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US Presidents
Eras of our Nation
Who's Who in American History
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Creation of Jamestown
When is 1607?
100
Battle of Saratoga Battle of Yorktown George Washington Marquis de Lafayette
What is the American Revolution?
100
I was the leader of the Continental Army during the American Revolution before becoming the first President of the new United States.
Who is George Washington?
100

Slavery, Bleeding Kansas, Union, Confederacy

What is the Civil War?

100
Conductor of the Underground Railroad after escaping slavery
Who is Harriet Tubman?
200
Writing of the Constitution
When is 1787?
200

This convention promoted women's rights and was organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott.

What is the Seneca Falls Convention?

200

I was president during the XYZ Affair and Alien and Sedition Acts.

Who is John Adams?

200

Trail of Tears, Nullification Crisis, Bank Crisis

What is Age of Jackson?

200
First Secretary of the Treasury and leader of the Federalist Party
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
300

Pilgrims arrived at Plymouth and wrote the Mayflower Compact.

When is 1620?

300
Battle of Gettysburg Battle of Vicksburg Ulysses S. Grant Robert E. Lee
What is the Civil War?
300
I was president during the territorial acquisitions of Texas, Mexican Cession, and the Oregon Country. I was elected because of my desire to accomplish Manifest Destiny.
Who is James K. Polk?
300

Annexation of Texas, Mexican Cession, Louisiana Purchase, Gadsden Purchase

What is Westward Expansion?

300

Led a reform movement that helped the mentally ill and brought changes to prisons.

Who is Dorothea Dix?

400
Purchase of the Louisiana Territory
When is 1803?
400

First written Constitution in America.  It gave most power to the states and created a weak central government.

What is the Articles of Confederation?

400
I wrote the Bill of Rights and went on to become the 4th President of the United States
Who is James Madison?
400

Black Codes, sharecropping, poll taxes, 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments.

What is Reconstruction?

400

Author of the "The Liberator" and leading abolitionist of slavery

Who is William Lloyd Garrison?

500
Civil War
When is 1861-1865?
500

Industrialization, urbanization, new inventions like the cotton gin, steel plow, and telegraph.

What is the Industrial Revolution?

500

I was the US President during the Civil War and gave a well-known speech at Gettysburg.

Who is Abraham Lincoln?

500

Jamestown, Virginia House of Burgesses, Mayflower Compact, Plymouth

What is Colonial America?

500
Enlightenment figure who believed in life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
Who is John Locke?