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100
The English renamed the Dutch colony they bought in 1664 this.
What is New York.
100
The Boston Tea Party happened in this year.
What is 1771?
100
Giving political jobs to supporters, as Andrew Jackson did, is called this.
What is the spoils system.
100
True or False: The Underground Railroad was an actual railroad.
What is False?
100
This country gave America the Statue of Liberty.
What is France?
200
The French fought against this country in the French and Indian War.
What is England.
200
Congress approved the Declaration of Independence on this day in 1776.
What is July 4th.
200
This slave from Virginia led the most serious slave revolt in American history.
Who is Nat Turner.
200
The Civil War ended in this year.
What is 1865.
200
This man invented the phonograph.
Who is Thomas Edison?
300
The purpose of these acts was to regulate trade in the colonies (1651-1673).
What are the Navigation Acts.
300
This man became America's first president.
Who is George Washington.
300
The movement which took place in 1838 which forced the Choctaws, Cherokees, Chickasaws, Creeks, and Seminoles to leave their homeland is called this.
What is the Trail of Tears.
300
This man became president next after Abraham Lincoln.
Who is Andrew Johnson?
300
In 1876 this man invented the telephone.
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
400
This country won the French and Indian War.
What is England.
400
George Washington became president in this year.
What is 1783.
400
What canal connected the Great Lakes to many rivers in the Northeast?
What is the Erie Canal?
400
This man assassinated Abraham Lincoln.
Who is John Wilkes Booth?
400
In 1883 this was the largest bridge in the USA.
What is the Brooklyn Bridge?
500
This fort was captured by the British in 1758.
What is Fort Duquesne.
500
In 1803 the United States purchased this territory.
What is the Louisiana Territory.
500
Who lost the battle at the Alamo in 1836?
Who are the Texans?
500
This amendment gave African American men the right to vote.
What is the 15th Amendment?
500
This man built the first steel plant in the country.
Who is Andrew Carnegie?