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Colonial America

100

• What was the name given to colonists seeking independence?

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Patriots

200

Colonist loyal to the British king.  

Loyalist

300

• TRUE or FALSE

• Common Sense was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine, which argued for the independence of the colonies from Great Britain.   

True

400

• What slogan became popular among the colonies that expressed great frustration with Great Britain?

"No taxation without representation"  

500

Spanish explorer who sought the fountain of youth in North America.   

Juan Ponce de Leon

The Early United States

100

The Louisiana Purchase did this for the United States.  

Double the size of the nation

200

• Under the original Constitution,  ties in the Electoral College were determine by what congressional body?

House of Representatives

300

• Under the original Constitution, if there is a tie in the Electoral College who gets to determine the winner?

 

House of Representatives  

400

The Articles of Confederation did not have the power to force the state to pay what to the federal government?

Taxes

500

• President Adams act that punished immigrants and anyone critical of his administration.

Alien and Sedition Acts

The Federalists to Jacksonian Democracy

100

Native women who helped the Lewis & Clark Expedition

• Sacajawea

200

This party developed out of the Federalist party and won the 1840 presidential election.  The winner died one month after his inauguration.   

Whig party (William Henry Harrison)

300

As President, Andrew Jackson greatly increased the power of what governing branch?  

Executive (president)

400

Forced journey from Georgia to the Indian Territory (Oklahoma) made by native Americans.  

Trail of Tears

500

• This treaty settled a border dispute between the United States and Canada near the state of Maine.

Webster-Ashburton Treaty  

Expansion of America to The Civil War

100

• The 1889 opening of Indian lands for settlement and resulting in a race to lay claim to the territory?

Oklahoma Land Rush

200

Under the Kansas-Nebraska Act, how was slavery determined in the territories?

popular sovereignty (the people choose)

300

First battle of the Civil War.  

Fort Sumter

400

Military leader of the Confederate Army.  

Robert E. Lee

500

• Iron warships used during the Civil War.

Ironclads

The Gilded Age to the Progressive Era

100

The growth of cities is also known as _________.  

urbanization

200

Amendment that gave women the right to vote. 

19th

300

What battle saw a naval blockade in Cuba and the Rough Riders pushed the Spanish forces from San Juan Hill.  

Battle of Santiago Bay

400

Secretary of State, William Seward purchased this land from Russia for 7 million.  Later, oil and gold would be discovered in this land.  

Alaska

500

Act that started the policy of inspecting and regulating of all food produced in America. 

Pure Food and Drug Act