Indigenous & Colonization
The Native American nation that lived on the land now known as Eugene
What is the Kalapuya?
The commander in chief of the Continental army (and first president of the US)
Who is George Washington?
The number of branches in the US government
What is 3?
This was the first land purchase made by the US.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
Debate over this issue was the main cause of the Civil War.
What is slavery?
He is often incorrectly credited with discovering the Americas
Who is Christopher Columbus?
The King of England during the Revolution
Who is King George III?
The constitutional amendment that gives people the right to freedom of speech.
What is the First Amendment?
This indigenous woman helped lead the Lewis & Clark expedition
Who is Sacagawea?
Another name for a someone who believed slavery should be illegal in the US
What is an abolitionist?
The first permanent English colony in North America
What is Jamestown?
The phrase repeated by many Patriots during the lead up to the Revolutionary War
What is "No Taxation without Representation!"
The name for the first ten amendments to the Constitution.
What are the Bill of Rights?
This US state was an independent country for 10 years before being acquired by the US.
What is Texas?
This president, known for his Emancipation Proclamation, was assassinated not long after the end of the Civil War.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
She was the daughter of Chief Powhatan & eventually married John Rolfe
Who is Pocahontas?
the branch of government that is led by the President of the US
What is the Executive Branch?
This is the name of the path traveled by the Cherokee and other indigenous nations after being forcibly removed from their ancestral homelands
What is the Trail of Tears?
Abolitionist who used violence to try to end slavery - contributed to events like Bleeding Kansas & the Raid on Harper's Ferry
Who is John Brown?
Name of the indigenous people who first encountered Columbus.
Who were the Taino (or Arawak) people?
The name of the document written by Thomas Jefferson that stated why the US wanted to separate from Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
The year the Constitution was written.
What is 1787?
This war led to the US acquisition of California.
What is the Mexican American War?
At the battle that marked the official start of the Civil War, Confederates attacked this fort off the coast of South Carolina
Fort Sumter