who is John Wilkes Booth
100
This Spanish mission was the site of the first battle of the War for Texas Independence. The Texans lost after holding out for 13 days. Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie lost their lives here.
What is the Alamo
100
The group of Andrew Jackson's closest friends who he relied on for advice.
What is the Kitchen Cabinet
100
Became president when Lincoln was assassinated. He was impeached but not convicted so he served out the term but he wasn't very effective because many in Congress hated him.
Who is Andrew Johnson
100
This treaty ended the War of 1812
What is the Treaty of Ghent
200
He murdered a pro-slavery family in Kansas and then led a raid on an arsenal in Virginia attempting to start a slave uprising.
Who is John Brown
200
The first state to secede from the Union
What is South Carolina
200
The Federalists gathered here to oppose the War of 1812. They proposed amendments to make it harder to go to war and even suggested they might secede from the country. It was their last gasp as a political party.
What is the Hartford Convention
200
The president to authorized the use of the atomic bombs on Japan
Who is Harry Truman
200
This treaty ended the Mexican-American War.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
300
He beat Charles Sumner with his cane after Sumner denounced the South for crimes against Kansas.
Who is Andrew Brooks
300
The term for the British practice of taking American sailors off American ships and making them serve in the British navy. The British claimed they were deserters.
What is impressment
300
This organization formed in eastern Europe after the countries in western Europe formed NATO
What is the Warsaw Pact
300
The president in the 1920s who had a lot of scandals and corruption in his administration. He had affairs and wanted everyone to like him.
Who is Warren Harding
300
This treaty ended World War I
What is the Treaty of Versailles
400
They were young men with genius level intelligence who set out to commit the perfect murder in the 1920s. They were caught and their lives were spared based on an insanity defense.
Who are Leopold and Loeb
400
He was the civil rights leader who did not want integration and called whites "blue-eyed devils" until he went to Mecca and saw Muslims of all races worshiping together.
Who is Malcolm X
400
This women's rights group formed in the 1960s and advocated passage of the Equal Rights Amendment, equal pay and equal job opportunities for women, changes in divorce law and legalized abortion
What is the National Organization for Women (NOW)
400
President during the Era of Good Feelings
Who is James Monroe
400
This 1795 treaty with Spain allowed the US to use the Mississippi River and warehouses in New Orleans.
What is Pinckney's Treaty
500
She was a violent advocate of prohibition. She took an axe into bars and smashed the bottles and the bar tops.
Who is Carry Nation
500
This is what Andrew Jackson called the result of the election of 1824 when John Quincy Adams became president and Henry Clay became the Secretary of State
What is a corrupt bargain
500
This was an attempt by the British to gain tighter control over the New England colonies from 1686-1692. The colonies were united under one governor, Edmund Andros. He was hated and eventually driven out of the colonies.
What is the Dominion of New England
500
He was more famous for what he did while not the president. He wrote the Monroe Doctrine, argued the Amistad case in the Supreme Court and he negotiated the treaty to obtain Florida.
Who is John Quincy Adams.
500
The US purchased Florida from Spain with this treaty.