Wars
Reform
Branches of Govt.
The First Colonies
Presidents
100
The battle that became a turning point in the American Revolution
What is Saratoga
100
The word for limiting consumption of alcohol
What is temperance
100
The branch that is divided into 2 bodies, the House of Representatives and the Senate
What is the legislative branch
100
The name of the very first colony created in 1607
What is Jamestown
100
The first president and leader of the Continental Army
Who is George Washington
200
The name of the river Washington crossed to reach Princeton and Trenton
What is the Delaware River
200
Who initiated the Seneca Falls Convention for women's suffrage
Who is Elizabeth Cady Stanton
200
The only person included in the executive branch
What is the president
200
The roving preacher that preached heaven is reached through salvation not how much money you pay
Who is George Whitefield
200
The president responsible for the Louisiana Purchase
Who is Thomas Jefferson
300
The war with England that began over colonists settlements in the Ohio Valley
What is the War of 1812
300
A word specific to ending the institution of slavery
What is abolition
300
The number of Supreme Court justices on the Supreme Court
What is nine
300
Known as the "Great Charter" that was the first attempt to protect individual rights
What is the Magna Carta
300
Officially the first-war president and Commander-in-Chief during a war
Who is James Madison during the War of 1812
400
The year the American Revolution began and ended
What is 1775 to 1783
400
The term used for literature becoming more "American" and less "British"
What is transcendentalism
400
The idea that power is shared with the central (federal) government and the state
What is federalism
400
The first written document that was used to write the United States Bill of Rights
What is the English Bill of Rights
400
The president that created the Alien, Sedition, and Naturalization Acts
Who is John Adams
500
The treaty written to officially end the American Revolution
What is the Treaty of Paris
500
A place mentally ill individuals were sent to without the hopes of ever being rehabilitated
What is an asylum
500
Having three branches of government limits abuse of power, also known as
What is called checks and balances
500
The first representative governmnent in the colonies to determine laws for their people
What is the Virginia House of Burgesses
500
The president responsible for the XYZ Affair creating the slogan "Millions for Defense, not one cent for tribute"
Who is John Adams
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