Geography
What is the longest river in Washington State?
Columbia River
Who was the first President of the United States?
George Washington
What is Edgar Allen Poe's famous poem about a bird?
The Raven
Which country did the US fight the Quasi-War with because of the XYZ Affair?
France
What did Eli Whitney invent in 1793 that changed the Southern economy?
The cotton gin
What is the longest river in America?
The Mississippi River
Who viewed people as basically good and thought that common farmers were the backbone of American democracy?
Thomas Jefferson
What is the name of the religious movement that believed that God is everywhere and humans need to change their ways?
Second Great Awakening
Which President's doctrine warned European nations to stay out of the Americas?
Monroe
Who was the escaped slave who wrote about his experiences, published a newspaper, and spoke to large audiences in Europe and America?
Frederick Douglass
Name one state that used to be part of Mexico.
California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, Colorado, Texas
Hamilton favored a national bank established by the US government, but the Constitution didn't directly allow this. What is this kind of interpretation of the Constitution called?
Loose construction
What is the name of the group of people who believed that you should study nature to understand yourself?
Transcendentalists
What was one cause of the War of 1812?
Impressment. British occupying American forts and supplying Native Americas. Desire to take Canada.
Name two of the three parts of the Transportation Revolution.
Steamships, canals, railroads.
What is the mountain range in the eastern US that separated the East Coast from the lands to the west and was once the boundary set by the Proclamation line of 1763?
The Appalachian Mts.
Who was the first President to die in office?
William Henry Harrison
What religion believes that Jesus came to North America?
Mormons
Which modern state were most Natives moved to during the Indian Removal?
Oklahoma
Who invented a machine that allowed farmers to cut grain more efficiently?
Cyrus McCormick
Which city was the original aim of the Louisiana Purchase?
New Orleans
What were the unpopular laws that Adams signed that Jefferson and Hamilton tried to nullify with the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions?
The Alien and Sedition Acts
Who was known as the father of the American short story?
Washington Irving
Which famous battle of the War of 1812 was fought after the peace treaty was signed?
Battle of New Orleans
Where were the most famous textile mills in America located?
Lowell, Massachusetts