The two countries who were fighting against each other in the War of 1812.
What is America and England?
100
He was the president during the Louisiana Purchase.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
100
Texas became a part of the United States after a war with Mexico. During this important battle, over 200 Americans were killed. This is called the Battle of the _____________.
What is Alamo?
100
This invention helped improve communication across the world.
What is the telegraph?
100
Suffrage means this.
What is the right to vote?
200
This is the term for when the British forced American sailors off ships to work in the British navy.
What is impressment?
200
The United States bought the land in the Louisiana Territory from this country.
What is France?
200
During the war with Mexico, Texas fought for its independence. After an important battle where 200 Americans were killed, they cried these famous words.
What is "Remember the Alamo!"
200
This invention/improvement in transportation allowed goods to travel faster on rivers.
What is the steamboat?
200
Abolitionists wanted to end ________________.
What is slavery?
300
These are the two buildings burned down by the British in the War of 1812.
What is the White House and the Capitol?
300
These two men were sent by the president to explore the new lands of the Louisiana Territory.
Who were Lewis and Clark?
300
Many pioneers moved west along this trail. Times were hard on this trail dealing with sickness, unpredictable weather and scarce food and supplies.
What is the Oregon Trail?
300
This Act moved Native Americans off their land.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
300
This abolitionist was a conductor on the Underground Railroad and helped over 300 slaves to freedom.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
400
This is what Dolly Madison took out of the White House before it burned down.
What is the portrait of George Washington?
400
These were two things the president wanted the Corps of Discovery to find out on their expedition.
What are landforms, plants, animals, and the culture of the Native Americans? Any two answers given
400
These are what sprang up in California because of the Gold Rush.
What are mining towns or boomtowns?
400
When Native Americans were sent off their land and moved to the Oklahoma Territory, there was much suffering, disease, and even death. That is why this journey is called the _____________.
What is the Trail of Tears?
400
This suffragist spoke at the Seneca Falls Convention and brought attention to the subject of women's rights.
Who is Elizabeth Cady Stanton?
500
He was the president during the War of 1812?
Hint: his wife took something important out of the White House before it burned down.
Who is James Madison?
500
This Native American woman helped the Corps of Discovery explore the new land of the Louisiana Purchase.
Who was Sacagawea?
500
This is the reason many pioneers and settlers flocked to California in the late 1840s.
What is the California Gold Rush (or gold was found there)?
500
This invention allowed goods and people to travel faster across the entire continent.
What is the steam locomotive?
500
This abolitionist and suffragist was a strong woman who was a former slave. She gave a speech in response to men saying that women were too delicate and fragile to be created equal. A famous line from this speech was, "Ain't I a Woman?"