For what reason did the Virginia Company build the settlement of
Jamestown?
What is Economic
100
The War of 1812 resulted in the United States gaining....
What is respect from other countries?
100
The Civil Rights Act of 1866 was important because it allowed
What is African Americans to gain equal rights
100
If a ship off the west coast of Africa followed the equator west, it would
touch land in...
What is South America?
100
Which European country became a major trading partner with West African empires in the late 1400s?
What is Portugal?
200
American Indians (First Americans) most likely gave English settlers new
What is crops to grow
200
What was the most important result of the 1783 Treaty of Paris?
What is Britain recognized American independence.
200
Which of the following is true of the North and the South before the Civil
War?
What is Factories were widespread in the North while farms were common in the South.
200
The imaginary lines that are drawn in an east-west direction on this map
are called
What is latitudes
200
The legislative branch is responsible for
What is making the laws
300
What are one of the reasons the Spanish explored North
America was to promote
What is religion
300
The Monroe Doctrine was a warning to...
What is European nations
300
Who did America gain Florida from?
Who Spain?
300
Most American Indians (First Americans) met their basic food needs by
What is using resources in the environment
300
One weakness of the United States government under the Articles of Confederation was that the
What is Congress could not collect taxes?
400
Which of the following was a Spanish explorer?
What is Francisco Coronado
400
By the mid 1700s, American colonists were unhappy with English rule because....
What is they had no representation in Parliament
400
Which of the following events occurred first
A Fort Sumter was attacked.
B Lincoln was elected President.
C The Confederacy was formed.
D The Emancipation Proclamation was issued.
What is Lincoln was elected President.
400
*Daily double* The five 'Great Lakes' are : Lake Huron, Lake Ontario, Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, and?
What is Lake Erie?
400
One of the reasons the Erie Canal was important was because it?
What is it provided a faster route westward?
500
The colonies sent tobacco to England, what did england send to the colonies?
What is Tea and machinery
500
*Daily double* act out what caused the boston tea party
make sure the bring up "no taxation without representation"
500
In which movement was Isabel Sojourner Truth an active leader?
What is Suffrage
500
All of the following states seceded from the Union EXCEPT?
What is Missouri?
500
What inventor developed a form of transportation that connected different regions of the United States?