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American Revolution
War of 1812
Mexican American War
Civil War
Civil War
100
This Act taxed all paper products, including newspapers, legal documents and playing cards
What is the Stamp Act
100
This final battle actually occurred after a peace treaty was signed in the War of 1812
What is the Battle of New Orleans
100
This was the idea that the U.S. was divinely ordained to expand from coast to coast
What is Manifest Destiny
100
This Compromise specified that for each slave state entering the Union as a slave state must be balenced with a free state
What is Missouri Compomise
100
This was the bloodiest battle in the Civil War and in U.S. History
What is the Battle of Gettysburg
200
The Intolerable Acts were passed in response to this act of Colonial destruction
What is the Boston Tea Party
200
Before 1812 the British Navy was doing this to American Sailors
What is Impressment
200
What was the U.S. goal for the Mexican American War
What is expanding territory
200
This compromise opened the Mexican Cession up to popular sovereignty
What is the Compromise of 1850
200
This event occurred in April of 1865 at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia
What is the Confederate Surrender
300
Historians estimate that the largest group in the colonies during the American Revolution was
What is Neutrals
300
The War of 1812 Launched the Career of this American Politician
Who is Andrew Jackson
300
About how much of Mexico's territory did the U.S. gain
What is half
300
Stoping the expansion of slavery was the official platform of this new party in the 1850s
What is the Republican Party
300
Under Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan what percentage of voters had to take an oath of loyalty for a state to reenter the Union
What is 10%
400
This man wrote the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson
400
This group was the real loser of the War of 1812
What are Native Americans
400
What was significant about the U.S. causalty rate in the war of 1812
What is the highest in U.S. history
400
Breaking away from one country to form another
What is Secession
400
This was the goal of Radical Republicans in Congress
What is punishing the south
500
At the time the Second Continental Congress was called most delegates wanted
What is reconciliation with Britain
500
This was what the U.S. really gained from the War of 1812
What is Status
500
Why is the Mexican American War generally neglected in U.S. History
What is conflict with American ideals
500
This Presidental order freed all slaves in areas in rebellion from the Union starting in January of 1863
What is the Emancipation Proclamation
500
This was the area in which the North had the largest advantage over the South during the Civil War
What is technology