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Colonial America
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Who was the president responsible for the acquisition of the Louisiana Territory from France
Thomas Jefferson
100
This war ended with the dropping of the atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
World War II
100
This suffragette campaigned for women's right to vote. In fact the 19th amendment is also named after her. What is the name of this female?
Susan B Anthony.
100
What is the name of the term associated with westward expansion in which it is "God's given right" to expand Americas borders from "Sea to Shining Sea"
Manifest Destiny
100
Aboard the Mayflower these English settlers arrived in Plymouth 1619 with the goal to practice their religious beliefs freely.
The Pilgrims
200
This president pardoned Richard Nixon of all charges pending from the Watergate Scandal
Gerald Ford
200
The treaty of Versailles ended this war in which Germany was severely punished and forced to pay war reparations.
World War I
200
United States abolitionist born a slave on a plantation in Maryland and became a famous conductor on the Underground Railroad leading other slaves to freedom in the North (1820-1913)
Harriet Tubman
200
What is the name of the modern day state in which the 5 civilized tribes were forced off their land to live on reservations. Supervised by federal troops Native Americans marched on a "Trail of tears" to live on land in this modern day state.
Oklahoma
200
These group of people helped settle Pennsylvania. Also known as the religious society of friends. They lived simple lives and advocated for the mistreatment of Native Americans.
The Quakers
300
Who was the president that expanded U.S borders to the Pacific Ocean
James Polk
300
This war led to the U.S acquisition of Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines. It also led to further U.S involvement in Cuba.
Spanish American War.
300
This female played a crucial role in social reform in 1880's in Chicago. She developed the Hull House where middle class educated women instructed female immigrants in employment opportunities. These settlement houses became centers for reform in the women's and labor movements.
Jane Addams
300
What was the name of the group that headed west for California and due to severe weather conditions and lack of adequate supplies resorted to cannibalism.
The Donner Party
300
What was the name of the first successful English settlement in the New World. Settled in 1608 this colony soon became the tobacco cultivation center of the New World
Jamestown
400
This president ended post Civil War Reconstruction by removing the remaining federal troops from the south. (Also known as the Compromise of 1877)
Rutherford B. Hayes
400
During this war a portion of the white house was burned down.
War of 1812
400
Appointed by Ronald Reagan she was the first female Supreme Court Justice in the United States
Sandra day O'Connor
400
What was the name of the term associated with slavery in which those who resided in a specific territory voted whether slavery was legal or illegal.
Popular Sovereignty
400
Known as the "Lost Colony" where English settlers disappeared as a result of Native American conflict.
Roanoke
500
Who was the only president in U.S History labeled as a president Without a party.
John Tyler
500
These were two wars between the United States of America and Barbary "Pirate" States in North Africa. At issue was the pirates' demand of tribute from American merchant vessels in the Mediterranean Sea. American naval power attacked the pirate cities and extracted concessions of fair passage from their rulers.
Tripolitan Wars or (Barbary Wars)
500
She organized a birth-control movement which openly championed the use of contraceptives in the 1920's.
Margaret Sanger
500
What was the name of the individual who coined the term "American Progress" in response to the successes of Westward Expansion. 2 possible answers
John O Sullivan or John Gast
500
Who was the Puritan minister who dreamed of his colony as a "City Upon a Hill" serving as a role model for all other colonies to look up to.
John Winthrop