The Civil War
This man was the President of the United States when the Civil War began
Who is Abraham Lincoln
The Sons of Liberty threw chests of tea from ships into the Boston Harbor in December 1773.
What is the Boston Tea Party
The first President of the United States.
Who is George Washington
This colonial region was known for growing "cash crops" such as cotton and tobacco.
What are the Southern Colonies
He was the first person to sign the Declaration of Independence.
Who is John Hancock
The Southern states that seceded from the United States formed this new nation.
What is the Confederate States of America
The Founders met in this city to declare independence from Britain.
What is Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
He bought a large amount of territory from France, called the Louisiana Purchase, in 1803
Who is Thomas Jefferson
King George III's Proclamation of 1763 prohibited colonists in America from settling west of these mountains.
What are the Appalachian Mountains.
This woman, a former slave, worked on the "Underground Railroad" to help slaves escape to "free states" in the North.
Who is Harriet Tubman
This man was the President of the Confederate States of America.
Who is Jefferson Davis
The Founders declare that the colonies are now independent from Britain and a new nation is born: the United States of America.
What is July 4, 1776
Before he became the 16th president, he was born in a log cabin in Kentucky in 1809.
Who is Abraham Lincoln
What is the Louisiana Purchase
He was a writer, scientist, inventor, diplomat, and was one of the men who signed the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Ben Franklin
The Civil War began in this year and ended in this year.
What is 1861 and 1865
The Battles at Lexington and Concord in April 1775 are known as this.
What is "The shot heard round the world"
Nicknamed Old Hickory, this man was a War of 1812 war hero before becoming the 7th President of the United States.
Who is Andrew Jackson
The colonial region known for fishing and shipbuilding.
What are the New England Colonies
This man published an abolitionist newspaper, "The Liberator", that argued that religious morals required slavery to be abolished.
Who is William Lloyd Garrison
This is the place where the Confederate States of America surrendered to the United States at the end of the Civil War.
What is the Appomattox Court House, Virginia
George Washington and the Continental Army spent a long, miserable winter here in 1777-1778.
What is Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
The son of the second US president, this man served one term as president from 1825 to 1829.
Who is John Quincy Adams
When the United States became a nation in 1776, this state was the farthest south.
What is Georgia
These two women are known for their work in the women's rights and the temperance movements in the mid-1800s.
Who are Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony