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POTPOURRI (MISCELLANEOUS)
100
These rights found in the Declaration of Independence are "unalienable" which means they cannot be taken away
What are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
100
This is the word for a change to the Constitution
What is amendment?
100
The shots fired on Ft. Sumter mark the beginning of this war
What is the Civil War?
100
The Pilgrims on the Mayflower were part of this religious group
What are Puritans?
100
The Jamestown colony grew this crop, and it became America's largest export for 150 years
What is tobacco?
200
This machine removes cotton seeds and greatly increased the demand for slavery in the South
What is the cotton gin?
200
Freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and freedom of the press come from this document
What is the Bill of Rights in the US Constitution?
200
Washington's Continental Army spent the harsh winter of 1777 here
What is Valley Forge?
200
He brought tobacco to America and married Chief Powhatan's daughter, Pocahontas
Who is John Rolfe?
200
There were this many stars and stripes on the first US flag
What is 13?
300
Term used to describe vast areas of grassland owned by the federal government
What is open range?
300
Abolished slavery
What is the 13th Amendment?
300
The Treaty of Paris in 1783 ended this war
What is the Revolutionary War?
300
This Prussian military leader brought order, discipline, and hygiene to Washington's troops during the Revolutionary War
Who is Baron von Steuben?
300
The idea that God gave this continent to white men to settle it and make it theirs
What is Manifest Destiny?
400
This is the method of getting a piece of US public land by living on it and cultivating (growing crops) on it
What is homestead?
400
The American victory that marked the end of the Revolutionary War took place here
What is Yorktown?
400
He commanded the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War
Who is George Washington?
400
The path the Cherokee people took to Oklahoma when they were forced to leave their native lands
What is the Trail of Tears?
500
This is the idea that people living in a territory had the right to decide by vote if slavery would be allowed there. Also, states' rights
What is popular sovereignty?
500
Gave African Americans the right to vote
What is the 15th amendment?
500
The first two battles of the Revolutionary War were fought in these TWO locations
What are Lexington and Concord?
500
His pamphlet greatly influenced our founding fathers in the writing of the Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, and US Constitution
Who is Thomas Paine?
500
He was the "Father of the Constitution"
Who is James Madison?
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