Round 1
Which act forced Native Americans to move west of the Mississippi River?
The Indian Removal Act.
Who was the First President of the United States?
George Washington?
What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
the Bill of Rights
Who was President during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
Who were the two men that were famous explorers of Louisiana Territory?
Lewis and Clark
Which invention increased the demand for slaves in the south?
the cotton gin
What did southerners call a southern white who supported Reconstruction?
a scalawag
What is the name of our Seahawk mascot?
Sammy the Seahawk
Engineering
Who is Mr. Cook's favorite football team?
the daLLas Cowboys
What are the three branches of the government?
Judicial Branch
Executive Branch
Legislative Branch
Which early political party supported a strong national government?
the Federalist
Which amendment gives the right to vote to all freedmen?
the Fifteenth Amendment
What do we call the warning that the US gave to Europe that American would not tolerate any more colonization in Latin America?
the Monroe Doctrine
What was the 4 digit code that opened the breakout box last week?
1861
What do we call the belief American should have land from Atlantic to Pacific Oceans?
Manifest Destiny
Name one of the rivers on the map that are learned about this year that lies west of the Rocky mountains?
Columbia, Colorado
What do we call the document that was the original plan for America's National government?
the Articles of Confederation
What was the name of the Union's Civil war plan?
the Anaconda Plan
What do we call it when American sailors were captured and forced to serve in a foreign navy?
impressment
Which political party that was supported by the KKK and confederate leaders after the Civil War?
the Democrats
Who is someone calling you if they call you a bozo?
a clown
What are the names of the two wars that the US fought against Great Britain?
What is the revolutionary war and the war of 1812?
What do we call the Republicans who favored extreme approach to Reconstruction?
Radical Republicans
Which document indicated that Americans no longer wanted to be a part of Britain?
the Declaration of Independence
Who was the first secretary of the treasury?
Alexander Hamilton
Who is Mr. Pine's favorite basketball player of all time?
Kobe
She founed the American Red Cross?
Name all 5 teachers at Serrano who teach a PE class.
Millich, Connerty, Anderson, Henrotin, and Hartl
Who were the two main leaders of early America? they were the heads of the Federalist and Democratic Republicans
Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton
What nickname do we call the miners who rush to California to find gold?
49ers
What is the term for favoring the interests of one region over the interests of the entire country?
sectionalism
Who is famous for spreading democracy, opposing the national bank, a war hero, creating the spoils system, the trail of tears, and going against a supreme court ruling?
Andrew Jackson
What war began over a disagreement over Texas border?
the Mexican American War
Just outside of my room is a poster with me and a quote. Tell me the two answers that go in the blanks of this quote. "Life is ____ percent what happens to you and ____ percent how you react to it"
10; 90
The admittance of which free state upset the balance of free and slave states in 1850?
California
Which American leader is on the nickel?
Thomas Jefferson
He was Lincolns Vice President. A southern Democrat. And a racist.
Which teacher is in room 212?
Mr. Pine