What is the battle that convinced France to support the United States in the Revolutionary War?
the Battle of Saratoga
100
What are the areas of Europe where the "New Immigrants" came from in the late 1800s?
What is Eastern and Southern
100
Who is the president, who in his farewell address, warned against political parties?
George Washington
100
What is the religious group which was most influential in early colonial life?
Puritans
200
Who is the president most closely associated with mistreatment of Native Americans and westward expansion?
Andrew Jackson
200
What is the agreement that ended the Reconstruction in the South after the Civil War?
Compromise of 1877
200
What is the compromise that opened up land gained during the Spanish Secession to popular sovereignty?
the Compromise of 1850
200
Who is the reformer who fought for the rights of the mentally ill?
Dorothy Dix
300
What is the set of laws that President Adams passed to limit the power of an opposing political party?
Alien and Sedition Acts
300
What is the event that represented a significant action on the part of the colonists against the new taxes implemented by The Crown?
The Stamp Act Congress
300
What are the areas with the most support for the Populist Movement?
the South and Midwest
300
Of the following, which court case LIMITED the power of the government?
1. Fletcher v. Peck
2. Gibbons v. Ogden
3. Marbury v. Madison
4. McCulloch v. Marlyand
5. Dred Scott v. Sandford
Dred Scott v. Sandford
300
Who is the "muckraker" who exposed the life of living in tenements?
Jacob Riis
400
What is the term that describes President Teddy Roosevelt's foreign policy?
What is the term that describes President Teddy Roosevelt's foreign policy?
Big Stick Policy
400
What is the war that is often called the Second War for Independence?
War of 1812
400
What is the name of the large tract of land that doubled the size of the United States?
The Louisiana Purchase
400
What is the early form of government in the United States that was mostly a failure, but was successful in dividing western land?
Articles of Confederation
400
What is the document that encouraged church membership in the Massachusetts Bay colony?
The Halfway Covenant
500
Who is the president who, when elected, caused the secession of South Carolina?
Who is Abraham Lincoln
500
What is the number of states that seceded during the Civil War?
11
500
What is the name of the event in Kansas that was caused by the issue of popular sovereignty?
Bleeding Kansas
500
What is the name of the conference where Benjamin Franklin tried to convince colonists to unite with the Iroquois during the French and Indian War?
The Albany Conference
500
What is the position of the Populist movement on the precious metal that all US money was based on?