American History 1
President nicknamed "His Accidency."
Who is John Tyler?
The two countries who fought for control of North America in the French and Indian War.
Who are France and Great Britain?
The year George Washington was voted as the 1st President of the United States.
What is 1787?
The design of the first American flag.
What is 13 stripes and 13 stars?
The name of the war where Americans fought over Slavery.
What is the Civil War?
The "bridge" used by people and animals to populate the United States.
What is Beringia?
Great Britain taxed this imported item, causing the "Patriots" of America to board the ships and dump the contents into Boston Harbor.
What is tea?
The capital city of the United States of America.
What is Washington D.C.?
This was the name given to the event where President Jackson forced the Cherokee people to leave their homeland and move westward.
What is the Trail of Tears?
The route that runaway slaves used to get to the safety of the North.
What is the Underground Railroad?
He sailed with the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria to reach China and the Indies, but ended up discovering America.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
The patriot who rode through the streets of Massachusetts issuing the warning- "The British Are Coming!"
Who is Paul Revere?
The two men who lead an expedition to explore the land west of the Mississippi River.
Who is Lewis and Clark?
Completed in 1825, this was America's first canal.
What is the Erie Canal?
This was federal legislation passed in 1820 that allowed the admittance of two states into the Union to create balance in the U.S. government.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
The name of the people who started the 13 colonies in America.
Who are the Colonists?
Thomas Jefferson wrote this document announcing that the 13 colonies were now an independent country called the United States of America.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
The Native American woman who helped Lewis and Clark during their expeditions.
Who is Sacagawea?
The trail that Americans traveled in covered wagons to the northwestern side of America.
What is the Oregon Trail?
Slave rebellion that took place in Virginia in 1831.
What is Nat Turner's Rebellion?
The 13 original colonies
What are: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
First government of the United States.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
The war during which the Star Spangled Banner was written.
What is the War of 1812?
The people who searched for gold during the 1849 gold rush.
Who are the '49ers?
The name of the speech where President Lincoln stated that slaves were free.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?