American History Review

The first wave of secession of Confederate states resulted from what?

Dred Scott v. Sanford was a Supreme Court case that ruled what? 

President Jefferson sent these two explorers to investigate the Louisiana Purchase in 1804.

In which war did Texas separate from Mexico in 1836? Hint: Included Battle of the Alamo.

What did the 13th Amendment do?

What's the name of the document that set up the 1st American gov't, but had many weaknesses?

Which Reconstruction amendment gave citizenship to freed slaves?

Which Founding Father is known as the "Father of the Constitution" because he wrote it?

What's the document issued by Pres. Monroe that warned foreigners of interfering in US affairs?

What date did the Founding Fathers sign the Declaration of Independence?

What is the period of time after the Civil War where the gov't tried to rebuild the South?

To get more settlers out West, the gov't passed ____ which gave settlers 160 acres to farm. 

What president was elected in 1876 that ended Reconstruction by pulling troops from the South?

___were Northerners who moved south to make $, ___were Southerners who supported Reconstruction

What is the name of the first 10 Amendments in Constitution that protects personal liberties?

What was the name of the town in Virginia where General Lee surrendered his Confederate Army?

How many states seceded from the Union?

Name of the battle where Colonel George Armstrong's cavalry was destroyed by Sitting Bull.

What was the name of the Shawnee chief who lost the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811?

How many total colonies do the English settle in North America?

What's the term referring to the British practice of forcing captured sailors to work on ships?

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

What was the name given to African American cowboys?

What's the name of Lincoln's speech that dedicated a famous battlefield in Pennsylvania?

OPPONENTS to the ratification of the Constitution because they supported states' rights were 

What president from Tennessee succeeded President Lincoln after he was assassinated?

What is the term that means that each branch of government is its own entity (Exec, Leg, SC)?

What was the name of the people group who put on the Salem Witchcraft Trials in Massachusetts?

Which rebellion involved Revolutionary War veterans who were upset about unfair tax collection?

What's the name of the Apache war chief who was the last Native American to resist whites?

What is the name of the colony founded by William Bradford and the Pilgrims in 1620?

The War of 1812 involved which two countries?

_____________ is the art and literature movement that focused on nature? (Emerson and Thoreau)

What was the name of the British tax on all printed materials in the colonies enacted in 1765?

Who was the former TN slave who brought freedmen (the Exodusters) from the South to Kansas?

Who were the main combatants (or sides) in the French and Indian War fought from 1754-1763?

What is the name of the 16th State added to the United States in 1796?

What battle was fought AFTER the end of the War of 1812 that involved General Andrew Jackson? 

What's the name of the deal where the French sold western land to Pres. Jefferson in 1803?

What state did not have to be occupied by Union troops during Reconstruction?

What term means that the US was inevitably going to spread from coast to coast, east to west?

What was the name of the railroad that spanned coast to coast?

The women's rights meeting in New York in 1848 led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton is called

Signed by the Pilgrims in 1620, what was the document that set up the first gov't in America?

The 15th Amendment allowed

The second wave of secession resulted from what event?

Name of the battle that resulted from a gun accidentally firing and the Sioux were massacred.

What was the name of the movement that increased religious toleration and spiritual growth?

What was the name of the compact that combined aspects of the Virginia and New Jersey Plans? 

Who won the War of 1812?

Who's the president who used Spoils System, hated the Bank of the US, and did Indian Removal?

What was the name of the group of people in gov't who wanted to SEVERELY punish the South? 

What allowed MO join as a slave state, but every other state above the 36'30" would be free?

What was the name of the first permanent English settlement in N. America founded in 1607?

What was the name of the miserable journey that slaves underwent from Africa to the Americas?

What's the name of the American pioneer who explored the Cumberland Gap and much of Tennessee?

The first shots of the Civil War were fired upon what fort?

When the Union Pacific and Central Pacific RRs met in Promontory, Utah, which event took place?

What was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War that occurred in July 1863?

What battle did the Americans win that convinced the French to come and help the Americans?

___________ means the people will VOTE on whether a state becomes a free or slave state. 

_______ event occurred when Colonel Chivington attacked and destroyed a tribe of Cheyennes.

Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction called for ___ of ex-Confederates to swear an oath to Union

What's the term meaning that each branch of gov't protects the other from growing too powerful?

What was the name of the tax on lead, paper, paint, glass, and tea that angered colonists? 

What is the route from the Appalachians to Oklahoma taken by Native Americans in 1838? 

What battle took place in Murfreesboro, TN over New Year's Day 1863? Hint: Ms.Rowe worked there

The violence that resulted from the Kansas-Nebraska Act over slavery was called

What colony was founded by William Penn and the Quakers in 1681?

What is the 19th century religious movement that increased social reforms such as education?

Who was the American general of the Continental Army who became the first U.S. President?

What battle(s) began the Revolutionary War and was the 'shot heard 'round the world?'

What are the dates of the Civil War?

Angered by the Intolerable Acts, colonists dressed as Indians and went to a harbor and did what

In what war did America gain Texas, California, and land in the West from their opponent?