The West
Antebellum Era
Presidents
Reconstruction
Who is Caroline?
100

This is the name of the closest California mission to us right now.

What is Mission San Rafael?

100

The meaning of the term antebellum.

What is "before the war"?

100

This president is often known as the "Great Emancipator"

Who was Abraham Lincoln?

100
The Reconstruction era followed this very important event in US History.

What is the Civil War?

100

Caroline has her PhD in this subject

What is history?

200

A rallying cry for during America's war with Mexico in memory of Americans failed defense of fort in Texas.

What was "Remember the Alamo!"

200

The term for the massive growth of the South's most lucrative agricultural export. 

What is "King Cotton"?

200
This president was the author of the Declaration of Independence

Who was Thomas Jefferson?

200

This political party championed the Radical Reconstruction era.

What is the Republican Party?

200

Caroline commutes from this county (one hour away).

What is Napa County?

300

This colonizing nation settled north of the Spanish along the Sonoma Coast.

What is Russia?

300

John O'Sullivan coined this term which states that westward expansion was God's intent for America.

What is Manifest Destiny?

300

This president was impeached by the Radical Republican Congress.

Who was Andrew Johnson?

300

This amendment protects birthright citizenship and equal protection of the law for anyone born in the United States.

What is the 14th amendment?

300

In 2025, Caroline is planning to go to this theme park with her family where, hopefully, "everything is awesome"

What is LegoLand?

400

This San Franciscan wrote a letter to California Governor Bigler advocating for the rights of Chinese immigrants to America

Who was Norman Asing?

400

This woman was married to Sylvia. Their small town in Vermont was pretty cool with that in the 19th century.

Who was Charity Bryant? (Just Charity is fine)

400

This president ordered the removal of the Cherokee people despite the Supreme Court's ruling that this was unconstitutional.

Who was Andrew Jackson?

400

Edward Pollard wrote a book with this title that also refers to the mythology that glorified the Confederacy and white supremacy.

What was the Lost Cause?

400

Caroline is going to see this movie over break.

What is Wicked?

500
The name of the most successful removal of Europeans by Indigenous people, that occurred in today's American southwest.

What was the Pueblo Revolt?

500

This was the first recorded Chinese woman in the United States who arrived in 1834.

Who was Afong Moy?
500

This president became president during Radical Reconstruction and pushed Congress to pass the Enforcement Acts which prosecuted members of the KKK. 

Who was Ulysses S. Grant?

500

These laws attempted to control the lives of Black people in the South before they were ruled unconstitutional by the 14th Amendment in 1868.

What are the Black Codes?

500

During college football season Caroline most often cheers for the Vols, the mascot for this team.

What is the University of Tennessee?