There are 27 of these in the American Constitution.
What are amendments?
100
These two people led an expedition of the land gained in the Louisiana Purchase.
Who are Lewis and Clark?
100
He was American's first president.
Who is George Washington?
100
This river goes from modern day Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico.
What is the Mississippi River?
200
This government in Virginia was an early representative of a representative democracy.
What is the Virginia House of Burgesses
200
This refers to power divided between the national government and the states.
What is federalism?
200
This is the term for the march Indians made from their land in Georgia to the Indian Territory, now called Oklahoma.
What is Trail of Tears?
200
He was the third President, and originally drafted the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
200
The Trail of Tears started in this state, and ended in this other state.
What is Georgia and Oklahoma?
300
No ___________ without representation was considered by American colonists to be a violation of their rights as Englishman.
What is "Taxation?"
300
These people offer the president advice on important issues.
What is the cabinet?
300
In the 1840s, this term was used by many Americans to justify westward expansion into lands claimed by other nations.
What is Manifest Destiny?
300
When he was president, he practiced the Spoils System, giving jobs to his supporters. He also is responsible for the Indian Removal Act.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
300
Lewis and Clark eventually reached this ocean as part of their expedition.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
400
Under this policy, raw goods were shipped to England and used to make manufactured goods. Then these goods were sold to colonists. (Think of our image on the board of the bunny)
What is mercantilism?
400
In order to ensure that one branch of the government did not have too much power, this was included in the US Constitution.
What are checks and balances?
400
This policy of the United States was designed to prevent new colonization of the Western Hemisphere.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
400
These two presidents believed the United States should stay out of European affairs.
Who were George Washington and Thomas Jefferson?
400
::DOUBLE JEOPARDY::
Outside of Washington, DC, these two cities were also capitals of the United States before the year 1800.
What is New York and Philadelphia?
500
This pamphlet, written by Thomas Paine, was important because it convinced many Americans who had been undecided to support independence.
What is "Common Sense?"
500
According to the Constitution, the President is required to do this.
What is 1.) sign/veto bills passed by Congress, 2.) issue pardons, 3.) appoint Supreme Court Justices
500
This was US foreign policy in the 1820s that stated "further efforts by European nations to colonize land or interfere with states in North or South America would be viewed as acts of aggression, requiring U.S. intervention."
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
500
This President went against his strict interpretation of the Constitution by purchasing Louisiana from France.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
500
This geographic feature presented the greatest barrier to the westward migration of American settlers?