PEOPLE
PLACES
WORDS
WARS
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100
He was the 7th president.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
100
The territory explored by Lewis and Clark.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
100
It has the ultimate power to interpret the Constitution, due to judicial review.
What is Supreme Court?
100
The "shot heard 'round the world" was fired here.
What is Lexington?
100
The minimum age you must be in order to become a senator.
What is 30?
200
He was famous for saying "Give me liberty or give me death!"
Who is Patrick Henry?
200
The place where the bloodiest day of the Civil War took place.
What is Antietam?
200
This concept divides power between the central and state governments.
What is federalism?
200
The place where the Civil War began.
What is Ft. Sumter, South Carolina?
200
The number of electors who gather for the Electoral College to vote is based on this "formula" for each state.
What is the number of senators + the number of representatives per state?
300
DAILY DOUBLE! He was a Boston lawyer who, because he believed in justice, defended the British troops involved in the Boston Massacre.
Who is John Adams?
300
The reason why Civil War battles are sometimes known by two different names.
What is because the North named them after the nearest body of water while the South named them after the closest town or city?
300
A kind of strategy which uses "hit and run" tactics.
What is guerilla warfare?
300
This was the last major battle of the American Revolution.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
300
The approximate number of deaths during the Civil War.
What is 600,000 to 650,000?
400
He was the president of an independent republic which became a state.
Who is Sam Houston?
400
The nickname for people who rushed to California to make a fortune mining for gold.
What are 49-ers (Forty-Niners)?
400
According to the Declaration of Independence, governments get their power from this.
What are the people?
400
The first African American regiment was called this.
What is the 54th Massachusetts Infantry?
400
The Amendment which abolished slavery.
What is the 13th?
500
They are the first and current Secretaries of State.
Who are Thomas Jefferson and John Kerry?
500
The city to which Sherman's troops marched during his "total war" campaign or "March to the Sea."
What is Savannah?
500
A type of government in which citizens elect representatives to make decisions.
What is a republic?
500
The year the French and Indian War ended.
What is 1763?
500
The Constitution may be amended if approved by this fraction or percentage of STATES.
What is 3/4 or 75%?
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