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100
This Virginian was elected President as part of the "Revolution of 1800."
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
100
The American Civil War came to an end on April 9, 1865 when General Robert E. Lee surrendered to this man at Appomattox Court House.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant
100
When this man was challenged to a duel by Aaron Burr, he chose the guns that had already killed his son in a duel. Because what are the odds those guns kill two people from the same family?
Who is Alexander Hamilton


Odds the guns will kill 2 people from the same family: 100%

100
This is the name given to the 19th century belief that American annexation of western lands was an inevitable process ordained by a higher power.
What is Manifest Destiny?
100
This deal, negotiated in 1803, brought over 800,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River under the control of the USA. (Unless, of course, you ask the people who actually lived there).
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
200
This Tennesseean's victory in the Battle of New Orleans made him famous, and ultimately helped him become President in the 1820s.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
200
During this war, British soldiers burned Washington DC.
What is the War of 1812?
200
When the first attempt to settle this colony in 1585 failed, Sir Walter Raleigh decided to give it another go. Because what's the worst that could happen?
What is the Roanoke/Lost Colony?
200
This drink was the liquor of choice in the American colonies prior to the Revolution.
What is rum?
200

In 1846, the group got stuck in the Sierra-Nevada Mountains while taking a "short cut" to California. When the group finally arrived there were far fewer of them.

What is the Donner Partry?

300
I was the last founding father to be President. I held office during the "Era of Good Feelings," and have an important "doctrine" named after me.
Who is James Monroe?
300
This battle, which took place in October of 1777, marked a turning point in the Revolutionary War, and convinced foreign countries to support the American colonists.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
300
In the 1820s, leaders of this country invited Americans to come settle in some of its unpopulated northern regions. By the end of 1848, those regions had been annexed into the United States.
What is Mexico?
300
In the mid-1850s, this territory became a battle ground between pro-slavery and free soil advocates, sparking violence throughout the territory, as well as a show down in Congress.
What is Kansas?
300

In the 1840s, many Americans supported fully annexing this territory, but a looming war to the south convinced them to split it w/ Great Britain.

What is the Oregon Territory?


400

This President's surprise victory in the 1844 Presidential election was the result of his willingness to endorse annexation of Texas and Oregon at a time when other leading candidates were unwilling to address the issue.

Who is James K. Polk?

Remember: Polk 45! (He was inaugurated in March of 1845)

400
These wars took place between the US and North African pirates in from the 1780s to the 1810s.
What are the Barbary Wars?
400
On February 17, 1864, this confederate vessel became the first submarine to sink a ship. Unless you count the two times before that it sunk itself.
What is the CSS Hunley?
400
This Supreme Court case, decided in March of 1857, determined that descendants of Africans were not citizens of the USA, and stripped Congress of its power to regulate slavery in the territories.
What is the Dredd Scott case (Dredd Scott vs. Sandford)?
400

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo brought an end to this war, bringing California, New Mexico and other parts of the southwest under US control.

What is the Mexican-American War?

500
This man lost the popular vote, but won the Presidential election of 1824 after cutting a "corrupt bargain" with Congress.
Who is John Quincy Adams?
500
This war created a great deal of debt, which pushed the British Parliament to impose and more strictly enforce taxation of the American Colonies in the mid-1760s.
What is the French and Indian War?
500

When this man was elected President in 1840, he was 69 years old. He gave the longest inauguration speech in US history in the rain. A month later he set another Presidential record by becoming the first President to die in office.

Who is William Henry Harrison?

500

In 1765, a mob of people destroyed the home of Andrew Oliver in retaliation for this tax.

What is the stamp tax?

500

In 1855, Filibusterer William Walker led a group of mercenaries into this country, where he was "elected" President the following year.

What is Nicaragua?

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