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Known as the Father of the Constitution.
Who is James Madison?
100
Sets out the laws and principles of the government of the United States of America.
What is the Constitution?
100
Firing on Ft. Sumter.
What started the Civil War?
100
Day the Civil War began.
What is April 12, 1861?
100
Doubled the size of the U.S.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
200
Most beloved general in U.S. history.
Who is Robert E. Lee?
200
The thirteenth amendment accomplished this.
What is abolished slavery?
200
The bloodiest one day battle.
What is Antietam/Sharpsburg?
200
Main reason South Carolina seceded from the Union.
What is states rights?
200
Was instrumental in California becoming a state.
What is the Gold Rush?
300
Leader of the original Democratic Party and responsible for the Trail of Tears.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
300
Given to dedicate a battlefield as a national cemetery.
What is the Gettysburg Address?
300
Naval engagement involving new technology.
What is the Battle of the Ironclads...Monitor and Merrimack?
300
Biggest killer of the Civil War.
What is diarrhea?
300
Belief that the American people should take over North American continent and therefore led to Westward Expansion.
What is Manifest Destiny?
400
He was the only bachelor president.
Who is James Buchanan?
400
Proclaimed only those slaves in rebellious states free.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
400
Battle that lasted two weeks with only 1 survivor, but everyone remembers.
What is the Battle of the Alamo?
400
Slave states which remained part of the Union during the Civil War.
What are Missouri, Kentucky, West Virginia, Maryland and Delaware?
400
Led to truly connecting the U.S. and a national market.
What is the Transcontinental Railroad?
500
Presidents who fought in the Civil War.
Who are Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, Harrison and McKinley?
500
Granted male black suffrage.
What is the 15th amendment?
500
The residents lived in the sides of hills for 48 days.
What is the Siege of Vicksburg?
500
The name of General Robert E. Lee's horse.
What is Traveler?
500
Led to the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson.
What is vetoing the Tenure of Office Act?