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100

This individual is nicknamed the "leader of the free world" & "POTUS".

Who is the President of the United States?

100

This war, gained the 13 colonies their political Independence from Great Britain.

What was The Revolutionary War?

100

This document was signed on July 4th, 1776.

What is the Declaration of Independence?

100

The United States utilizes this form of government.

What is a representative democracy?

100

This man was the first president of the United States.

Who was George Washington?

200

This form of government is often described as "rule by the people".  First seen in ancient Greece and currently used by the US and many other countries.

What is democracy?

200

This war split the country in 2 parts, the Union and the Confederacy.

What was the Civil War?

200

This document begins with, "We The People..."

What is the Constitution?

200

This term for the 3 parts of the federal government derives its name from trees.

What are the 3 branches of government?

200

This man was known for being very tall and wearing a top hat, he also lived in the white house.

Who was Abraham Lincoln?

300

This group is the smaller House of Congress, filled with 2 members from each state.

What is the Senate?

300

The original White House was burned by the British during this war.

What was the War of 1812?

300

Abraham Lincoln stated that "Four Score and seven years ago..." in this famous speech.

What is the Gettysburg Address?

300

These are the 2 Major parties of the current United States political system.

What are Democrats and Republicans?

300

You may know this individual for the wildly successful Broadway musical written about his life.

Who was Alexander Hamilton?

400

An area of land set aside by the federal government for the use of an Indigenous nation

What is a reservation?

400

This Supreme Court Case upheld the decision to allow slavery to occur in the new US territories.

What was the Dred Scott Case?

400

This document ended slavery in all of the United States.

What is the Emancipation Proclemation?

400

This failed document was the predecessor to the US Constitution.

What are the Articles of Confederation?

400

The President of the Confederate States of America.

Who was Jefferson Davis?

500

The belief that it was America’s right and duty to spread across the North American continent

What is manifest destiny?

500

In 1847, this African nation was created by American politicians as a way to resettle freedmen (slaves who gained their freedom).

What is Liberia?

500

Through this document, Thomas Jefferson, purchased land west of the Mississippi River from the French, thus significantly expanding the United States.

What is the Louisiana Purchase?

500

There are 435 members of this prestigious group.

What is the House of Representatives?

500

This woman was a nurse during the Civil War and created the American Red Cross.

Who was Clara Barton?