Wild, Wild West(ward Expansion)
What is the name of the religious group that eventually settled Utah?
The Mormons
In your own words, define Industrial Capitalism.
An economic system that relies on capital investment into machines, technologies, and innovations to increase value for the holder of the means of production.
What are the first Ten Amendments to the Constitution referred to as?
The Bill of Rights
Whose raid on Harper's Ferry accelerated the country's path towards the Civil War?
John Brown
What city is Lebron James from?
Akron, OH
What is the name of the most popular trail for settlers headed to the Pacific?
Oregon Trail
Name ONE of the British Laws passed that led to the Boston Tea Party.
Stamp Act; Townshend Acts; Tea Act.
Which three amendments were passed following the Civil War?
13, 14, and 15th
What speech, given by Abraham Lincoln, freed all people enslaved in states that were in Rebellion?
The Emancipation Proclamation
What city is the Capital of New York?
Albany, NY
What is the name of the railroad that connected the east coast to the west?
Transcontinental Railroad
In response to the Industrial Revolution, many workers formed and joined what type of organization?
Union/ Trade Union
Which founding father is considered the "Father of the Constitution"?
James Madison
Name one of the Union Generals who led the army during the Civil War.
Grant; Meade; McClellan.
Who was the King of England when the US declared Independence from England?
King George III
What was the name for the sale of a large plot of French Territory to the US under President Jefferson?
Louisiana Purchase
Which Reform movement started after they was excluded from joining Abolitionist groups?
Women's Rights Movement
Which Supreme Court Case established the legal precedent for "seperate but equal" that enabled legal segregation?
Plessy v. Ferguson
The Confederate army attacked which South Carolina Fort, igniting the Civil War?
Fort Sumter
Who is the youngest president to be elected in US History?
JFK
Sacagawea was a navigator, translator, and guide for whose namesake expedition?
Lewis and Clark
Who was the author of the "Social Contract" between government and the people that helped inspire the American Revolution? (enlightenment thinker)
John Locke
What is the name of the Supreme Court case that gave the Court power to decide if a law is constitutional or not?
Marbury v. Madison
Who was the Union General whose "Total War" strategy tore through the south?
William Tecumseh Sherman
What state was once know as the "Toothpick Capital of the World"?
Maine