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100
This person was a helpful aid to Lewis and Clark on their expedition - they translated for them, saved medicine, and helped with navigation.
Who was Sacagawea?
100
Which river did the Lewis and Clark expedition start following at the beginning of their trip?
What is the Mississippi River?
100
The Articles of Confederation were mainly a failure because too much power was given to...?
What are the states?
100
The British imposed taxes like the Stamp Act on the colonies to raise ________, or income, for their government.
What is revenue?
100
When drafting the Constitution after the failure of the Articles of Confederation, our Founding Fathers discussed these 2 plans named after states. (must get both!)
What are the Virginia and New Jersey plans?
200
This person wrote Common Sense and The American Crisis to convince Americans to develop their own ideas about government and break away from Britain.
Who is Thomas Paine?
200
Which city is known as the Gateway to the West and was also the starting point for Lewis and Clark's expedition?
What is St. Louis?
200
What was the 3/5ths Compromise?
What is only 3/5ths of the slave population counted for representative purposes?
200
The British imposed these in order to be able to search any home, ship, or person they wanted for no reason (another word for search warrants)
What is writs of assistance?
200
Which act said colonists must house and supply British soldiers?
What is the Quartering Act?
300
This man was the commanding general of the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War.
Who is George Washington?
300
The major confrontation between British soldiers and civilians that ended up with five colonists dead and more feelings of patriotism happened in which city?
What is Boston? (Boston Massacre)
300
What did the Proclamation of 1763 prevented colonists from settling past what natural border?
What are the Appalachian Mountains?
300
A person who learns a new skill from a craftsperson. In colonial times, boys were often these as soon as age 13.
What is an apprentice?
300
People who supported the American Revolution were called this.
What are Patriots?
400
Which 2 people tied in the Election of 1800?
Who were Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr?
400
The US acquired this territory from France for $15 million, which is known as one of the best bargains in history.
What is the Louisiana Territory?
400
Which act said Parliament had supreme authority over the colonies?
What is the Declaratory Act?
400
A refusal to buy goods
What is boycott?
400
Which president annexed Texas?
John Tyler
500
This enslaved person led the most famous (and perhaps most violent) slave rebellion in Virginia in 1831.
Who was Nat Turner?
500
The name of the French land in North America was called...
A) Kingdom of France
B) New France
C) French Quarter
D) French World
What is B) New France?
500
This act called for a special mark on all paper products in the colonies.
What is the Stamp Act?
500
A force of armed civilians pledged to defend their communities
What is a militia?
500
The invention of this farm tool increased production of a valuable product, therefore increasing the "demand" for enslaved people in the South.
What is the cotton gin?
600
This person proposed the Albany Plan of Union which was a plan meant to unite the colonies with a more central federal government.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
600
General Gage (British) wanted to attack this coastal city during the Revolution, but was unable to because it is surrounded by water.
What is Boston?
600
How did those that had a strict/literal interpretation of the Constitution feel about the National Bank?
What is - they were opposed to it because it was not stated that it was allowed in the Constitution.
600
Another word for an arranged meeting
What is rendezvous?
600
What is the difference between nationalism and sectionalism?
What is - nationalism is feeling pride for your whole country, sectionalism is feeling pride for only part of your country
700
This person was a military man from France that greatly helped out America during the Revolutionary War
Who is Marquis de Lafayette?
700
The Constitutional Convention met in what city?
What is Philadelphia?
700
The John Peter Zenger trial helped establish which important American freedom? (Freedom of...?)
What is Freedom of the Press?
700
This branch interprets laws.
What is the judicial branch?
700
What was the first plan for government set up by the United States?
What is the Articles of Confederation?
800
This future American president lead his army to victory at the Battle of New Orleans even though the battle was pointless (it technically was after the war officially ended).
Who was Andrew Jackson?
800
In the XYZ affair, American diplomats were demanded a bribe by which country's officials?
What is France?
800
Who won the War of 1812 between the United States and Britain?
Who is no one? (it was a draw!)
800
A set of rules that defines people's rights.
What is a bill of rights?
800
What was George Washington's opinion of political parties?
What is - George Washington warned against the formation of political parties because he felt it would divide the country against itself
900
This man wanted to create a National Bank for the United States
Who was Alexander Hamilton?
900
What was the main California city that had a lot of Gold during the Gold Rush?
What is Sacramento?
900
Which treaty officially ended the American Revolution?
What is Treaty of Paris?
900
An overall plan of action.
What is a strategy?
900
What Supreme Court Case established the idea of judicial review?
Marbury v. Madison
1000
Who is known as the Father of the Constitution?
Who is James Madison?
1000
Which state wanted to be added to the Union in 1820 but could not without a compromise that added Maine, too?
What is Missouri?
1000
What song/poem was written during the War of 1812?
What is the National Anthem/Star Spangled Banner?
1000
The Supreme Court having the final say in interpreting the Constitution is called?
What is judicial review?
1000
What were the TWO interpretations of the Constitution?
What are loose and strict constructions?