This was the name for American colonists who sympathized with the British during the American Revolution
What is Loyalists
100
This document did not give the government the power to tax
What is the Articles of Confederation
100
Thomas Jefferson nearly doubled the size of the United States when he bought the __________ ______________
What is the Louisiana Purchase
100
As a freed slave, this abolitionist guided slaves from the South to freedom along the Underground Railroad
Who is Harriet Tubman
100
This side had far more military leaders with experience and high rankings from West Point
What is the South/Confederacy
200
A style of fighting wars where instead of meeting the other army directly on the battlefield, you attack them from a hidden position (e.g. from behind trees and bushes)
What is guerrilla warfare
200
This document created 3 branches of government
What is the Constitution
200
These are the names of the two explorers who were sent to investigate land bought by Thomas Jefferson
Who are Lewis and Clark
200
Under the Missouri Compromise, Missouri was allowed into the US as a ________ state and Maine was allowed into the US as a __________ state
What is slave and free
200
This side had more manufacturing, wealth, and railroads at the start of the war
What is the North/Union
300
This Founding Father wrote the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson
300
The 3/5 Compromise determined how which group of people would be counted for purposes of representation?
What are slaves
300
This famous trail carried pioneers from Missouri to the Pacific Northwest.
What is The Oregon Trail
300
This slave sued for his freedom, arguing that because his owner had taken him to a free state, he should be free
Who is Dred Scott
300
This was the first battle of the Civil War, surprisingly, no one died during this battle
What is the Battle of Ft. Sumter
400
Fill in the blanks: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created ________"
What is equal
400
This branch of government is responsible for writing laws
What is the Legislative Branch
400
Gold was discovered at this California mill in 1848.
What is Sutter's Mill
400
In this year, Abraham Lincoln was elected president, causing several southern states to secede from the nation.
What is 1860
400
This is the reason more Americans died during the Civil War than any other war in American history
The war was Americans fighting Americans
500
Who, Loyalists or Patriots, were stationed inside the city of Philadelphia during the winter of 1777-1778
Who are Loyalists
500
When the president does not like a bill, he can _______ it - prevent it from becoming a law.
What is veto
500
This term (2 words) describes the American belief in the 1800s that they had the right and responsibility to move westward and take land.
What is "manifest destiny"
500
The definition of the word secede
What is to officially leave the country
500
This decree, made by Abraham Lincoln, made it clear to all that the Civil War was about ending slavery