French & Indian War
American Revolution
Era of Good Feeling
Manifest Destiny
Compromise
100
Area where three rivers meet that was claimed by both the French and British.
What is the Ohio River Valley?
100
The King / Parliament refused to treat colonists as full British citizens.
What is a reason Patriots wanted to break free from Britain?
100
Land deal that doubled the size of the United States.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
100
Davy Crockett, Sam Houston, Santa Anna, the Alamo, and the Battle of San Jacinto.
What was the Texan Revolution?
100
Law requiring all US citizens to help return enslaved laborers who escaped bondage.
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
200
Young surveyor sent to build a fort, his actions sparked a global war.
Who is George Washington?
200
The motto of colonists protesting British tax policies.
What is "No taxation without representation?"
200
A poem written by Francis Scott Key after the successful Defense of Ft. McHenry in Baltimore eventually became this popular song.
What is the Star Spangled Banner?
200
Territory claimed by both Britain and the United States in 1844.
What is the Oregon Territory?
200
This 1820 compromise banned slavery north of 36-30' in the lands acquired by the Louisiana Purchase.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
300
Prime minister responsible for turning the tide of the war.
Who is William Pitt?
300
A winter encampment, Continental Army, lots of death but good training
What is Valley Forge?
300
Pride in one's country - this feeling grew after an improbable victory in New Orleans after the War of 1812.
What is Nationalism?
300
President elected to fulfill Manifest Destiny?
Who is James K. Polk?
300
This compromise admitted California as a free state and required a stronger, national Fugitive Slave Act.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
400
`Investing lots of money, promoting younger, more aggressive generals, gaining support from colonists and Native Americans.
What was Pitt's winning strategy?
400
Final battle of the American Revolution fought in Virginia.
What is Yorktown?
400
Foreign policy statement written by John Quincy Adams that demonstrates the United States is growing into a world power.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
400
Annexation of Texas led to this conflict.
What is the Mexican American War?
400
Law that reversed the Missouri Compromise.
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
500
Victory in the war led to Parliament ending this policy of ignoring the colonies provided it was profiting from them.
What is salutary neglect?
500
Document recognizing American independence with a western border at the Mississippi River, Spain is given Florida.
What is the Treaty of Paris, 1783?
500
Belief that the United States was meant to extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
What is Manifest Destiny?
500
Present day Arizona, New Mexico, and California came from this land grant.
What is the Mexican Cession?
500
Nickname given to the territorial conflict that foreshadowed the Civil War.
What is Bleeding Kansas?