The Colonies
In what year did Columbus arrive in the Caribbean?
From what country did Jefferson buy the Louisiana Territory in 1803?
France
Abolitionists wanted to get rid of what?
Slavery
What year did the Civil War start?
1861
In what industry did John D. Rockefeller make his money?
Oil
What was the 1st permanent colony in America?
Jamestown
What president signed the Alien and Sedition Acts?
John Adams
Which religious group was Joseph Smith the leader of?
The Mormons
Who was the president of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
Over what Caribbean island did Spain and the US primarily fight in the Spanish American War?
Cuba
The 3-sister planting method involved these 3 crops.
Beans, corn, and squash
Who was Washington's Secretary of the Treasury?
Alexander Hamilton
Temperance was the movement to ban what?
Alcohol
What was the capital of the Confederacy?
Richmond
Who became president directly after McKinley's assassination?
Roosevelt
What mountain range was the Proclamation Line of 1763 along?
The Appalachian Mountains
What was the governing document of the US before the Constitution?
The Articles of Confederation
What invention was made by Eli Whitney in 1793 and changed agriculture in the south?
The Cotton Gin
Who killed Abraham Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
What wealthy businessman wrote the Gospel of Wealth?
Andrew Carnegie
Before Maine gained statehood, it was part of what other state?
Massachusetts
What was the first US state?
Delaware
What state was admitted to the Union as a free state under the compromise that Missouri would be admitted as a slave state?
Maine
Who ran against Lincoln in the 1864 election (he was a Civil War general for the Union)
George McClellan
What book did Upton Sinclair write about the corrupt meat packing industry?
The Jungle