Which ancient Central American civilization did not thrive?

In North America the most successful Native American tribes were the Hohokam, Adena, ____________, and ____________.

What land bridge that connected Asia and North America together was submerged under water after the last ice age ended.

True or false: Before their extinction mammoths and mastodons were commonly hunted animals.

In 1095 Europe launched the first of nine expeditions, these were known as the ___________.

In 1492 who led three ships on a voyage into the unknown.

Hernan Cortes conquered which Empire

True or False: Columbus believed that when he landed in North America he was in China.

With the discovery of the Americas many countries sent people to try and discover a direct water route to which continent.

The first group to go to Roanoke included who?

True or False: Virginia Dare was the first English born child in North America.

William Penn saw Pennsylvania as “what experiment?”

New Netherlands was a very successful colony and became what city after it was surrendered?

Who fled to the Netherlands for religious freedom. But had trouble finding work.

Life in colonial America was based largely on what aspect of life?

True or False: At the time cotton was the principal cash crop in Maryland and Virginia.

Parliament removed King James II from power and crowned William and Mary. The English called this peaceful transfer of power what.

With two countries rivaled control around the Ohio River valley?

Montreal marked the defeat of France in North America. The war in Europe finally ended with the Treaty of ______ of 1763.

Who won the French and Indian war?

Which act taxed almost all printed materials.

True or False: Parliament passed the Townshend Acts to tax imported goods. By then any British taxes angered the colonists.

Who warned the British were coming?

What was the first battle of the Revolutionary War?

What advantages did the British have at the beginning of the Revolutionary War? (select all that apply)

The British relied on mercenaries or what Americans called the “__________” after the region in Germany.

After the American victory at Saratoga, what country decided to help the Americans and in February 1778 became allies, as they saw the Americans had a fighting chance.

True or False: The British did have an ally during the Revolutionary war, it was the Native Americans.

What marked the end of the Revolutionary War?

States divided power between the governor and the legislature. Most states set up ____________ legislatures to divide the work of government even further.

Who was able to vote?

True or False: After the Revolutionary War, the United States was fine economically.

What plan had the idea that created a government with three branches: a two house legislature, a chief executive chosen by legislature, and a court system.

On September 17, 1787, the delegates assembled to sign ______________ they had created.

What are the first words of the constitution?

The Constitution lists enumerated powers or those powers that are specifically given to who? pick which best fits the question.

What does the separation of powers do?

True or False: The number of representatives from each state is based on the state’s population.

The senate has how many senators?

What pre-constitution (before the constitution) was weak and ineffective.

What was the date George Washington took oath of office as the first president of the United States under the new Constitution?

Congress set up three departments and two offices within the executive branch. Washington chose leading political figures to head them and they were, _________ (head of state), _________ (managed the nation’s money at the Department of the Treasury), Henry Knox (nation’s defense at the secretary of the Department of war), and Edmund Randolph (attorney general).

The supporters of Jefferson and Hamilton were beginning to form the nation’s first what?

In the election of ____ Federalists chose John Adams and Charles Pinckney for office while Republicans chose Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr.

True or False: The election of 1800 ended in a tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr.

In 1800 the territory of the United States extended as far west as the Mississippi River. This Territory was an enormous area of land and was purchased by the U.S. from France. This was called what?

Who declared war on the U.S. in 1801 because Jefferson wouldn't pay a protection fee.

In the war of 1812 between the U.S. and Britain who were allies with the British?

In August 1814 what did the British do?

True or False: The Industrial Revolution reached the United States around 1800.

Who Invented the cotton gin?

What ushered in a new age of travel. Shipping goods and moving people became cheaper and faster.

True or False: Steamboats could travel on the Erie canal

The Missouri territory wanted to enter as what type of state but couldn't because it would throw the ratio off balance.

What deal did Henry Clay and John Adams make that planed to team up and defeat Jackson in the presidential run?

Jackson took office in 1829 beating Adams. What was one of his first actions?

In 1830 President Jackson pushed the _________ _________ Act into play. This allowed the federal government to pay Native Americans to move west out of their territories.

What did Andrew Jackson defeat in the Election of 1832?

What happened shortly after president Van Buren was elected?

Who kept out Santa Anna's army for 13 days through several attacks in Texas? Select what best fits the question.

What trail was a popular trade route to New Mexico?

What did president James Polk plan to take in the Mexican American war after Mexico refused to sell it?

What was discovered in Sutter's Mill California, 1848?

The Treaty of ___________ ___________ ended the war with Mexico and made Californios-Mexicans living in California-citizens of the United States.

True or False: Working conditions in factories was decent.

What crop was in high demand in Europe after the American Revolution.

What became a religion of hope and resistance for enslaved people?

Who was faced with discrimination in the work place?

True or False: Employers divided jobs into smaller steps. One worker would spin thread, another would weave cloth. Each worker specialized in one step.

Who opened the Hartford School for the Deaf?

____________ _____________ is the best-known African American abolitionist. They also edited the anti slavery newspaper North Star.

Abolitionists sometimes risked their lives to help African Americans escape slavery. They helped create a network of escape routes from the South to the North called the __________ _________________.

In July 1848, Stanton and Mott helped organize the first _________ ___________ convention in Seneca Falls, New York.

Women fought for many issues but the most controversial issue was for what?

Antislavery Whigs and Democrats joined with Free Soilers to form what political Party?

What was the first state to secede from the Union?

What caused the Civil War to happen?

True or False: After the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the Democratic party began to divide.

By 1848 the United States had taken which two states from Mexico.

On April 25, 1862, Union naval forces under David Farragut captured the largest city in the South. What City was this?

What freed the Slaves?

Why was life in the South harder than it was in the North during the Civil War?

True or False: Only the South had passed a draft law.

What was vital to the Union.

The task of rebuilding the former Confederate states and readmitting them to the Union was called ___________?

What did Black Codes do?

What was the name of the war hero that became president after the Civil War.

Who shot and killed Abraham Lincoln

True or False: The House of Representatives voted to impeach President Johnson