Key People
100: Who was the first President of the United States?
George Washinton
100: What event is recognized as the first armed conflict between British troops and colonial militia?
Lexington and Concord
100: What was the first permanent English settlement in America?
Jamestown
What man-made waterway was built in New York in 1825?
Erie Canal
Who wrote the famous pamphlet "Common Sense"?
Thomas Paine
200: Who was President during the Louisiana Purchase?
Thomas Jefferson
200: What was the significance of the Emancipation Proclamation?
Answer: What is it freed enslaved people in Confederate states
200: Where did the first shots of the Civil War occur?
Fort Sumter
200: What mountain range separates the eastern United States from the western United States?
Appalachian Mountains
What movement sought to end slavery in the United States?
Abolitionist Movement
300: Who was the abolitionist that led the raid on Harpers Ferry?
John Brown
What English settlement failed before Jamestown?
Where did the Cherokee relocate to?
Oklahoma
Name the 3 colonial regions.
New England, Middle, and Southern
Who is the first president to live in the White House?
John Adams
400: Which former enslaved person became a prominent speaker for abolition?
Frederick Douglass
400: What event was a major turning point in the Civil War in 1863?
Battle of Gettysburg
What key battle led to the end of the Revolution?
Yorktown
What strait later formed a land bridge allowing early nomads to cross into what is now North America?
Bering Strait
In the 1830s, this condiment was sold as a medicine.
500: Who helped Jamestown survive its early years?
John Smith
500: What treaty ended the Mexican-American War?
Answer: What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
What modern country was home to the capital of the Inca Empire?
Peru
What is the nickname for the city of Philadelphia?
City of Brotherly Love
What is the 3rd amendment in the US Constitution
Quartering of Troops