War, what is it good for?
Presidents
Sectional Tension
Revolution!
Geography
100
This war began when Mexican soldiers opened fire on American soldiers that had crossed the Rio Grande into disputed territory
Mexican-American War
100
This president stepped down after his second term in office, setting the precedent that presidents should only serve two terms that goes unbroken until FDR is elected 4 times
George Washington
100
Due to the south's reliance on this type of labor, whenever a state joins the union there is debate over the nature of that new state's labor force
Slave Labor
100
16 months before he famously rode off into American history this man joined the other patriots in the Boston tea party protest
Paul Revere
100
This precious mineral was discovered in California just after America obtained the land from Mexico
Gold
200
This war began at the first firing of rifles during the Battles of Lexington and Concord
American Revolutionary War
200
This U.S. president doubled the size fo the country when he completed the Louisiana Purchase
Thomas Jefferson
200
The South's economy can be classified with this term meaning "the science or practice of farming"
Agricultural
200
From Dec. 19 1777 to June 19 1778 camping was pretty rough for the Continental Army at this location
Valley Forge
200
The pictured invention made it easier to separate seeds from the fibers of this crop grown in the South, typically with Slave labor
Cotton
300
The Star-Spangled Banner was written from the cells of a British Ship during this War
War of 1812
300
This President defended British soldiers that attacked protesters during the Boston Massacre
John Adams
300
This man above, known as the Great compromiser, helped create the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850
Henry Clay
300
The Continental Army sent this petition to King George III as a final effort to avoid war
Olive Branch Petition
300
Many of the nation's railroads before 1860 were built in this region due to the regions populated cities and busy factories
North
400
This war was the reason that the British had to raise taxes on the American Colonists
French and Indian War
or
Seven Years War
400
In 1832 this president complained that the national is trying to kill him but says "I will kill it"
Andrew Jackson
400
When Missouri joined the Union as a slave state, this state joined as a free state
Maine
400
In 1765 James Watt figured out his steam engine while this man organized the anti-tax group, the Sons of Liberty
Samuel Adams
400
Many types of this kind of farm developed in New England due to the regions poor soil conditions
Subsistence Farm
500
This war was a result of pirates attacking merchant ships off the coast of Africa in the early 1800s
Barbary War
500
In 1811 under this general the U.S. Army defeated an Indian army at the Battle of Tippecanoe
William Henry Harrison
500
The invention of the Cotton Gin by this man which created an economy in the south that relied almost exclusively on slave labor
Eli Whitney
500
This French military leader was a major general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War
Marquis de Lafayette
500
This group resorted to Cannibalism in the Rocky Mountains when they got lost traveling the Oregon Trail
Donner Party