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US History T 6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Defeat of the Spanish Armada | 1588 |
| Stamp Act | 1765 |
| Founding of Jamestown | 1607 |
| Founding of the House of Burgesses | 1619 |
| The California Gold Rush | 1849 |
| Kansas-Nebraska Bill | 1854 |
| Surrender of the Confederates at Appomattox | 1865 |
| Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo | 1848 |
| is considered the "Father of the Constitution" | James Madison |
| Sailed around Africa to India | Vasco da Gama |
| Conquered the Aztecs | Hernando Cortes |
| Elected President in 1800 | Thomas Jefferson |
| Leading Baptist minister | Isaac Backus |
| Captured the Hessians at Trenton | George Washington |
| Lost the battle at Saratoga | John Burgoyne |
| Was the victor at the Battle of Fallen Timbers | Anthony Wayne |
| The colony of Rhode Island was established by who? | Roger William |
| The first national bank was established through the efforts of who? | Hamilton |
| True or False: General Cornwallis LOST the Battle of Yorktown | True |
| Which amendment made freedom citizens of the U.S. and attempted to guarantee their rights as citizens | 14th |
| True or False: President JACKSON introduced the spoils system to the federal government | True |
| Lewis and Clark explored what territory for the President Jefferson | Louisiana Purchase |
| The best-Known hero of the Tripolitan War was who? | Decatur |
| True or False: The Mexican dictator SANTA ANNA was defeated at the Battle of San Jacinto | True |
| True or False: President JAMES POLK adopted the slogan "Fifty-four forty or fight" | True |
| Commodore Matthew Perry negotiated a trade agreement with who? | Japan |
| Who wrote Commentaries on the laws of England? | William Blackstone |
| Who wrote Common sense? | Thomas Paine |
| Who was the first chief justice of the Supreme Court? | John Jay |
| Who wrote the Blue-Backed Speller and a dictionary? | Noah Webster |
| Who led the American army in the War for Independence | George Washington |
| The "favorite sons" election took place when? | 1824 |
| Which ship was called the "Old Ironside" | The Constitution |
| Who was Andrews Jackson's second Vice President? | Martin Van Buren |
| Which compromise temporarily settled the slave issue in 1820? | Missouri |
| The Battle of New Orleans was fought when? | 1815 |
| Who was the editor the The Liberator? | William Garrison |
| Which college was the first to admit women? | Oberlin |
| Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin? | Harriet Stowe |
| Who became President upon the death of Zachary Taylor in 1850 | Millard Fillmore |
| Who was the first president of the ' Lone Star Republic? | Sam Houston |
| What are the dates of the Reconstruction Era? | 1865-1877 |
| What organization was established to meet the needs of the freed slaves? | Freedmen's Bureau |
| Who wrote Up From Slavery? | Booker Washington |
| Which president removed federal troops from the South? | Rutherford Hayes |
| What name was given to northern politicians who went south after the Civil War? | Carpetbaggers |
| The first permanent settlement in Virginia? | Jamestown |
| The colony of Plymouth was founded by Englishmen seeking what? | Religious freedom |
| The Portuguese sailor ______ led the first expedition to circumnavigate the world | Magellan |
| Governor _______ wrote History of Plymouth Plantation, America's first history book | Bradford |
| The New World was named for the Italian Sailer _______? | Vespucci |
| Robert Fulton invented the first practical ________? | Steamboat |
| The cotton gin was invented by _______? | Whitney |
| Elias Howe invented a much-improved _____? | Sewing Machine |
| The first transatlantic telegraph cable was laid by who? | Field |
| The steel plow was invented by who? | John Deere |
| Who was the president of the Confederacy? | Jefferson Davis |
| Who was the first Republican candidate | John Fremont |
| Who proposed the Kansas-Nebraska Bill | Stephen Douglas |
| Who was the subject of a Supreme Court decision on slavery | Dred Scott |
| Who founded the Red Cross | Clara Barton |
| Who was the commander of the Confederate Army | Robert Lee |
| Who was killed at Chancellorsville | Stonewall Jackson |
| Who was the Union's winning general | Ulysses Grant |
| Who marched to the sea | William Sherman |
| Who was Lincoln's second Vice President | Andrew Jackson |
| Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln | John Booth |
| Who founded Tuskegee Institution | Booker T. Washington |
| What name did the Republican part temporarily take in 1864? | Union Party |
| Which former Vice President helped form the Free-Soil Party? | Van Buren |
| What colonel routed John Brown's men at Harper's Ferry, Virginia? | Lee |
| What phrase did secretary of the Treasury Salmon Chase have minted on the U.S. coin? | In God We Trust |
| Who wrote "Emancipation proclamation" | Lincoln |
| Who is remembered as the " Father of American Missions" | Judson |
| What treaty settled the Maine-Canada border dispute? | Webster-Asburton |
| Who won the election of 1856/ | Buchanan |
| Which amendment abolished salvery? | 13th |
| What battle was the turning point of the Civil War? | Gettysburg |
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