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Puritan preacher who started the Great Awakening
Jonathan Edwards
True or False?
Colonists who supported the War for Independence were called loyalists.
False
Patriots
The first battle of Independence happened at?
Lexington and Concord
What document replaced the first plan of government?
the President who believed the Union must be preserved
Abraham Lincoln
What was the name of the Confederate ironclad ship?
Merrimac
The general who led the Confederate army during the Civil War was _____?.
Robert E. Lee
Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
the man who killed President Abraham Lincoln
rode at night to warn of a British attack
Paul Revere
the Texans' leader in their fight for independence.
Sam Houston
George Washington and the Continental Army spend the winter of 1777-1778 at ____?.
Valley Forge
In 1803, the _____________ doubled the size of the United States.
Louisiana Purchase
The Battle of _________ was the turning point of the Civil War.
Gettysburg
What was the name of the Union ironclad ship?
Monitor
What do you call a government run by representatives of the people.
republic
The general who led all the Union forces during the Civil War was ________?.
Ulysses S. Grant
secured the Northwest territory for the U.S
George Rogers Clark
President Lincoln's announcement that the slaves had been freed was the ____________ _____________.
Emancipation Proclamation
True or False?
The Texas Annexation was added to the United States so that a railroad could be built.
False
the Gadsden Purchase
The place where the Texan patriots suffered a tragic defeat by the Mexicans was ______ ?
the Alamo
commanded the Continental army during the War for Independence.
George Washington
After the Confederates withdrew from the Union, they used the name ________ _______of ____________.
Confederate States of America
What important section of writing was added to the Constitution stating rights and freedoms of the American people?
Bill of Rights
The nickname given to Confederate soldiers was ________ ?.
Yankees