13 Colonies
American Revolution
U.S. Constitution
Westward Expansion
Civil War and Reconstruction
100

What country did the 13 colonies belong to prior to forming the United States?

What is England?

100

What event, which occurred on March 5, 1770, included the first American deaths in the American Revolution?

What is Boston Massacre?

100

The first 10 amendments are called what?

What is the Bill of Rights?

100

The US purchased the land for the Louisiana Purchase from this country.

What is France?

100

Who was President during the Civil War?

Who was Abraham Lincoln?

200

Where did the famous witch trials of 1692 occur?

What is Salem?

200

What famous patriot is now on the American $100 bill?

Who is Benjamin Franklin?

200

What are the three branches of government?


What is legislative, executive, and judicial?


200

Lewis and Clark traveled mainly on what river?

What is the Missouri River?

200

Why was President Lincoln assassinated?

What is John Wilkes Booth's attempt to ruin the Union government so the south could continue fighting? 

Also, John Wilkes Booth's opposition to Lincoln's plans for the abolition of slavery and peace in the country.

300

In 1620, the Pilgrims signed this, which allowed for self-rule.

What is the Mayflower Compact?

300
In what battle did the famous "Shot Heard Round the World" occur?

What is Lexington and Concord?

300

What are the 3 parts of the Constitution?

What are the Preamble, Articles, and Amendments?

300

Name three hardships the people faced while traveling the Oregon Trail.

What is disease, weather, rivers, mountains, accidents, and Indians?

300

What was the title of the speech Lincoln gave to free slaves?

What was the Emancipation Proclamation?

400

The first permanent English settlement was called what?

What is Jamestown?

400

What country helped the Patriots defeat the British in the Revolutionary War?

What is France?

400

The Constitution can only be updated by what?

What are amendments?

400

The name given to the removal of Cherokees from their homelands to what is now Oklahoma.

What is the (Indian Removal Act) Trail of Tears?

400

What are the 13, 14, and 15th amendments?

13th - abolished slavery

14th - granted citizenship to former slaves, equal rights and protection under the law

15th - gave all men the right to vote

500

Which colony mysteriously was abandoned and remains a mystery today?

What is Roanoke?

500

What treaty concluded the American Revolution?

What is the Treaty of Paris?

500
The Constitutional Convention took place to write a document to replace which existing document?

What are The Articles of Confederation?

500

The 1820 ruling that admitted Missouri as a slave state.

What is the Missouri Compromise?

500

This government program was organized to help ex-slaves with food, medical care, resettlement, and education after being freed.


What is Freedmen's Bureau?