American Revolution
Clue: This 1776 document declared the colonies independent from Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Clue: Andrew Jackson was known by this nickname because of his tough personality.
What is “Old Hickory?”
Clue: This belief said it was America’s destiny to expand across the continent.
What is Manifest Destiny?
Clue: This 1861 attack started the Civil War.
What is the Battle of Fort Sumter?
Clue: This term describes loyalty to one’s region rather than the whole country.
What is sectionalism?
Clue: This battle in 1775 marked the first military conflict of the Revolution.
What are Lexington and Concord?
Clue: This system gave government jobs to supporters and friends.
What is the Spoils System?
Clue: This 1803 purchase doubled the size of the United States
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
Clue: This president led the Union during the Civil War.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Clue: This movement aimed to end slavery in the United States.
What is abolitionism?
Clue: This pamphlet by Thomas Paine convinced many colonists to support independence.
What is Common Sense?
Clue: Jackson opposed this national institution during the Bank War.
What is the Second Bank of the United States?
Clue: This trail helped settlers travel west to Oregon.
What is the Oregon Trail?
Clue: This 1863 document freed enslaved people in Confederate states.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
Clue: This reform movement pushed for women’s rights and equality.
What is the women’s suffrage movement?
Clue: This 1781 battle was the last major battle of the Revolutionary War.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
Clue: This crisis involved South Carolina trying to ignore federal tariffs.
What is the Nullification Crisis?
Clue: This 1848 treaty ended the Mexican-American War.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
Clue: This 1863 battle was a major turning point in favor of the Union.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
Clue: This compromise admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
Clue: This 1783 treaty officially ended the Revolutionary War.
What is the Treaty of Paris (1783)?
Clue: This law led to the forced relocation of Native Americans.
What is the Indian Removal Act (1830)?
Clue: This discovery in 1848 led thousands to move west quickly.
What is the California Gold Rush?
Clue: This general led the Union army to victory and later became president.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
Clue: This 1850 law required citizens to help capture escaped enslaved people.
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?