The Colonies
American Revolution
The Constitution
American Expansion
The American Civil War
100
This country controlled the 13 colonies that eventually became the United States.
What is Great Britain?
100
This was the color of the British soldiers' coats.
What is red?
100
The Constitution established a government with this many branches.
What is three?
100
America was quickly expanding in this direction in the 1800's.
What is West?
100
This man was president during the Civil War.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
200
Virginia, New York, and Florida. One of these was not part of the 13 original colonies.
What is Florida?
200
The American colonists declared their independence from Great Britain on this day.
What is July 4, 1776?
200
This branch of the government writes the laws.
What is the legislative branch (Congress)?
200
People rushed to California in the mid-1800’s to find this mineral.
What is gold?
200
These were the two sides fighting in the Civil War.
What are the North and South (Union and Confederacy)?
300
This was the third region of the colonies along with the new England colonies and the Middle colonies.
What are the Southern colonies?
300
The American colonists were angry about having to pay these to Great Britain.
What are taxes?
300
The President is in charge of this branch of government.
What is the executive branch?
300
This was a popular trail used by pioneers moving westward.
What is the Oregon Trail?
300
This side eventually won the Civil War.
What is the North (Union)?
400
In colonial America, slavery was most common in this region.
What are the southern colonies?
400
He was commander of the Continental Army (the army for the colonists).
Who is George Washington?
400
This amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees freedom of speech and religion.
What is the First Amendment?
400
America gained a huge piece of land, which included California, after winning a war against this country.
What is Mexico?
400
President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in this U.S. city.
What is Washington D.C.?
500
New York colony was originally called this.
What is New Amsterdam?
500
This European country was a major ally to the colonists.
What is France?
500
This is the name of the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
500
This purchase of land from France doubled the size of the United States.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
500
He was the general of the Union army during the Civil War. He would later go on to be President of the United States.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
600
The puritans came from Europe and founded this colony.
What is Massachusetts?
600
After the war, the United States established this type of government for itself.
What is a democracy?
600
This was the meeting where the founding fathers got together to write the U.S. Constitution.
What is the Constitutional Convention?
600
American annexed this piece of land from Mexico.
What is Texas?
600
These states allowed slavery but did not join the South during the war.
What are the border states?