American Revolution
The name of the event where colonists threw tea into the Boston Harbor to protest the tea act
What is the Boston Tea Party
The major river that runs through Louisiana
What is the Mississippi River
The part of the constitution that lists our rights
What is the bill of rights?
The people who were first in the New World when the early explorers arrived
Who are the Native Americans?
The name of the people who fled to California in 1849 in search of gold
Who are the 49ers
The man who wrote the majority of the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The mountain range that runs through the southeast to the northeast
What are the Appalachian mountains?
Who is the president?
The first explorer from Europe to arrive in the New World
Who is Christopher Columbus
The name of the railroad that was built to make moving across the U.S. and shipping goods easier
What is the transcontinental railroad
The major document that outlines the parts of the U.S. government and lists the rights of U.S. citizens.
What is the constitution?
The region that contains Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Arizona
What is the southwest region?
The branch of government who's job is to decide if a law is constitutional (if a law is fair)
What is the judicial branch?
The name of the first successful colony in North America
What is Jamestown
The popular yet dangerous trail people used to move west during westward expansion
What is The Oregon trail
This man is known for having the biggest signature on the declaration of independence
The region that we live in
What is the southeast region?
The two main political parties in the U.S.
What are the republicans and democrats?
The name of the colony that mysteriously disappeared
What is Roanoke?
The president who signed the homestead act
Who is Abraham Lincoln
The colonists nickname for the acts King George put in place as punishment for the Boston Tea Party
What is the intolerable acts?
The region that people moved to during the gold rush
What is the west?
The legislative branch is made up of these two groups
Who are the senate and the house of representatives?
The explorer who was left at sea by his crew and was very heard from again
Who was Henry Hudson?
The name of the tribe forced to move on what is now known as the trail of tears
Who is the Cherokee tribe?