Civil War
Lincoln's Election in 1860
Traitor
Homestead Act
Congress passed this to let settlers gain free land.
West Indies
Where did Columbus land?
Pennsylvania
Which colony was founded by Quakers to promote religious freedom?
Frederick Douglas
Who was an abolitionist and a slave?
The US won this final battle by trapping the British
What is the Battle of Yorktown
Wounded Knee
What is the site of the massacre that ended the Indian Wars?
Moctezuma
The Aztec leader was captured and later killed by Cortes?
South Carolina
Name a colony which would have used the plantation system?
Control of Charleston Harbor
Why did the South fire on Fort Sumter?
Who is Von Steuben
Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce
Who was the Indian Chief who tried to flee, but ultimately was placed with his tribe on a reservation?
Nativists
Georgia
Which colony was founded by Oglethorpe as a haven for debtors?
John Brown
Who tried to start a slave uprising?
German mercenaries
Who was defeated at the Battle of Trenton?
Millions Died
What was the affect of European diseases on the Native Population of North America?
Thomas Paine
Who wrote the pamphlet "The Crisis" which inspired our Revolutionary War troops?
Massachusetts
Which colony was home to the Puritans?
He marched through Georgia
Who was William Tecumseh Sherman
"The Shot Heard Round the World"
What was the first shot fired that started the American Revolution?
Furs and fish
What did the French trade with the Native Americans?
Lafayette
Who was the French Aristocrat turned soldier who befriended George Washington and helped the US win the revolutionary war?
Jamestown
Which city in the colony of Virginia was home to the first permanent English settlement?