Early Expansion
Louisiana purchase and more
Andrew Jackson
Setting up the West
Random Q
100

What does "NWO" stand for, in the context of Social Studies

Northwest Ordinance 

100

This president bought the Louisiana territory from this country (need two answers)

Jefferson/France

100

What was the main reason why Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act

Tension between Natives and settlers 

100

What is the reasoning for the team name "San Francisco 49'ers"

1849 is when a lot of people came to California 

100

In Back to the Future, Marty McFly had to get his car to what speed in order to time travel 

88mph

200

True or False, the NWO gave us the Kentucky territory

False

200

Lewis and Clark set out to explore the land and got help from who?

Sacagawea 

200

What was an argument in SUPPORT of the removal act?

People said Natives are violent drunks/savages

200

Which half of the country had more trains, north or south?

North

200

Mr. Parker's tie had what on it yesterday?

Butterflies mostly. A classy tie with a touch of whimsy 

300

The NWO was signed under what government 

The Articles of Confederation 

300

Lewis and Clark set out to find...

The Pacific Ocean

300

This group called the Indian Removal Act unconstitutional: 

The Supreme Court

300

Texas had to fight against this country to become independent 

Mexico

300

The person on the poster in the back by the windows if from what movie?

Animal House

400

The NWO listed 4 specific laws. Which law did not make it to the Constitution? 

No slavery allowed 

400

Originally, the US only wanted this city, but was offered the whole territory (think Johnny Horton)

New Orleans

400

The trail of tears (Natives being pushed out of their land) ended in what modern day state?

Oklahoma 

400
Define "Annexation"

To acquire or gain land

400

What celebrity did  Spongebob and Patrick "ride" in the first Spongebob movie?

David Hasselhoff...hide your cheeseburgers

500

Within 5,000 people, how many people did it take for a territory to become a state?

60,000 FREE MEN

500

Lewis and Clark set out from this city in Missouri. The city's nickname is "the gateway to the west"

St. Louis

500

Andrew Jackson gained fame from what war? This war may have had a role in how he governed too...

War of 1812

500

Who won the Alamo?

Mexico

500

In the hit song "the monster mash" Dracula shook his fist and asked "whatever happened to the..." this type of dance

Transylvania Twist