Exploration/Revolution
3 G's
Which amendment guarantees rights of freedom of speech and religion?
1st Amendment
Who was the 1st president of the United States?
George Washington
What was the name of the concept of settling from Coast to Coast?
Manifest Destiny
Who was the President of the Union during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
What was the name of the event where colonists pumped millions of dollars of tea into the Boston harbor?
Boston Tea Party
What is the name of the branch of government that makes our laws?
Legislative
Louisiana Purchase
Erie Canal
Which side of the Civil War had an advantage in military leadership?
South/Confederacy
Which country primarily focused on fur trapping in the New World?
France
Who wrote the Constitution?
James Madison
What the name of the forced removal of Native Americans from their land called?
Trail of Tears
Which invention helped fuel the growth of slavery in the South?
Cotton Gin
What was the name of the white supremacist organization that tried to use fear to control freed African Americans?
KKK
What was the name of the first permanent British colony?
Jamestown
Which amendment guarantees protection against unreasonable search and seizure?
4th Amendment
Which President closed off the western hemisphere to European colonization?
Monroe
Which famous abolitionist spread his story of escape through his newspaper The North Star?
Frederick Douglas
What was the name of laws that were passed to restrict free African Americans lives?
Black Codes
Which battle ended the American Revolution?
Yorktown
What principle of government makes sure one branch doesn't get more power than the others?
Checks and Balances
What was the name of the idea to give jobs to political supporters?
Spoils System
What was the name of the land acquisition that added 5 states to the United States after a war?
Mexican Cession
Andrew Johnson