Presidents
Purchased Louisiana Purchase
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Taxation without representation, Proclamation of 1763
What is the Revolutionary War?
$2 billion worth of this extracted
What is gold?
Elected in 1860
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The main author of the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Led the Union during the Civil War
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Napolean needed more money, so he sold this to Jefferson (deal of the century!)
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
The two ways that people arrived to California during the gold rush
What are boats and wagons?
The first state to secede
What is South Carolina?
The American Revolution officially ended with the Treaty of:
A. London B. Paris C. Jamestown D. Yorktown
What is Paris?
Expanded voting rights for white males; Indian Removal Act
Who is Andrew Jackson?
Impressment of soldiers, Stirring up Native Americans to retaliate
What is the War of 1812?
False: they were lawless!
This book, by Harriet Beecher Stowe, is said to have helped start the Civil War
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Which future president became a national hero after the Battle of New Orleans in the War of 1812?
Who is Andrew Jackson?
Told European nations not to start new colonies in the Western Hemisphere (hint __________ Doctrine)
Who is James Monroe?
Ohio River Valley, French vs. British, Seven Years War in Europe
What is the French and Indian War?
Native American population declined by how much during the Gold Rush- a. 25% b. 55% c. 85% d. 95%
C. 85%!!!!
This crop made slavery more profitable in the South
What is cotton?
One effect of the French and Indian War was that Britain:
A. Ended slavery in the colonies
B. Lost all its colonies
C. Began taxing the colonists to pay war debts
D. Stopped trading with the colonies
C. Began taxing the colonists to pay war debts
President during Mexican-American War
Who is James Polk?
Americans wanted more land, Native Americans in "their way." Jackson did this
What is the Trail of Tears/Indian Removal Act?
The name of the mill where James W. Marshall discovered gold- which set off the gold rush
What is Sutter's Mill?
This "Act," in 1854, led to a mini civil war- it angered northerners because all land in this area was supposed to prohibit slavery. (Hint- the name includes the names of two states)
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
The belief that the U.S. should expand across the continent
What is Manifest Destiny?