People
Colonial America and Revolution
Government
Slavery and the Civil War
Native Americans
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100
Who founded Rhode Island for religious freedom?
Roger Williams
100
Which European country paid for Columbus' expedition?
Spain
100
What system makes sure that no branch of the government becomes too powerful?
Checks and Balances
100
Which region of the U.S. before the Civil War had plantations, less education, and few cities?
South
100
The Powhatans helped what early English colony succeed?
Jamestown
100
What European country was the United States fighting in the War if 1812?
Britain
200
Which president bought the Louisiana Purchase from France?
Thomas Jefferson
200
What was the exchange of people, goods, ideas, and diseases between the Old World and the New World in the Age of Exploration?
Columbian Exchange
200
What document stated that all men are created equal, and told Britain that if the government did not protect their rights that the people had the right to get rid of it?
Declaration of Independence
200
Why did both Florida and Texas have to wait to become states?
They were slave states, and would have tipped the balance between free and slave states
200
What was the name of the trail Native Americans were forced to travel west on after the Indian Removal Act?
Trail of Tears
200
What was the belief that the United States was meant to spread from to sea to shining sea called?
Manifest Destiny
300
Which president supported the Indian Removal Act but hated the National Bank?
Andrew Jackson
300
Which colonial region is known for craftsmen, shipbuilding, and whaling?
New England Colonies
300
What founding document protects the people's rights, and made more people want to support the Constitution when it was first written?
Bill of Rights
300
What was the bloodiest battle and turning point of the Civil War?
Gettysburg
300
Which European country tended to get along better with Native Americans because they didn't affect their way of life?
France
300
Why were conditions in the factories so unsafe?
There were no laws to protect workers
400
What were the names of the 2 explorers sent to map the Louisiana Purchase?
Lewis and Clark
400
What war caused Britain to go so far in debt they tried to tax the colonies to pay for it?
French and Indian War
400
What principle allows the judicial branch to declare government actions unconstitutional, making the Constitution the "Supreme Law of the Land"?
Judicial Review
400
What was the name of the abolitionist author of Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
400
Which Native American culture group were nomadic, hunted bison, and lived in teepees?
Great Plains
400
What was the name of the women's rights convention in the 1800s?
Seneca Falls Convention
500
Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
500
What British laws (acts) was meant to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party but caused all the colonies to work together against them instead?
Coercive Acts
500
What document warned European countries not to try to make any new colonies in the Americas?
Monroe Doctrine
500
What was the name of the agreement that tried to keep the balance of power between the free and slave states?
Missouri Compromise
500
What was the name of the only tribe to successfully resist removal?
Seminole
500
What were the 3 main trails headed West?
Oregon Trail, California Trail, Utah Trail
600
Who led the Sons of Liberty?
Samuel Adams
600
What was the final battle of the American Revolution?
Yorktown
600
What principle stated that the people of each territory should be able to vote whether to become a free state or a slave state?
Popular Sovereignty
600
What case got rid of the Missouri Compromise and stated that the government couldn't ban slavery in any territory?
Dred Scott Decision
600
Which Native American Culture group lived in Chickees in forests and swamps?
Southeast
600
Where were most people who traveled on the Underground Railroad headed to after the year 1850? Why?
Canada, because of the Fugitive Slave Act/Slavery was illegal there/Slave Catchers couldn't follow them there