Show:
Vocabulary
Famous Events
Fabulous Famous People
Battle It Out
Random Facts
100
A piece of land surrounded by water on three sides
What is a peninsula
100
Forced removal of the Cherokee from their homeland
What is the Trail of Tears
100
President who acquired the Louisiana Territory
What is Thomas Jefferson
100
First battle of the American Revolution
What is Lexington
100
The beginning of the Constitution that states the power comes from the people
What is the Preamble
200
Person who studies people and their culture
What is an anthropologist
200
1849 movement of people to California
What is the Gold Rush
200
Group of people who used trees and other natural resources to build longhouses
What is the Iroquois
200
Group the United States fought against during the War of 1812
What is Britain and their Native American allies
200
Document that granted our freedom from Britain
What is Declaration of Independence
300
Invention that helped slaves pick cotton at a faster pace
What is the cotton gin
300
Supreme Court case that said the Court has the power to declare laws unconstitutional
What is Marbury v. Madison
300
President responsible for moving Native Americans off their land in order to acquire more suitable land
What is Andrew Jackson
300
This battle would have separated the New England and Middle colonies if Britain had won
What is battle of Saratoga
300
Process used to change the Constitution
What is amendments
400
Belief that the United States should expand from coast to coast
What is manifest destiny
400
Convention held to gain support for the women's rights movement
What is the Seneca Falls Convention
400
Slave who filed a lawsuit to ensure his freedom when returning to the state of Missouri
What is Dred Scott
400
Final battle of the American Revolution
What is battle of Yorktown
400
Sent out by Thomas Jefferson to map out the Louisiana Territory
What is Lewis and Clark
500
Benjamin Franklin's plan to formally unite the colonies before the American Revolution
What is Albany Plan of Union
500
Conflict between Mexico and the United States that led to the U.S gaining more territory
What is the annexation of Texas?
500
Skilled general who led the Confederate Army during the Civil War
What is Robert E Lee
500
Heated argument that led to soldiers open firing at civilians in the center of town
What is the Boston Massacre
500
Negative effect of the Atlantic Slave Trade, the way the Southern Colonies were able to make a profit from agriculture
What is slavery