Western Expansion
U.S. Wars
U.S. Presidents
Colonial America
Key People
100
The event that followed after the discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill
What is the California Gold Rush?
100
America won its independence
What is the American Revolution?
100
The first president of the United States
Who is George Washington?
100
The first successful U.S. colony
What is Jamestown, Virginia?
100
Sailed the Ocean Blue in 1492
Who is Christopher Columbus?
200
These men were hired to explore new Western Territories
Who are Lewis and Clark?
200
The Union vs. the Confederacy
What is the American Civil War?
200
Passed the Emancipation Proclamation
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
200
The ship the Pilgrims used to travel to Plymouth
What is the Mayflower?
200
Created the national bank
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
300
Cowboys came from a Spanish tradition of cattle herders known as ________________.
What are vaqueros?
300
The second time America fought the British
What is the War of 1812
300
Wrote the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
300
A scary and deathly time in Salem, Massachusetts
What is the Salem Witch Hunt?
300
Was a spy during the Civil War and ran the Underground Railroad
Who is Harriet Tubman?
400
In 1803, Thomas Jefferson increased the size of the United States with this purchase.
What is the Louisiana Territory/Purchase?
400
When the United States obtained California
What is the Mexican-American War?
400
Signed the Indian Removal Act
Who is Andrew Jackson?
400
The Sons of Liberty showed their anger over the Tea Act
What is the Boston Tea Party?
400
The commanding general for the Union Armies and the 18th president.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
500
The idea that the United States is destined—by God—to expand it across the entire North American continent.
What is Manifest Destiny?
500
The fight between England and France over North America
French and Indian War
500
Told Europe to stay out of America and created a doctrine
Who is James Monroe?
500
A colony that vanished without a trace
What is Roanoke?
500
A leader in the abolitionist movement and the first African American man to hold high office
Who is Fredrick Douglas?