Revolutionary Era/Early Republic
Name one British taxation measure that sparked colonial outrage and led America toward revolution.
What was...
This president during this period became the first to ever fully repay the national debt
Who was Andrew Jackson?
This executive order in 1863 proclaimed that all enslaved people in Confederate states are now free
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This economic upheaval is largely considered to mark the end of the Roaring Twenties
What was the Great Depression?
George Washington was inaugurated in this US city
What is New York?
These first battles are typically considered the beginning of the American Revolutionary War
What were the Battles of Lexington and Concord (April 19, 1775)?
This was the belief that expansion was divinely sanctioned to help spread democracy and capitalism.
What was Manifest Destiny?
This fort was fired upon by Confederate militia, beginning the American Civil War
What was Fort Sumter?
This American president decisively won re-election on an isolationist platform, proclaiming, "He kept us out of war", yet would subsequently oversee American entry to the Great War.
Who was Woodrow Wilson?
This is the number of presidents that died on July 4th (bonus points if you can name them)
What is 3? (Adams, Jefferson, and Monroe)
This year/election was when the first transfer of power from one political party to another happened in America
What was 1801/the election of 1800?
This conflict resulted in a standoff between the federal government and South Carolina, with both claiming the possessed the legal authority to install or remove tariffs.
What was the Nullification Crisis?
This author popularized the term "Gilded Age" to describe the era of social inequality and political corruption after the Civil War
Who was Mark Twain?
This was the motive for which William McKinley was assassinated by Leon Czolgoz in 1901
What is Anarchism?
This state name is misspelled in the Constitution
What is Pennsylvania? (spelled "Pensylvania")
This event in Boston in 1770, in which British soldiers killed five colonists, was used as propaganda by American leaders.
What was the Boston Massacre?
This president led the United States during the Mexican-American War, and subsequently chose not to run for re-election.
Who was James K. Polk?
This 1882 law was the first major federal immigration restriction that targeted a specific nationality
What was the Chinese Exclusion Act?
This foreign policy doctrine modified the renowned Monroe Doctrine, asserting the exclusive right of intervention in the Americas belonged to the United States?
What was the Roosevelt Corollary?
There have been this many father-son presidential duos (bonus points for their names)
What is 2? (John Adams and John Quincy Adams, George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush)
This 1798 law made it harder for immigrants to become citizens and allowed the government to jail its critics
What were the Alien and Sedition Acts?
This financial institution was abolished by Andrew Jackson in 1836.
What was the Second Bank of the United States?
This was the site of the Robert E. Lee's surrender on April 9, 1865, which marked the end of the American Civil War
What was the Appomattox Courthouse?
This 1911 fire in New York City killed 146 mostly female workers and sparked workplace safety reforms by Progressive reformers.
What was the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire?
After the success of the Teddy Bear, the subsequent administration created this (less popular) stuffed animal toy named after the new president.
What is the Billy Possum (for William Howard Taft)?