Key wrote the national anthem during a battle at Fort McHenry in Baltimore, MD during the War of _________________.

In 1803, Thomas Jefferson purchased a large chunk of land from France for $15 million. What is the name of the deal?

What are the 2 major political parties of the United States today?

In which city would you find the White House?

Due to the fact that the people of the United States vote for our governmental leaders, our type of government is called a ________________________.

Which state is further North; South Dakota, Arkansas or Texas?

Which state is further South; North Carolina, New Hampshire, or Ohio?

What is the name of the French leader Thomas Jefferson purchased Louisiana from?

Which two American explorers led a group called the Corps of Discovery, from St. Louis, MO all the way to the Pacific Ocean?

George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush are one of our nation’s two father/son Presidents. What is the last name of the only other father/son presidential team?

What was Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

Which trail led the most settlers west during our countries westward expansion?

Which phrase described our nation’s belief that we were destined to control all the land between the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean?

What is the biggest mountain range in the United States?

What is the longest river in the United States?

Which country borders the United States to the North?

Which country borders the United States to the South?

Which ocean is closest to Pennsylvania?

Which body of water borders Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama to the South?

In which state would you find the Great Salt Lake?

Which state was most affected by the gold rush of 1849?

What nickname was given to settlers in search of gold in 1849?

How many lakes make up the Great Lakes?

What is the name of the imaginary border between Pennsylvania and Maryland that used to separate slave and free states?

Which President was known as Old Hickory?

After the Indian Removal Act was passed in 1830, thousands of Cherokee Indians were forced to walk from Georgia to Oklahoma on a deadly trip known as the what?

What was the time period called when machines gradually took the place of many hand tools, and much of the power once provided by people and horses began to be replaced, first by flowing water and then by steam engines?

Who invented the cotton gin?

Which canal connected Buffalo, NY to Albany, NY?

What was the system called that slaves used to get from the South to freedom in the northern U.S. or Canada?

What was the name of the Spanish mission in San Antonio, TX, in which a small group of Texans were massacred by Santa Anna and the Mexicans?

Which religion, centered mainly in Utah, believes in polygamy, or the practice of having more than one wife at a time?

Which congressman was known as “The Great Compromiser?”

Which young, Shoshone Indian served as interpreter and guide for the Corps of Discovery?

Which man led a raid at Harper’s Ferry, VA, in hopes of supplying slaves of the South with guns and ammunition? He was later hanged.

Which important building did the British burn in Washington D.C. during the War of 1812?

In which major mountain range is the continental divide located?

Name 2 states that border Pennsylvania.

Name 2 states that border the Pacific Ocean.

Which former Secretary of the Treasury and sitting Vice President of the U.S. fought in a duel in 1803, resulting in the death of the former Treasury Secretary?

Which continent is the United States part of?

Which battle was fought two weeks after the Treaty of Ghent was signed, which ended the War of 1812?

Which famous conductor from the Underground Railroad was known as “Black Moses?”

Which of these famous men was NOT at the Alamo?

When Mexico became independent General ___________________ took over the country for nearly 30 years.

Which document banned European colonization of the Americas?

What effect did Nat Turner’s rebellion have on the slaves of the South?

What city in Virginia served as the Capital of the Confederate States of America?

What famous American pioneer discovered the Cumberland Gap, which allowed settlers to easily move west of the Appalachian Mountains?