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Try Your Luck
Don't Go Here
Keep Out!
How Brave are you?
You will NEVER get it!
100
tax placed on the colonist to pay for the French and Indian War
What is the Stamp Act?
100
valuable resource to the Natives of the Southwest because everything was so dry
What is water?
100
doubled the size of the United States
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
100
funded the Lewis and Clark expedition
Who is President Thomas Jefferson
100
the first British colony in North America...they failed to adapt to the harsh New England winter
What is Roanoke?
200
the westward expansion that forced Native Americans to move to Indian Territory
What is the Indian Removal Act of 1831?
200
lived at the base of the Rocky Mountains; hunted and had moderate weather
What is the Nez Perce?
200
the part of the government that provides for the defense of the nation
What is the military?
200
Native Americans and the French fought the British in this war
What is the French and Indian War?
200
Patriots who wanted freedom from Great Britain
Who are the Sons of Liberty?
300
branch of the government in charge of deciding if a law is fair
What is the judicial branch?
300
a route the settlers followed during westward expansion
What is the Oregon Trail?
300
lived in mound homes on the Plains
What is the Pawnee?
300
shortcut to silk and spices; explorers kept looking for it
What is the Northwest Passage?
300
James Armistead was a spy who gave information about this battle where the Americans beat the British
What is Yorktown?
400
helped gain French support for American Independence; also created first volunteer fire department
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
400
told about her life as a slave
Who is Sojourner Truth?
400
not an advantage for the colonists during the Revolutionary war
What is naval support?
400
into what body of water do rivers west of the Continental Divide flow
What is the Pacific Ocean?
400
fought for women's rights
Who is Elizabeth Cady Stanton?
500
British soldiers shot and killed several colonist for taunting them
What is the Boston Massacre?
500
the last step in the process of a bill becoming a law
What is when the president either vetoes or signs the bill?
500
a patriot who fought for American Independence and then became a traitor
Who is Benedict Arnold?
500
the freedom of religion, speech, and press
What is the first amendment?
500
a plan for saving and spending your money
What is a budget?