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100
Which tribe lived in the desert?
What is the Hopi?
100
What was Christopher Columbus looking for?
What is a water route to Asia?
100
What is Patrick Henry famous for?
What is giving speeches?
100
What was the Article of Confederation? Did it work? Why not?
First Constitution. Didn't Work. Had no federal government.
100
What was the name of the route to get west?
What is the Oregon Trail?
200
Who hunt buffalo and live on the plains?
What is the Pawnee?
200
Ponce De Leon was looking for this.
What is the Fountain of Youth?
200
What was the first battle of the American Revolution called?
What is Lexington and Concord?
200
Who wrote the Constitution and how did it divide our country?
James Madison- 3 Branches.
200
Describe the Gold Rush.
Young men went to California in 1849 hoping to get rich. Few did, but towns were built.
300
Which tribe is known for their salmon surplus, living on the plateau, and migrating?
What is the Nez Perce?
300
What happened on Henry Hudson's voyage?
What is he was mutinied?
300
Why did colonists go to war?
What is the debt from the French and Indian War led to King George III taxing the colonists?
300
Why did we go to war with Britain in 1812?
Impressment and Warhawks anger over Native Americans having British weapons.
300
How did the US get Texas?
Texas Rebellion The Alamo Anexation Mexican American War
400
Which tribe is best known for their totem poles and potlatches?
What is the Kwakiutl?
400
What did John Cabot find?
What is Newfoundland?
400
What was signed on July 4, 1776? Who wrote it? What did it say?
Declaration of Independence Thomas Jefferson America was separating from King George III and England.
400
Describe the Louisiana Purchase.
Thomas Jefferson Doubles Size Bought from France Lewis and Clark explored it.
400
Name the three important women we discussed and why they are famous. Here are their initials for help: H.T. S.T. E.C.S.
Harriet Tubman- Underground Railroad Sojourner Truth- Abolitionist Speaker Elizabeth Cady Stanton- Women's suffragist.
500
Which tribe did not grow the 3 sisters?
What is the Inuit?
500
Which 3 explorers went Northwest? Hint: JC JC HH
Jacques Cartier Henry Hudson John Cabot
500
Name three important battles of the American Revolution.
Mrs. Bridges will check this.
500
What is the Virginia compromise? Hint think state size.
Small states get a Senate (equal representation) Large states get a House of Representatives (bigger the state, more the votes)
500
What invention helped the settlers go west quickly?
What is the railroad.