The Native American who helped Lewis and Clark explore the Louisiana Purchase.
100
Who is Harriet Tubman?
A slave who started the Underground RailRoad, which led many slaves to freedom.
100
Who was the head general of the Confederate army?
Robert E Lee
100
What did the Wright Brothers invent?
Flew the first airplane.
100
What is the name of the Island many immigrants went through before being allowed on the mainland?
Ellis Island
200
Who obtained the Louisiana Purchase?
Thomas Jefferson
200
What decision was made in the Missouri Compromise?
Maine would be a free state and Missouri would be a slave state. After the compromise any state North of the Louisiana purchase would be free and South of the Louisiana Purchase would be slave.
200
Who was the general of the Union Army?
General Grant
200
What is the Bessemer Process?
A faster way of making steel.
200
Name 2 check points immigrants had to pass through before being allowed into the United States.
Medical and Legal
300
What is Manifest Destiny?
It was Gods Will for the US to expand from coast to coast
300
What happened in Kansas and Nebraska which lead to the Civil War?
Bleeding Kansas - abolitionists fighting anti abolitionists for the right to have slaves.
300
Which general marched to Atlanta?
General Sherman
300
Who is Thomas Edison?
the inventor of the lightbulb.
300
Why did immigrants leave their home countries? Name at least 3 reasons.
conflict, religious persecution, more opportunities.
400
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
It told Europe that if they stayed out off American business, America would stay out of theirs.
400
What is popular sovereignty?
States having the right to hold slaves.
400
Which battle did Stonewall Jackson become famous in for creating the impenetrable wall which lost the battle for the Union Army?
Battle of Bull Run or Mannasas
400
Name 3 benefits of industrialization
More money, faster goods, goods available to more people, more jobs.
400
What does assimilation mean?
Forcing new immigrants to adapt to the beliefs, values, and customs of another country.
500
What is the significance of the Donner Pass?
The Donner Family got stuck there for months in the dead of winter and turned into cannibals.
500
What is the fugitive slave act?
Ended the slave trade in Washington, DC.
500
After what battle did Lincoln write his famous address which freed slaves?
Gettysburg
500
Name 3 costs of industrialization
Pollution, long days, overcrowded cities, injuries, loss of life, etc
500
What is a pogrom?
A massacre of a persecuted group (eg. the holocaust)