The West
This is the name of the closest California mission to us right now.
What is Mission San Rafael?
The meaning of the term antebellum.
What is "before the war"?
This president is often known as the "Great Emancipator"
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
What is the Civil War?
Caroline has her PhD in this subject
What is history?
A rallying cry for during America's war with Mexico in memory of Americans failed defense of fort in Texas.
What was "Remember the Alamo!"
The term for the massive growth of the South's most lucrative agricultural export.
What is "King Cotton"?
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
This political party championed the Radical Reconstruction era.
What is the Republican Party?
Caroline commutes from this county (one hour away).
What is Napa County?
This colonizing nation settled north of the Spanish along the Sonoma Coast.
What is Russia?
John O'Sullivan coined this term which states that westward expansion was God's intent for America.
What is Manifest Destiny?
This president was impeached by the Radical Republican Congress.
Who was Andrew Johnson?
This amendment protects birthright citizenship and equal protection of the law for anyone born in the United States.
What is the 14th amendment?
In 2025, Caroline is planning to go to this theme park with her family where, hopefully, "everything is awesome"
What is LegoLand?
This San Franciscan wrote a letter to California Governor Bigler advocating for the rights of Chinese immigrants to America
Who was Norman Asing?
This woman was married to Sylvia. Their small town in Vermont was pretty cool with that in the 19th century.
Who was Charity Bryant? (Just Charity is fine)
This president ordered the removal of the Cherokee people despite the Supreme Court's ruling that this was unconstitutional.
Who was Andrew Jackson?
Edward Pollard wrote a book with this title that also refers to the mythology that glorified the Confederacy and white supremacy.
What was the Lost Cause?
In high school Caroline was in this musical, written by Andrew Lloyd Weber, about an Argentine political leader and actress.
What is Evita?
What was the Pueblo Revolt?
This was the first recorded Chinese woman in the United States who arrived in 1834.
This president became president during Radical Reconstruction and pushed Congress to pass the Enforcement Acts which prosecuted members of the KKK.
Who was Ulysses S. Grant?
These laws attempted to control the lives of Black people in the South before they were ruled unconstitutional by the 14th Amendment in 1868.
What are the Black Codes?
During college football season Caroline most often cheers for the Vols, the mascot for this team.
What is the University of Tennessee?