General Knowledge
This famous route that pioneers used to travel from Missouri to Oregon, which inspired an iconic 90's video game.
What is the Oregon Trail?
This 1830 act, signed into law by Andrew Jackson, led to the forced removal of thousands of Native Americans from their homeland.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
This Shoshone woman famously guided Lewis and Clark across the continent-- but few know that she was only 14 at the time.
Who is Sacagawea?
This name is given to the British practice of forcible taking American soldiers off trading ships and forcing them to serve in the British Navy
What is Impressment?
This famous battle in 1836 was a pivotal moment in the Texan Revolution. Today, you'll see bumper stickers all over texas that state "Remember The _____"
What is The Alamo?
The American belief in the 1800s that the United States was intended, by God, to stretch from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean
What is Manifest Destiny?
This name was given to to path taken by over 60,000 members of the Cherokee, Muscogee (Creek), Seminole, Chickasaw, and Choctaw nations during their forced removal in 1834
What is the Trail of Tears?
This name given to the members of the Lewis and Clark Journey has a silent "p," and was technically a specially established unit of the U.S. army.
What is the Corps of Discovery?
This man, nicknamed "Old Hickory" was a hero in the Battle of New Orleans... which became a key point of his platform while running for 7th president of the United States
Who is Andrew Jackson?
What is the Lone Star Republic?
This Jeffersonian purchase is widely regarded as one of the best real-estate deals in history! Purchased in 1803 from France, this deal doubled the size of the United States overnight.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
Louisiana Territory also accepted
Who is Catharine Beecher?
This U.S. president sponsored the L&C expedition with financial support and clear instructions for how the members would treat natives, what they would record, and how they would get across the country.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This name was given to the era following the War of 1812... an era of economic prosperity, nationalism, and a desire for unity.
What is the Era of Good Feelings?
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo?
This name, given to settlers moving to California in search of gold, is now the name of a San Francisco football team.
Who are the 49ers?
This Native American prophet and medicine man was the primary leader of the Ghost Dance Movement.
Who is Wovoka?
The only black man on the journey, William Clark's personal slave was a particularly strong and powerful man.
Who is York?
What is the Star Spangled Banner?
This purchase of land in 1854 from Mexico allowed the U.S. to build a southern transcontinental railroad.
What is the Gadsden purchase?
This 1848 party of families trying to move to California got stranded in the Sierra Nevada mountains due to heavy snowpack and poor planning. Some had to resort to cannibalism for survival.
Who is The Donner Party?
This Cherokee chief leader is known for challenging Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal Policy in the supreme court-- who ruled in his favor.
Who is Chief John Ross?
What are the Indian Peace Medals?
Also accepted: Jefferson Peace Medals, Indian Peace Coins
This political term refers to politicians who are hungry for war. In 1812, Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun both earned this title for their hunger for battle.
What is a War Hawk?
This U.S. folk hero, who was both a politician and military man, was the subject of a famous 1950's TV show. He died at the battle of the Alamo in 1836.
Who is Davy Crockett?