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COLONIAL PERIOD
REVOLUTIONARY WAR
CONSTITUTION/BILL OF RIGHTS
JEFFERSONIAN ERA/ANDREW JACKSON/FEDERALISTS AND ANTI-FEDERALISTS
SLAVERY/CIVIL WAR/RECONSTRUCTION *MANY QUESTIONS*
100

What was it like to be a colonist traveling across the Atlantic to go to the New World?

Any response negative response is acceptable (Ex: extremely long, crowded, many sicknesses)

100

Why were the colonists so frustrated with Britain?

TAXES! Sorry... What are taxes? (or violation of rights)

100

This was the very first constitution of the United States from 1781 to 1788. It had a very weak central government.

What were the Articles of Confederation?

100

In your opinion, what was Andrew Jackson's biggest legacy?

What is the democratic party? (other acceptable answers include him being a "people's president", something about the destruction of the national bank, etc)

100

This is Mr. V's phrase of the year.

What is "epically stupid"?

200

These were the people who had previously inhabited North America before it was colonized.

Who are Native Americans?

200

The opening shot at the Battle of Concord on April 19th, 1775 that officially started the revolution.

What is the shot heard around the world?

200

This is where the constitution was signed.

What is Philadelphia?

200

These were a series of essays that explained and supported the constitution.

What were the Federalist Papers?

200

*Must get all questions correct to receive all points

1) This was the president during the civil war.

2) This battle was a turning point in the civil war as union leaders defeated Robert Lee.

3) This side had more railroads during the civil war.

1) Who is Abraham Lincoln?

2) What is the Battle of Gettysburg?

3) What is the Union?

300

This was the first agreement signed by the men on the Mayflower. It set up the government for the colonies.

What is the Mayflower Compact?

300

Those who remained loyal to Britain and the king.

Who are loyalists?

300

These are the first ten amendments that protected the inalienable rights of men.

What is the Bill of Rights?

300

*Must get all questions correct to receive all points

1) What dollar bill is Andrew Jackson on?

2) What number president was Andrew Jackson?

1) What is the $20 bill?

2) What is the 7th president?

300

*Must get all questions correct to receive all points

1) This change to the Constitution made it so that states could not deny any male to vote regardless of race.

2) This change to the Consitution abolished slavery in the United States.

3) This change to the Constitution gave citizenship to anyone born in the United States and giving all citizens equal protection under the law.

1) What is the 15th amendment?

2) What is the 13th amendment?

3) What is the 14th amendment?

400

Britain and its colonies engaged in this by creating a system of exchange of goods, raw materials, and slaves between Europe, the Americas, and Africa.

What is the Triangular Slave Trade?

400

The treaty that ended the American Revolutionary War.

What is the Treaty of Paris 1783?

400
The number of states that were needed to ratify the Constitution. 
What is 9?
400

*Must get all questions correct to receive all points

1) Name one federalist leader.

2) Name one anti-federalist leader.

1) Who is George Washington/Benjamin Franklin/James Madison/Alexander Hamilton?

2) Who is George Mason/Patrick Henry/James Winthrop/John Hancock/George Clinton?

400

*Must get all questions correct to receive all points

1) This system helped escaped slaves follow a network of routes out of the south and into the north.

2) This was the largest slave uprising in the south in South Carolina that resulted in strict "negro laws".

3) This machine was invented by Eli Whitney and made processing cotton easier, but also increase the south's need for slaves. 

1) What is the underground railroad?

2) What is the Stono Rebellion?

3) What is the cotton gin?

800

He was an evangelist during the First Great Awakening and was known for being a popular religious icon among the colonists.

Who is George Whitefield?

800

This was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that argued for independence and was very convincing to many colonists.

What is Common Sense?

800

*Must get all questions correct to receive all points

1) This states that you have the freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly, and petition.

2) This states that no soldier shall be quartered in a house without the owner's consent

1) What is the 1st Amendment?

2) What is the 3rd Amendment?

800

*Must get all questions correct to receive all points

1) This is the right of the court to declare a law unconstitutional.

2) This land was acquired from Napoleon Bonaparte for 15 million dollars.

3) He was the guy who wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence.


1) What is Judicial Review?

2) What is the Louisiana Purchase?

3) Who is Thomas Jefferson?

800

*Must get all questions correct to receive all points

1) This was the year that the Jim Crow Laws were passed. (hint: end of civil war reconstruction)

2) This is the group of people that were negatively impacted by the Jim Crow Laws.

1) What is 1877?

2) Who are African Americans?