The Early Republic
Indigenous History
The West
Civil War
Reconstruction
100
Some of these Founding Fathers of the United States of America were enslavers: Name 2
Who are George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Hancock, Patrick Henry, Richard Henry Lee, & Benjamin Rush
100
What is a "Potlatch?"
100
I am the belief that the U.S. had the right and the obligation to expand its territory across North America to the Pacific Ocean
What is Manifest Destiny?
100
I was the biggest cause of the Civil War
What was the enslavement of people in the U.S.?
100
This plan by Lincoln pardoned (no longer punished for a crime) most southerners and only required 10% of voters to agree to emancipation and swear allegiance (loyalty) to the U.S.
What was Lincoln's 10% Plan?
200
What "Game Changing Invention" impacted the Southern agriculture making up 80% of the southern economic production
What was Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin
200
This Indigenous Prophet/Leader told his followers to:
Give up use of firearms
Oppose consumption of alcohol
Purge any aspect of European/British influence
Who was the Prophet Neolin (of the Lenni Lenape)?
200
I am the term used to describe when examples like the below force people to leave where they are living and move to a new location/environment.
(War, Famine, Overcrowding, No Opportunity)
What is a Push Factor?
200
We were all a part of what major movement leading up to the Civil War?
What was the Abolitionist Movement?
200
Many people celebrate this holiday to commemorate the day when Union army general Granger took control of Galveston Texas and made this statement to the public: “All slaves are free!”
What is Juneteenth?
300
I am a person who unlawfully occupies unused land
What is a Squatter?
300
Tecumseh & Tenskwatawa were two brothers who had a major impact on Indigenous people. What was it that they nearly succeeded in accomplishing again?
What was to try and organize and unify the Shawnee and many other Indigenous groups to form their own Nation
300
It was because of this treaty that Mexico is not nearly double its current size.
What was the Guadalupe Hidalgo Treaty?
300
This side during the Civil War had larger cities, a larger economy, and had more effective ways to transport war materials.
Who was the North or the Union?
300
I officially made the enslavement of people illegal in the U.S.
What is the 13th Amendment?
400
Our first president, George Washington, appointed 4 department heads and gave this group a specific name; a practice that continues in the Executive office to this day.
What is the Cabinet?
400
This image is describing a horrific moment in Indigenous History. What was that called again?
What was "The Trail of Tears?"
400
Mexico wanted people from the U.S. to immigrate to Tejas mainly for this reason
What is the fact that the Tejanos were experiencing conflict with Indigenous groups and they felt that more US white settlers would strengthen the non-indigenous side?
400
A major goal of the announcement of this law was to nullify (remove value to) the Fugitive Slave Act so that any enslaved escaping to the North could now officially have sanctuary (safety) in the North and hopefully join the Union army
What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
400
These guys:
Who were Black Americans elected to political offices?
500
Passed by Congress in 1830, President Andrew Jackson passed this act that forced relocation of Indigenous to the west of the Mississippi (present day Oklahoma, designated Indian Territory). This was essentially one of the US's many attempts at genocide to the Indigenous people of North America
What was the Indian Removal Act of 1830?
500
Due to a strong desire to weaken the power of the United States in hopes that it might stop the U.S. from continuing to take over Indigenous Land, some Indigenous chose to do this:
What was to "Hope for a Confederate Victory?"
500
As Citizens of the US continued to move out West, Indigenous people were continuously displaced (or forced to move to a new location). I am the name used to describe a small piece of government land set aside for the Indigenous people.
What is a Reservation?
500
The war term used to describe Lincoln giving Sherman the approval for open season on destroying southern Civilian property
What was "Total War"?
500
White Southerners established the following tactics to suppress the voice of Black Americans throughout the U.S.:
(Grandfather clauses, Literacy tests, Poll taxes, Voter intimidation)
What were Jim Crow Laws?