This is the name given to the first ten amendments of the constitution.
What is the bill of rights.
100
This was the first English settlement in the United States, and who founded it?(Have to have both or no points)
What is Jamestown and John Smith.
100
These were the nicknames of people coming to California in search of gold.
What is 49er's
100
Abolitionists were people who were against...
What is Slavery
200
He was the president of the confederacy.
Who is Jefferson Davis.
200
This is the amendment that instated slaves as free citizens.
What is the fourteenth amendment
200
This is an act instated upon the English colonies. (Name one act of this era)
What is Sugar act, Stamp act, Intolerable acts, Tea act. (Either one)
200
This is the name of a famous group who got stranded in the Sierra Nevada Mountains along the trail west, and resulted in cannibalism in attempt to survive.
What is the Donner Party.
200
This is the year Lincoln took office.
What is 1861.
300
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!!!! This was the bloodiest single-day battle of the war.
What is the battle of Antietam.
300
This is when someone refuses to answer questions that will incriminate themselves. It is called pleading the...
What is fifth amendment.
300
Name three of the five southern colonies. Hint-(Even though there are actually four colonies but we will make it a little easy for you because we are cool like that.)
What is Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Virginia. (Three of these)
300
This person found the American settlement named "Astoria"
Who is John Jacob Astor
300
The fugitive slave act made it a crime to...
What is help or aid runaway slaves. It also allowed officials to arrest those slaves even if they were in free areas.
400
This was announced "Four score and seven years ago."
What is The Gettysburg Address.
400
The total number of amendments in the constitution.
What is 27.
400
These servants signed a contract to work for four to seven years for those who paid for their journey to America.
What is indentured servants
400
The Oregon Trail was approximately ??? miles long.
What is 2,000
400
This person introduced the compromise of 1850?
Who is Henry Clay
500
This was the given name for the era after the war.
What was reconstruction.
500
This was the nations law document before the constitution. The constitution was formed to replace it. It was called...
What is the articles of confederation.
500
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!!! Name all the thirteen colonies.
What is Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, The Carolinas, Georgia,