Revolution!
Constitution?
Westward Expansion
Sectional Crisis and Civil War
Potpourri
100

What phrase summarized the colonists’ complaint that they were taxed by Britain without having representatives in Parliament?

What is “no taxation without representation”?

100

Which group supported the ratification of the Constitution?

Who are the Federalists?

100

Which president doubled the size of the United States with the Louisiana Purchase?

Who is Thomas Jefferson?

100

What economic system in the South relied heavily on enslaved labor and drove sectional conflict?

What is plantation slavery?

100

This U.S. river is the longest in the country and played a major role in westward expansion.

What is the Mississippi River?

200

This act taxed items such as newspapers, legal documents, playing cards, and other printed materials to pay for the Seven Years' War. 

What is the Stamp Act?

200

What was the main fear of the Anti-Federalists regarding the new Constitution?

What is that it gave too much power to the national government?

200

What term describes the belief that Americans were destined to expand westward across the continent?

What is Manifest Destiny?

200

Which 1857 Supreme Court decision ruled that enslaved people were not citizens and that Congress could not ban slavery in the territories?

What is the Dred Scott Case

200

This popular board game, mass-produced in 1935, was originally designed to critique Gilded Age businesses.

What is Monopoly?

300

Which battle(s) in 1775 are often called “the shot heard ’round the world” and marked the start of the Revolutionary War?

What are Lexington and Concord?

300

What series of essays, written by people such as James Madison and John Jay argued in favor of ratifying the Constitution?

What are The Federalist Papers?

300

The Indian Removal Act led to this sad and devastating forced migration.

What is the "Trail of Tears."

300

Which abolitionist’s violent raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859 intensified Southern fears of slave revolts?

Who is John Brown?

300

Which video game series allows players to explore different eras of history, including the American Revolution?

What is Assassin's Creed?

400

Which foreign country became a key American ally after the Battle of Saratoga, helping the colonies win independence?  

Who is France?

400

What compromise helped convince states to ratify the Constitution by protecting individual liberties?

What is the Bill of Rights?

400

Which president was known for expanding democracy for white men while also increasing executive power?

Who is Andrew Jackson?

400

What 1863 document changed the purpose of the war by declaring freedom for enslaved people in Confederate states?

What is the Emancipation Proclamation?

400

The plot of this film looks like the following: 

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What is Up?

500
In 1783, the treaty to end the American Revolution was signed in this city.

What is Paris?

500

Which Federalist leader believed a strong national government was necessary to maintain order and economic stability?

Who is Alexander Hamilton?

500

Which 1803 Supreme Court case established the principle of judicial review?

What is Marbury v. Madison?

500

Which amendment, passed after the war, officially abolished slavery throughout the United States?

What is the Thirteenth Amendment?

500

Adjusted for inflation, this film grossed close to $6 billion dollars both globally and domestically, the most ever. 

What is Gone with the Wind?

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