In the early 1400s, Europeans began a time of exploration and discovery which led to this. (page 18)
What is Christopher Columbus reaching the Americas in 1492?
100
This document provided the first government for the United States. (page 98)
What is the Articles of Confederation?
100
This President's election in 1860 caused many southern states to secede from the Union. (page 172)
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
100
This mountain range runs from central Alabama all the way to Canada. (page 617)
What are the Appalachian Mountains?
100
This famous American invented the light bulb. (page 236)
Who is Thomas Edison?
200
Settlers first came to America looking for this. (page 38)
What is wealth, religious freedom, and land?
200
He was the first President of the United States. (page 98)
Who is George Washington?
200
This catastrophic event began in 1861, ended in 1865, and cost a lot in lives, property, and money. (page 194)
What is the Civil War?
200
This the Great Lake that is due north of Ohio. (page 616)
What is Lake Erie?
200
George Pullman invented this in 1865. (page 237)
What is the Railroad sleeping car?
300
This is where the English settled their first colony. (page 38)
What is Jamestown, Virginia?
300
This land deal doubled the size of the United States and gave the United States control of the land west of the Mississippi River. (page 116)
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
300
In January of 1863, President Lincoln issued this, and it said all slaves in the Confederacy were free. (page 186)
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
300
This state borders Georgia and Alabama, and its west coast touches the Gulf of Mexico. (page 616)
What is Florida?
300
Thousands of cashiers owe their jobs to this inventor. (page 237)
Who is James R. Ritty?
400
These are the three regions that divided the 13 colonies. (page 56)
What is New England, Middle, and Southern colonies?
400
The invention of this machine increased the demand for African slaves to work in southern cotton fields and shortened the time needed to pick cotton allowing landowners to grow more cotton. (page 116)
What is the cotton gin?
400
This Union General marched through the south, destroying cities, crops, animals, bridges, and rail lines. (page 194)
Who is General William Sherman?
400
This mountain is is Colorado and is 14,110 feet high. (page 617)
What is Pikes Peak?
400
We all us this invention every day even though we are not supposed to during school. (page 237)
What is the telephone?
500
This was a conflict between the thirteen American colonies and Great Britain and led to the founding of a new nation – The United States of America. (page 78)
What is the American War for Independence?
500
In 1848, a convention was held in Seneca Falls to do this. (page 150)
What is "to discuss women's rights"?
500
This is the name of the Union war plan to defeat the Confederacy. (page 194)
What is the Anaconda Plan?
500
This is the State capital of our largest state and is located close to the Colorado River. (page 617)
What is Austin, Texas?
500
This was invented in 1877 and is the great grandfather of the modern day I-Pod. (page 237)