General U.S. History
Name a founding father of the United States.
George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, James Madison, and more.
He purchased the Louisiana Territory from France.
Thomas Jefferson
Freedom of speech is protected by this amendment.
1st Amendment
This famous land purchase of 1803 doubled the size of the United States.
Louisiana Purchase
This religious group famously migrated west to Utah.
Mormon settlers
This is the year the U.S. declared independence.
1776
This president supported the Indian Removal Act and signed it into law.
Andrew Jackson
The Bill of Rights includes this many amendments.
10
This idea claimed Americans had the right to expand across the continent.
Manifest Destiny
The U.S. purchased Alaska from Russia for __ cents per acre.
2
This was the first U.S. capital city.
New York City
This president led during the Great Depression and World War II.
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
"We the People” begins this important document.
This 1830 law authorized the forced relocation of Native Americans east of the Mississippi.
Indian Removal Act
This act of 1862 gave settlers 160 acres if they improved the land for five years.
Homestead Act
This 1930s environmental disaster devastated Great Plains farmers.
Dust Bowl
He issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863.
Abraham Lincoln.
List two natural rights in the Declaration of Independence.
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
he slogan “54°40′ or Fight!” referred to the hoped-for boundary with this country.
Britain
his river was claimed as the southern border of Texas by the U.S., contributing to war with Mexico.
Rio Grande
This 1970s scandal forced the resignation of President Nixon.
Watergate
He famously said, “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country".
John F. Kennedy
This document served as the nation’s first constitution.
Articles of Confederation
This 1853 land acquisition completed the continental U.S. for a future southern railroad route.
Gadsden Purchase
The U.S. gained the Mexican Cession through this treaty.
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo