Pre-Columbus
Columbian Era
Colonies
Revolution
Civil War/Reconstruction
100

True or False: The Native Americans that lived in North America formed distinct cultures in the various geographic areas in which they settled.

True

100

Which country's flag did Christopher Columbus sail for?

Spain

100

There were how many original English colonies in North America?

13

100

What English philosopher argued that all men are born with natural rights?

John Locke

100

What is the term for someone who wants to abolish slavery?

Abolitionist 

200

Around 14,000 years ago, how did the original people arrive in the Americas?

 Migrated across the Bering Land Bridge

200

Where did Columbus believe he landed when he arrived in North America?

Asia

200

Which colonies were settled by dissenters and separatists fleeing the Church of England?

The New England Colonies

200

What is a system of human enslavement where one person owns another person and their offspring as property?



Chattel Slavery

200

Who was the only President of the Confederate States of America?

Jefferson Davis

300

What major city, which had a population larger than London at the time, existed in N. America that was a massive hub of trade and religion for Native Americans? 

Cahokia

300

What killed most Native Americans when contact was first made between Europeans and North Americans?

Disease

300

Which colonies were dependent on the labor of enslaved people?

The Southern Colonies

300

Name three items in which colonists were being taxed on, which they protested.

Stamps, Tea, Sugar

300

What is the term used for someone fighting for the right to vote?

Suffragette/Suffragist

400

What was the major crop that led to the rise and eventual downfall of the largest Native American city in what is now the US?

Corn/Maize

400

What European nation originally colonized New York?

Netherlands/The Dutch

400

Who were the group of European settlers that sailed on the Mayflower?

Pilgrims

400

What are the 3 unalienable (natural rights) written by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence?

The right to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness.
400

Which Constitutional Amendment abolished slavery in the US, except as a punishment for crime?

13th Amendement

500

True or False: There were pyramid like structures in what is now the United States.

True

500

What was the name for the route taken by ships carrying enslaved people from Africa to the Americas?

The Middle Passage

500

How did the Pilgrims survive their first harsh winter in North America?

With help from Native Americans

500

How many amendments are in the Bill of Rights?

10

500

What President is Mr. McKenzie related to?

James Buchanan