Sem 1
What was the name of the document that declared independence from Britain?
Declaration of Independence
This woman became a famous conductor of the Underground Railroad?
Harriet Tubman
This man invented the steamboat and revolutionized trade and water travel for decades to come?
Robert Fulton
What was the name of the Mexican general during the Battle at the Alamo?
Santa Anna
The election of 1800 was strange because which of the following situations?
There was a tie in the Electoral College
The first ten amendments to the Constitution were known as what?
Bill of Rights
The Constitution has ___________amendments in total.
27
This man was the main author of the Constitution?
James Madison
What was the name of the man who became the President of the Confederacy when the south seceded?
Who is Jefferson Davis
This foreign policy was issued to keep European powers out of the Western Hemisphere and Latin America?
The Monroe Doctrine
What was the name of the man who invented the cotton gin?
Eli Whitney
True
This man was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
What was the name of most famous General in charge of the Union forces during the Civil War?
General Grant
During the War of 1812, U.S. militiamen refused to invade and fight in this country?
Canada
This plan was created by the North to SUFFOCATE the south into surrender?
Anaconda Plan
Which political party (after the Constitution was ratified) supported strong state rights and thought that the power of the federal government should be in the hand of the common man and civilians?
Republicans
What was the name of our nations first plan of government that failed and is the reason on why the Constitution was created?
Articles of Confederation
What was the name of the most famous General of the Confederate forces?
General Lee
The reform movements of the 1820's and 1830's began with a religious reawakening that spread across the country. This awakening became known as what?
The Second Great Awakening
Name of the man who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
These two men were put in charge of finding a water route to the Pacific after the U.S. bought the Louisiana Purchase?
Lewis and Clark
What famous frontiersman was killed at the Alamo?
Davy Crockett
The kidnapping of American sailors by the British navy was known as what?
Impressment
What was the name of the woman who volunteered as a nurse during the Civil War and eventually became the founder of the Red Cross?
Clara Barton