STAAR Jeopardy

American Revolution

100

This was a tax on sugar and molasses. 

Sugar Act 

200

This was the first battle of the American Revolution

Battle of Lexington and Concord

300

This person was the leader of the Continental Army.

Gen George Washington

400

This was the final battle of the American Revolution 

Yorktown

500

This battle was the turning point of the American Revolution 

Saratoga 

Age of Jackson

100

This period is named after the presidency of the general who won the Battle of New Orleans

Andrew Jackson

200

We call it the Indian Removal Act but the Cherokee called this a trail of what?

Trail of Tears

300

John C Calhoun and South Carolina was trying to _______ the "Tariff of Abominations" during the Nullification Crisis

Nullify 

400

Andrew Jackson spent his entire presidency trying to destroy this financial institution 

National Bank

500

Andrew Jackson was elected by the poor, farmers, and, regular Americans by changing which requirement to vote? 

Land Ownership

Compromises

100

This compromise allowed Missouri to enter in as a slave state, and Maine as a free state

Missouri Compromise

200

The Compromise of 1850 allowed "popular _________" to dictate if a new state entered as a free or a slave state.

"Popular Sovereignty" 

300

This Act was part of the Compromise of 1850 that allowed bounty hunters to capture runway slaves in Free States

Fugitive Slave Act 

400

This line established in the Missouri Compromise set a new border for slave and free states

36' 30'

500

This representative from Kentucky was known as "the Great Compromiser" 

Henry Clay

Manifest Destiny

100

This country was annexed to the United States 9 years after it gained independence from Mexico

Texas

200

This area in the extreme Northwest was gained from Britain, it was also a destination of a famous trail

Oregon Territory. 

300

This land was gained after USA defeated Mexico in the war, and grew after gold was discovered in 1848.

California

400

This land was purchased from the French in 1803

Louisiana Purchase

500

This method was set up in the Articles of Confederation to welcome new states

Northwest Ordinance 

Civil War

100

This was invasion by General Lee in Pennsylvania was the bloodiest battle and turning point of the war

Gettysburg

200

This person was the President of the Southern Confederacy 

Jefferson Davis

300

This was the first fighting of the Civil War

Fort Sumter

400

This general was who Gen. Lee surrendered to, he also became a president and is on the $50  bill

Grant

500

This battle was the bloodiest day in American history, and lead to the Emancipation Proclamation. 

Antietam