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1
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“Don’t give up the ship!”

What was the occasion?

A

naval battle in War of 1812

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First English colony in America, which disappeared:

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Roanoke

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War between France and England in America:

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the French and Indian War

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United States national motto and meaning:

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E pluribus unum- One out of many

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Three branches of the Amercian government established by the Constitution:

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Legislative, Executive, Judicial

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King of Portugal who suggested dit was possible to sail around Africa:

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Henry the Navigator

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7
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President of the Confederacy:

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Jefferson Davis

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Treaty of Ghent

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1814

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Native Americans who aided the Pilgrims:

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Samoset and Squanto

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“Slavery is in all probability the wedge which will split up this union.”

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John Quincy Adams

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11
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Slave who appealed to the Supreme Court for his freedom:

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Dred Scott

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First time delegates from all the colonies met to discuss the rights of American colonists:

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First Continental Congress

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Treaty that ended the Mexican war and gave the United States New Mexico and what was called Upper California:

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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

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14
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“Don’t give up the ship!”

Who said it?

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Captain James Lawrence

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15
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Famous American naval officers who fought in the War of 1812:

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Captain James Lawrence and Oliver H. Perry

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American naval officer who did great damage to the British navy during hte Revolutionary War:

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John Paul Jones

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17
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“To the victors belong the spoils.”

What was the occasion?

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Andrew Jackson had won the election and given offices to all his friends.

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18
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Head of the colony in Jamestown:

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Captian John Smith

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19
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First state to secede from the Union:

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South Carolina

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20
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General at Bunker HIll:

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William Prescott

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21
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Head of the law-enforcing branch:

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President

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22
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Date of the Declaration of Independence

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July 4, 1776

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23
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War between France and England in Europe:

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the Seven Years’ War

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24
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Government established by the states that seceded from the Union:

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Confederacy

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25
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“To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.”

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George Washington

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26
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British general forced to surrender at Yorktown:

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Cornwallis

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27
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Battle during which one hundred fifty Texans fought a Mexican army of four thousand:

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Battle of the Alamo

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Law that inducted Maine into the Union as a free state and Missouri as a slave state and said no slavery will be allowed in the Lousiana Territory above the 36° 30° parallel:

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the Missouri Compromise

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29
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The Viking credited as the first European to visit North America in 1000 A.D.:

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Lief Ericson

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30
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Short civil war in Virginia during which Jamestown was seized:

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Bacon’s Rebellion

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31
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The young American patriot who was hanged as a spy by the British:

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Nathan Hale

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32
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Commander-in-chief of the Continental Army:

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George Washington

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33
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“We have met the enemy and they are ours.”

Who said it?

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Oliver Perry

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34
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Date of the Constitution:

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March 4, 1789

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35
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Document that signified the end of the French and Indian War:

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the Treaty of Paris

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36
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Five causes of the Revolutionary War:

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  1. trade and navigation laws
  2. stamp act
  3. Townshend Acts
  4. Boston Massacre
  5. the Five Intolerable Acts
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37
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“If I can ever hit that thing, I’ll hit it hard!

Who said it?

A

Abraham Lincoln

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38
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Movement of many settlers to California in hopes of becoming rich:

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the Gold Rush

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39
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Riders sent to warn Charlestown and Lexington of the coming British army:

A

Paul Revere and William Dawes

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40
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Men hired by Jefferson to explore the new territory:

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Meriwether Lewis and William Clark

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41
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Date of the War of 1812:

A

1812-1814

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42
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American pioneer who conquered California:

A

John C. Fremont

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43
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First president of the United States:

A

George Washington

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44
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Date of Boston Massacre:

A

1770

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45
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Event during which Americans dressed as natives and dumped tea in the harbor:

A

Boston Tea Party

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46
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Traitor who plotted to give up the fort at West Point:

A

Benedict Arnold

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47
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Columbus Discoverd America in:

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1492

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48
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Head of the Supreme Court:

A

Chief Justice

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49
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First battles of the Revolutionary War:

A

Lexington and Concord

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50
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The agreement that established a form of government for the pilgrims:

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Mayflower Compact

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51
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Head of the law-making branch:

A

Congresss

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52
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Date of the Louisiana Purchase

A

1803

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53
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Date of The Mexican War:

A

1846-1848

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54
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Revolutionary battle lost by Americans but considered a victory:

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Battle of Bunker Hill

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55
Q

“I have not yet begun to fight.”

Who said it?

A

John Paul Jones

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56
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“I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death.”

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Patrick Henry

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57
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Event during which Washington surprised and captured the Hessians:

A

crossing of the Delaware

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58
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Invention that changed modern agriculture:

A

McCormick Reaper

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59
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European credited with the discovery of America:

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Christopher Columbus

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60
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Document that signified the official end of the Revolutionary War:

A

Second Treaty of Paris

61
Q

“Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes!”

Who said it?

A

General William Prescott

62
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Protector of England who established the Navigation Act:

A

Oliver Cromwell

63
Q

Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin:

A

Harriet Beecher Stowe

64
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Englishmen who desired a plainer and purer religion:

A

Puritans

65
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Chief frustration of American colonists:

A

taxation without representation

66
Q

Date of the Gold Rush:

A

1849

67
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Name the thirteen original colonies:

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  1. Virginia
  2. Massachusetts
  3. New Hampshire
  4. New York
  5. Maryland
  6. Connecticut
  7. Rhode Island
  8. North Carolina
  9. South Carolina
  10. New Jersey
  11. Pennsylvania
  12. Delaware
  13. Georgia
68
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Battles of Lexington and Concord

A

April 19, 1775

69
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Bill that inducted California as a free state and allowed the Utah and New Mexico territories to choose whether or not they would be free or slave states:

A

the Compromise of 1850

70
Q

Land purchased by Jefferson from Emperor Napoleon:

A

Louisiana Purchase

71
Q

Father of the Declaration of Independence

A

Thomas Jefferson

72
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R. W. Emerson describes the first battle as:

A

“the shot heard round the world”

73
Q

First form of representative government in America, established in Virginia:

A

The House of Burgesses

74
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“I have not yet begun to fight.”

What was the occasion?

A

naval battle with British

75
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Law-enforcing branch:

A

Executive

76
Q

“That man has an ax to grind.”

A

Benjamin Franklin

77
Q

French and Indian War dates:

A

1754-1763

78
Q

Document that signified the end of the War of 1812:

A

Treaty of Ghent

79
Q

Separatists that sailed to the new land:

A

Pilgrims

80
Q

Inventor of the cotton gin:

A

Eli Whitney

81
Q

Location of the first shot fired in the Civil War:

A

Fort Sumter

82
Q

Two bodies of Congress:

A

House of Representatives and the Senate

83
Q

Law passed by South Carolina in reaction to Congress’ attempt to place a high tariff on foreign goods:

A

the Nullification Act

84
Q

War fought over the boundaries between Texas and Mexico:

A

the Mexican War

85
Q

“Perhaps so; but I shall have the honor of presiding at that dinner.”

What was the occasion?

A

Battle of New Orleans, in response to a boast from a British officer that he was going to eat his Christmas dinner in New Orleans.

86
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General of the Mexican army:

A

Santa Anna

87
Q

First European to reach India by sea:

A

Vasco da Gama

88
Q

“Perhaps so; but I shall have the honor of presiding at that dinner.”

Who said it?

A

Andrew Jackson

89
Q

Governor of the Indiana Territory who defeated the feared Native chief:

A

William Henry Harrison

90
Q

President of Congress that accepted the Declaration:

A

John Hancock

91
Q

Revolt that demonstrated the need for a stronger central government:

A

Shays’ Rebellion

92
Q

American general at the Battle of New Orleans:

A

Andrew Jackson

93
Q

“We have met the enemy and they are ours.”

What was the occasion?

A

naval battle in the war of 1812

94
Q

First English sailor to circle the globe:

A

Sir Fancis Drake

95
Q

“If I can ever hit that thing, I’ll hit it hard!

What was the occasion?

A

speaking about slavery

96
Q

Inventor of the first steamboat:

A

Robert Fulton

97
Q

“Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable.”

A

Daniel Webster

98
Q

Date of the First Continental Congress:

A

September 1774

99
Q

Inventor of the telegraph:

A

Samuel Morse

100
Q

Borderline seperating Pennsylvania and Maryland:

A

Mason-Dixon Line

101
Q

Land granted to William Penn:

A

Pennsylvania

102
Q

Battle fought after the War of 1812 had ended:

A

Battle of New Orleans

103
Q

“Be sure you are right, then go ahead.”

A

Davy Crockett

104
Q

Native chief who led war against settlers in the Indiana Territory:

A

Tecumseh

105
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Law that forbade colonists from building boats and required all goods to be carried on English ships:

A

the Navigation Act

106
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Land purchased by the Dutch man Minuit for about twenty-four dollars’ worth of trinkets:

A

Manhattan Island

107
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American general who defeated Santa Anna:

A

Zachary Taylor

108
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Financed Columbus’s first voyage:

A

King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain

109
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Date of Boston Tea Party:

A

1773

110
Q

Law-interpreting branch:

A

Judicial

111
Q

French nobleman who served in the American army:

A

Marquis de Lafayette

112
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Oldest city in the mainland of the United States:

A

St. Augustine, Florida

113
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First Chief Justice of the Supreme Court:

A

John Jay

114
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French sailor who discoverd the St. Lawrence River:

A

Jacques Cartier

115
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First lasting English colony:

A

Jamestown

116
Q

“To the victors belong the spoils.”

Who said it?

A

Andrew Jackson

117
Q

System of secretly transporting slaves to Canada:

A

the Underground Railroad

118
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Head of the law-interpreting branch:

A

Supreme Court

119
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Who established the colony?

A

Sir Walter Raleigh

120
Q

General who captured Quebec:

A

James Wolfe

121
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Date of the Second Treaty of Paris:

A

September 3, 1783

122
Q

Puritans that left the Anglican Chruch altogether:

A

Separatists

123
Q

War fought to free American trade and earn the respect of other nations:

A

War of 1812

124
Q

“I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.”

A

Nathan Hale

125
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States int he Confederacy:

A
  1. South Carolina
  2. Mississippi
  3. Floria
  4. Alabama
  5. Georgia
  6. Louisiana
  7. Texas
  8. Arkansas
  9. North Carlolina
  10. Virginia
  11. Tennessee
126
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Volunteer soldiers ready at a moment’s notice:

A

minutemen

127
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Explorer after whom our continent is named:

A

Amerigo Vespucci

128
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Law-making branch:

A

Legislative

129
Q

Name three heroes in the Battle of the Alamo:

A

Sam Houston, Davy Crockett, William Travis

130
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Event in Boston during which British soldiers opened fire on unarmed colonists:

A

Boston Massacre

131
Q

Land purchased from Mexico in the West for building train routes to California:

A

the Gadsden Purchase

132
Q

Battle that was the turning point for the Revolutionary War:

A

Saratoga

133
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Foreign policy that forbade European countries from establishing colonies in North or South America and told them not to meddle in American affairs:

A

the Monroe Doctrine

134
Q

American general who captured Mexico City:

A

Winfield Scott

135
Q

“Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes!”

What was the occasion?

A

Battle of Bunker HIll

136
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Leader of the first expedition to circle the globe:

A

Ferdinand Magellan

137
Q

Those who opposed slavery:

A

abolitionists

138
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Date of the Second Continental Congress:

A

May 1775

139
Q

Framework for the government of the United States:

A

the Constitution

140
Q

Date of the Battle at Fort Sumter:

A

April 12, 1861

141
Q

Document that established a central government for the United States:

A

the Articles of Confederation

142
Q

Father of the Constitution:

A

James Madison

143
Q

Wrote “The Star-Spangled Banner” while held captive on a British ship:

A

Francis Scott Key

144
Q

Final battle of the Revolutionary War:

A

Yorktown

145
Q

Former slave who led over 300 slaves to freedom:

A

Harriet Tubman

146
Q

Massachusetts Senator known as one of the greatest orators in the history of the U.S.:

A

Daniel Webster

147
Q

The original inhabitants of this continent:

A

Native Americans

148
Q

English Sailor who discovered Cape Cod:

A

John Cabot

149
Q

Wrote the first dictionary in America:

A

Noah Webster

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