The most populous nation in North America, with 305 million people
What is the United States of America
100
The settlers in this region were seeking religious freedom
What are the New England colonies
100
City in which the Constitutional Convention members met
What is Philadelphia
100
Nickname for President Andrew Jackson, earned during the Battle of New Orleans
What is Old Hickory
100
Side that won the Civil War, preserving the United States of America
What is the North (Union)
200
The Caribbean nations are part of this continent
What is North America
200
Roger Williams created this colony for religious freedom, but it made lots of its money from the slave trade.
What is Rhode Island
200
How much each slave counted in terms of population and taxes
What is 3/5
200
First elected president of the United States of America (not under the Articles of Confederation)
Who is George Washington
200
Invention that revived the slave industry in the South and made one agricultural export "King"
What is the cotton gin
300
The only two landlocked nations in South America
What are Bolivia and Paraguay
300
A colony created initially for the Quakers
What is Pennsylvania
300
First document to provide an outline for our government after the Revolutionary War, it ultimately failed
What are the Articles of Confederation
300
The 2 objects held by the bald eagle in the Great Seal of the United States
What are arrows and an olive branch
300
Agreement reached in 1820, allowing a free and a slave state into the United States, thus, preserving the balance in Congress
What is the Missouri Compromise
400
Imaginary lines that run east to west, but measure how far one is north or south.
What is latitude
400
Wrote the "Declaration of Independence"
Who is Thomas Jefferson
400
The number of states (or the fraction of the states) required to approve the amendments to make them part of the Constitution
What is 9 (3/4)
400
Author, whose poem "The Defense of Fort McHenry", was eventually set to music and as "The Star-Spangled Banner" it became the US's national anthem--written as he watched the British bombard Fr. McHenry during the War of 1812.
Who is Francis Scott Key
400
Turning point in the Civil War...the South would never be able to invade the North again because it had lost too many soldiers
What is Gettysburg
500
The number of nations in Central America (do not include Mexico)
What is 7
500
Commander of the British troops who surrendered at Yorktown, which ended the American Revolution.
Who is Lord Charles Cornwallis
500
The number of amendments rejected by the states, of those that were originally presented to the states, that would have become part of the Bill of Rights
What is 2 (congressional district size and pay raises)
500
The two western states that became states prior to any other between the Mississippi River and the Pacific Ocean
What are Oregon and California
500
Where General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Grant