Land I Love Test 6

Who experienced a potato famine?

What established the first town school system in America?

Who first trained circuit-riding preachers during the time of the Second Great Awakening?

Who signed the Oregon Treaty with the United States?

Who discovered a mountain pass through the Sierra Nevada?

Whose slogan was "Fifty-four forty or fight"?

How did the War of 1812 affect the expansion of the United States?

What established townships for the Northwest Territory?

At what battle did Texas win its independence from Santa Anna?

Why did the Constitution provide for three branches of government?

What President ended tribute to the Barbary pirates?

Who developed the first successful steamboat?

Who established Christian principles in the factories he owned?

What area led the Bear Flag Revolt against Mexico?

What was the first state to outlaw liquor during the time of the Second Great Awakening?

what is the purpose of government as listed in the US Constitution?

At whose California ranch was gold discovered in 1848?

Who was the first president of the Republic of Texas?

What did Jamestown prove about economics?

Who wrote the first American dictionary?

Rhode Island set a precedent of religious freedom?

What war resulted in establishing English tradition and liberty in North America?

What was the first permanent French settlement of the New World?

What European discovered the Hawaiian Islands?

Who wrote The Scarlet Letter?

During the 1800s, why did parents believe that education was important?

What required all public lands be paid for in silver or gold?

From what city in Missouri did the wagon train leave when starting the Oregon Trail?

Who threatened the freedoms of Texans?

What branch of the government enforces the laws?

Where was the first major amphibious landing of American forces conducted?

Who issued the Specie Circular?

Where were the first shots fired that began the War for Independence?

Who defeated Santa Anna's army at the Battle of Buena Vista?

Who supported Christopher Columbus in his expedition to the New World?

Narcissa Whitman and who else were the first white women to cross the Rockies?

What document prepared England for limited government?

What type of interpretation of the Constitution did Thomas Jefferson and the Democratic Republicans stand for?

Which President warned European powers against interfering in the Western Hemisphere?

Who negotiated the purchase that completely settled the southern border of the United States?

Who wrote Poor Richard's Almanac?

In what year did the Tariff of Abominations pass that increased the North's profit at the expense of the South?

What revived interest in trade with the East?

How did missionaries influence the West?

Who invented the reaper?

Who sold the Louisiana Territory?

What battle was the turning point of the War for Independence?

What is applied science or the practical use of scientific knowledge?

What colony established the House of Burgesses?

Adoniram Judson is remembered as the Father of American Missions.

Who promoted the idea of public school?

What senator from Massachusetts was the greatest orator in Congress?

What type of government was established by the US Constitution?

What act levied a tax on all legal documents?

Who was the first man to go to the Oregon Country in response to the Indians' call for the gospel?

Who was the first US President?