The colonists fought for independence from the British in this 18th century affair.
What is the American Revolution?
100
The economy of the antebellum(pre-Civil war) South was based mainly on the production of this single plantation crop.
What is cotton?
100
This concept was used to justify expansion across the continent and even ousting native peoples who opposed giving up their homelands for American growth.
What is Manifest Destiny?
100
This war caused the British to tax the American colonies to pay the war debt, which is a main cause of the American Revolution.
What is the French and Indian War?
100
He said "Give me Liberty or give me Death!"
Who is Patrick Henry?
200
The British soldiers were called this in the American Revolution because of the color of their jackets.
What are the "Redcoats"?
200
This novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe stirred up animosity between the North and South when it was published in the 1850s.
What is UNCLE TOM's CABIN?
200
Over 30% of these hardworking, horse-riding cattle herders were African American or Mexican American.
What are cowboys?
200
This is also known as the War for Southern Independence (at least in the Deep South).
What is the Civil War?
200
One of his most famous speeches began "Four score and seven years ago...".
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
300
He was the commander of the Continental Army during the American Revolution and later President of the United States.
Who is George Washington?
300
The Confederate bombardment of this South Carolina military installation in April 1861 began the Civil War.
What is Fort Sumter?
300
This trail was used by pioneers to reach Washington and other Pacific Coast locales.
What is the Oregon Trail?
300
This war was thought to be the war to end all wars and was known as the "Great War".
What is World War I?
300
This 60s US President said "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country."
Who is John F Kennedy?
400
This camp outside of Philadelphia was where the Continental Army spent a miserable winter in 1777-1778.
What is Valley Forge?
400
Abraham Lincoln was the President of the United States during the Civil War. This man was also president during this period--of the Confederate States of America
Who is Jefferson Davis?
400
This great event in transportation history took place in Promontory Utah on May 10, 1869.
What is driving the last spike of the Transcontinental Railroad?
400
This war was one waged with political espionage and scientific competition, for the most part, and lasted for over forty years.
What is the Cold War
400
This 40s US President said "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
Who is Franklin D Roosevelt
500
This document made the case for independence--it justified America's secession from the British Empire.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
500
This is what the period from 1865-1877 (after the Civil War) is called.
What is Reconstruction?
500
Gold was found at Sutter's Mill is this Golden State during the 1840s.
What is California?
500
The United States fought on to fronts--Atlantic and Pacific-- in this global conflict
What is World War II?
500
This early 20th century US president said "Speak softly and carry a big stick."