The first European to sail up what is now the Hudson River in New York.
Who is Henry Hudson?
100
One of many battles that the Native Americans have won.
Battle of the Big Long Horn.
100
Who were the Europeans who forcibly makes the American work on their ship?
British
100
The largest land acquisition from France
during Thomas Jefferson’s presidency (1803), doubling
the size of the United States.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
100
A person who is strongly opposed to slavery.
What is an abolitionist?
200
An Italian sailor who set out to find a new route to the East by sailing West.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
200
Who is the Native American who guided Lewis and Clark in their expedition?
Sacagawea
200
For the role he played in winning and securing American independence, he is generally recognized as one of the most important figures in all of U.S. history. He also is called Father of his Country.
Who is George Washington?
200
The expedition from 1804-1806 that gathered information about the land gained by the Louisiana Purchase and sought an overland route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean.
What is the Lewis and Clark Expedition?
200
System of sheltering and aiding
runaway slaves on their northward journey to free
territory in the decades before the Civil War.
What is the Underground Railroad?
300
The French leader who sold the Louisiana Territory.
Napoleon Bonaparte.
300
Name one of the Native American tribes that was on the Trail of Tears.
Cherokee, Chocktaw
300
Document proclaiming the independence of the 13 British colonies in America, adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
300
The discovery at Sutter's Mill increased the population of 14,000 in 1848 to almost 100,000 in 1850. It was also famous for encouraging the construction of wagons, roads and railroads going west.
What is the California Gold Rush?
300
Who won the Civil War?
The Union
400
Louisiana is named after whose European King?
King Louis.
400
What is the name of Sacagawea's tribe?
Shoshone
400
The battle that the Texans and Americans fought.
What are the Battles of the Alamo
400
Products could be moved more cheaply and much faster by this new method of land transportation in the 1830's.
What is the steam locomotive?
400
The Leader of the Confederate Government
Thomas Jefferson
500
Who discovered America?
Christoper Columbus
500
Which tribe help Lewis and Clark get some food, supplies and horses for their journey?
Who are the Nez Perce people?
500
Who wrote the Star Spangled Banner?
Francis Scott Key
500
The fort in San Antonio, Texas, which was the
site of a Mexican victory over supporters of Texan
independence in 1836.
What is the Alamo?
500
Who is the Great General of the Confederate Government?