American Revolution
Constitution
Westward Expansion
Abolitionists and the Road to Civil War
Civil War
CHAOS
100
This was the name for American colonists who sympathized with the British during the American Revolution
Who are the Loyalists
100
This document did not give the government the power to tax--in fact, it did not give the government much power at all. It would be replaced by the Constitution.
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
100
You’re in a race and you pass the person in second place. What place are you in now?
Second place
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
This "compromise" allowed California to enter the Union as a free state, but had other new territories decide their stance on slavery via popular sovereignty
The Compromise of 1850
200
This side had more manufacturing, wealth, and railroads at the start of the war
What is the North/Union
200
Give an example of a palindrome
(variety of answers)
300
This Founding Father wrote the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson
300
This "compromise" counted slaves as a fraction of a person when determining the population of an area
3/5ths Compromise
300
Thousands of Native Americans died on this journey when ordered to relocate by Andrew Jackson.
What is the Trail of Tears
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
General Robert E. Lee kept this type of pet with him throughout the Civil War
What is a chicken?
300
Who dis?
Larry the Lobster
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
This law allowed Americans to move west and legally claim land for themselves as long as they built houses on it.
What is the Homestead Act
400
This was a series of small battles fought between pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers in the Kansas-Nebraska territory.
What is Bleeding Kansas
400
This was the first state to secede from the Union
What is South Carolina
400
Solve for x: 4x + 9 = 12.
3/4
500
The first battle of the Revolutionary War
What is the Battle of Lexington and Concord
500
When the president does not like a bill, they 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 term used when a state officially tries to leave the country
What is to secede
500
This decree, Lincoln's most famous, made it clear to all that the Civil War was about ending slavery
What is the Emancipation Proclamation
500
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