Revolution + Constitution
Which President did this...?
Life in Antebellum America
Civil War + Reconstruction
Potpourri / Miscellaneous
100
What was the name of America's "first" Constitution (that epically failed because there was no government to keep all the states in line)?
Articles of Confederation
100
He bought Louisiana (and then some).
Thomas Jefferson
100
During the __________ Crisis, South Carolina nearly broke away from the U.S. but Andrew Jackson persuaded them to stay (till they actually did it in 1860).
Nullification Crisis
100
The __________ Era is sometimes called a "failure" because it never guaranteed equal rights for blacks.
Reconstruction
100
This early political party generally opposed big government (e.g. the national bank) and supported a farm-based economy.
Democratic-Republicans
200
Which constitutional amendment addresses the right to bear arms?
2nd Amendment
200
He single-handedly ended slavery! Yay! #EmancipationProclamation
Abraham Lincoln
200
People who fought AGAINST slavery were known as _________ .
Abolitionists
200
The South passed a series of anti-black segregation laws known as the ________ ________ laws (who, by the way, wasn't a real person, but rather a fictional character played by a white theater actor trying to stereotype black slave life).
Jim Crow laws
200
What was the #1 cause of death to Native American populations as a result of European colonialism?
Diseases
300
This famous U.S. document states that government gets its power from we, the people.
Declaration of Independence
300
In his __________ Doctrine, he declared that the United States would not allow Europe to interfere in the Americas again.
James Monroe
300
Before the Civil War, this policy prohibited (banned) slavery in certain parts of the United States.
Missouri Compromise
300
They called themselves "__________" Republicans because, unlike the rest of their party, they believed in the swift and permanent end to slavery.
Radical Republicans
300
Eli Whitney invented this machine during the Industrial Revolution in 1793.
*POSSIBLE +3 POINTS on your overall pre-test grade if you can also correctly guess the name of the Massachusetts city he's from
cotton gin
*BONUS ANSWER: Westborough, MA
400
During the American Revolution, this Founding Father created this political cartoon in an attempt to address the "dis-United States" and encouraged all 13 colonies to unite in the fight for independence.
Benjamin Franklin
400
His accomplishments (and perhaps not-something-to-really-brag-about kid of accomplishments) include vetoing the National Bank, establishing the "spoils" system, handling the Nullification Crisis, and pushing a bunch of Natives West because he wanted the gold on the land that was rightfully theirs (Trail of Tears).
Andrew Jackson
400
Lawmakers were able to sneak this policy into the Compromise of 1850 that required runaway slaves to be returned to their owners (even if they fled to free states!).
Fugitive Slave Act
400
This policy was enacted to provide food, housing, and medical aid to freed blacks, but sadly the racist [censored] in government dismantled it in 1872.
Freedmen's Bureau
400
Below is a list of 10 Supreme Court cases. Choose the case that established that federal laws override state laws.
Brown v. Board
Marbury v. Madison
Worcester v. Georgia
McCulloch v. Maryland
Roe v. Wade
Obergefell v. Hodges
Miranda v. Arizona
Gideon v. Wainwright
Dred Scott v. Sanford
Plessy v. Ferguson
McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
500
This uprising in Massachusetts proved that the new United States needed a stronger central government, and thus a new Constitution.
Shays' Rebellion
500
Aaron Burr killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel while Burr was the sitting Vice President to this man (who was probably unhappy to hear that his own VP just straight up shot somebody in daylight...).
Thomas Jefferson
500
This political party formed in opposition to Jacksonian Democracy (but was very short-lived).
Whig Party
500
The Battle of __________ saw the Union land a crit strike to Confederate leader Robert E. Lee, dealing 5x damage based on his max health. Lee starts his next attack with 75% reduced armor.
Gettysburg
500
Name all original 13 colonies.
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
New York
Delaware
Connecticut
Maryland
Rhode Island
New Jersey
North Carolina
South Carolina
Pennsylvania
Georgia