This shortcut was promoted to the Donner Party by a man who had never actually traveled it himself. It was almost impassable, and cost the Donner Party months of time that they didn't have

People traveling west in Prairie Schooners usually left the Midwest in April, when did the Donner Party leave (this decision contributed to their demise)?

People who rushed to California in 1849 to find gold had unrealistic expectations because along with newspapers, this person said there was so much gold people could walk around and pick it up off of the ground

Foreigners were discouraged from coming to California to mine, as Americans didn't like them coming and finding gold. Foreigners were subjected to

He founded a school specifically for the deaf

She founded the first all girls school

Helen Keller attended the first school for the blind, founded by

He was a former slave who was a gifted speaker, wrote a bestselling autobiography, and was a passionate abolitionist

This woman worked with Elizabeth Cady Stanton in planning and coordinating the Seneca Falls Convention

She made a passionate speech called, "Ain't I a Woman?", in spite of not being able to read or write

Her visit to a prison (where she saw terrible treatment of the mentally ill and children) inspired this woman to spend her life advocating for prison reform

Elizabeth Cady Stanton was so committed to abolition, that she...

They spoke up about the ills of slavery, worked with the Abolitionist Movement and gave up their easy life of plantation wealth and society

William Lloyd Garrison ignored threats and continued to publish his abolitionist newspaper called

She led her people from slavery to freedom and was called ________ for doing so

The temperance movement encouraged the removal of this from American society

The typical reform movement leadership tended to be made up of middle class married women because they...

California exploded in population and very quickly became eligible for statehood because of

During the gold rush, most miners found enough gold to buy a house and support a family back home

Those who rushed to the goldfields of California to get rich were the

A good lesson we can learn from the Donner Party

The reason that the Donner Party couldn't get through the mountains until Spring

Americans are chosen by God to dominate the American Continent from sea to sea according to

This President would not admit Texas when it was first eligible for statehood because doing so would upset the balance of free and slave states

Everybody died trying to hold this mission fort in Texas long enough for reinforcements to arrive

The Mormons kept moving west from place to place after they were persecuted for their religious beliefs. They finally settled in Utah where they were able to practice

Wagons that looked like ships carrying pioneers across the prairie

The main reason that Mormons were persecuted for their religious beliefs

Drowning, disease, injury, crime, and Native American attacks were obstacles settlers faced on the

Because demand was high for beaver pelts in Europe and the beaver population was wiped out in the East, these men decided to make their way West to try to make some serious money

American victory in this war led to America feeling very Patriotic and generally proud of America and proud of being American

Which of the following was NOT a goal of the Lewis and Clark expedition?

He really needed money to reinforce his Army against the British, so this Frenchman unloaded the Louisiana Territory to the US for an incredibly cheap price

Thomas Jefferson made this purchase, which essentially doubled the size of the United States

The precedent was established that the Supreme Court can review and overturn the decisions of the lower courts (judicial review), by the decision in this case

He was so concerned about paying off the National Debt that he put the US in a precarious position with Britain after he defunded the US Navy

Alexander Hamilton died from a gut shot in a duel with this Vice President

The amendment that provided a separate ballot for the President and the Vice President

After a tie with Aaron Burr, the House of Representatives voted to make this President, President

The Republicans hated these acts, which took away the First Amendment rights of the people

The Alien and Sedition Acts were designed to silence those who criticized the government. these were passed by the party in power at the time, the ________

This President followed a legend (GW), and he was scrutinized soooooo hard, harder than he should have been

John Adams hoped to avoid an international incident when 3 French officials tried to bribe American diplomats. Adams wouldn't identify the French, but instead referred to them as ...

The first 2 political parties in American history

What did Washington NOT warn America about in his farewell address?

He was furious when the US wouldn't help France with their revolution after France helped America with the American Revolution

Washington stated in his Proclamation of Neutrality that...

A tax on foreign goods to be sold in America

Money owed by a nation to it's own citizens and to other countries

Washington was the first to do many things as President. He knew others would scrutinize the _______________ he set

The vote that elects the President, currently a minimum of 270 is needed out of the 538 total

Washington was the logical choice to become the first president because

The infection that killed many wounded Civil War soldiers

Medical care for wounded soldiers in the Civil War, which meant that they lost a limb

Terrible human beings at Andersonville who preyed on their fellow soldiers

The most notorious Civil War prison, "80 acres of hell"

These 2 innovations combined to make an average soldier accurate with a deadly load to 400 yards

The Confederate Generals generally outperformed and outmaneuvered the Union Generals. Which of the following was NOT a Confederate General

Make the war last, take advantage of good opportunities, conserve resources, and hope the other side quits was tghe strategy of which side in the Civil War?

After calling out the south for slavery and verbally attacking a man who had just suffered a stroke and was fighting for his life, what happened the Charles Sumner?

Lincoln fired this general for being too cautious...the fired general then ran for president against Lincoln in 1864, but lost

Toward the end of the Civil War, many people in the Union called for the Union to

This group of black soldiers fought with valor at Ft. Wagner and helped change the way the Union Army thought of black soldiers

When this city fell to the Union after a long seige, the Union gained full control of

He tried to seize weapons at Harper's Ferry Arsenal to start his slave rebellion. He was captured and hung. He and his sons also hacked 5 slaveholders to death in Kansas (before they hung him of course)

The mini Civil War took place in this bleeding state as abolitionists and slaveowners rushed their to affect the outcome of popular sovereignty

Lincoln made a short speech to dedicate the cemetery at Gettysburg. At first people didn't like the speech, but as time passed it became more and more insightful, appropriate, and beloved. One of the most famous speeches in American history is the....

What did the 13th Amendment do?

If they were captured in battle, African American soldiers were sometimes

Huge armored ships that were really hard to damage with artillery

Lincoln freed all of the slaves in the Confederate speeches by issuing the

Sherman spared Savannah GA and presented it to Lincoln as a

He was the first and only President of the Confederate States of America and he hung out at the Confederate White House

This 3 day battle in Pennsylvania is probably the most famous in American history, with the failure of Pickett's charge on day 3 marking the beginning of the end of the Rebel cause

Shot him accidentally, gave him whiskey, made him puke, puke got in lungs, died of pneumonia, unusual nickname

This book, important to the abolitionist movement, made people who weren't ever around slavery see slavery in a much different way.

Blood, carnage, death, destruction, chaos, picnic baskets?, REALITY CHECK

General William T. Sherman destroyed much of the South on his way to the sea. His approach of destruction

General Grant won big battles, stood up to R. E. Lee, accepted Lee's surrender, and was trusted by Lincoln in spite of Grant's reputation as a

Appomattox Courthouse was the site of

This leader of the Army of Northern Virginia was a tremendous warrior despite his advanced age and various ailments. The Union was terrified of him and his own men adored him

Because they had soooooo many more resources, this side had a clear Civil War advantage

Surround, blockade, separate, starve, crush, capture. The Union Battle plan

The Civil War started with the Confederate shelling of this South Carolina fort

States loyal to the Union that got to keep their slaves after the Emancipation Proclamation

South Carolina was the first state to do this (leave the Union)

Because he was black and couldn't be a citizen, this man couldn't sue in court for his freedom, even though he should have been set free

The part of the Compromise of 1850 that people in the North really didn't like

People voting to decide something for their state, country , etc.

25% of the Cherokee who started this journey to the Indian Territory never made it because they died along the way

Oklahoma was chosen for the Indian Territory because, at the time it was considered

John Deere

Cyrus McCormick

Eli Whitney

Samuel Morse

Peter Cooper

James Watt

Robert Fulton

Hater of national bank, owner of profane parrot, $20 bill

Common man President, people identified with him, White House trashed at party after his inauguration, profane parrot (had to be removed from his funeral for excessive swearing). People loved this President because he seemed to be just like them.

This deal gave the Presidency to John Quincy Adams when it probably should have gone to Andrew Jackson

The Missouri Compromise essentially banned slavery in the North, which eventually led to this

Division of a country between regions and based upon the interests of those regions

Early Erie Canal boat captains relied on the power of

It was once believed that the government building infrastructure like roads and canals was prhibited by the Constitution. What is it called when something is prohibited by the Constitution?

The factory could be moved anywhere after the invention of the steam engine, because the factories no longer needed this for power

For his part in the Corrupt Bargain (making JQ Adams President), Henry Clay was promoted to

A few "sellout" Cherokee cost the Cherokee their land, which they had the right to keep according to

The Cumberland Road opened up the West for relatively easy travel, as it connected Baltimore, MD with

Mass production was made possible by this concept, introduced by Eli Whitney

The best baseball team in MLB