U.S HISTORY Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| I am the best man to lead the Massachusetts Bay Colony-After all, I led about a thousand puritan to North America. WHO AM I? | John Winthrop |
| In our colony, we will not separate our colonial government from our faith. WHO AM I? | John Winthrop |
| I believe we should pay Native Americans from the land we have taken from them. WHO AM I? | Roger Williams |
| We will not pay Native Americans for the land we have taken from them. WHO AM I? | John Winthrop |
| I will not return to England-I will found a new colony where government and religion will separate. WHO AM I? | Roger Williams |
| People with all religion can come to Rhode Island and live without persecution. WHO AM I? | Roger Williams |
| No other religious besides our own, will be tolerated in our colony. WHO AM I? | John Winthrop |
| I was the admiral of the French fleet that helped defeat the a British army at the battle of Yorktown. We sailed into the Chesapeake Bay, trapped the British army, and prevented British ship from delivering supplies. WHO AM I? | Admiral Comte de Grasse |
| I was considered and American hero after the battle of Saratoga, but when I got caught helping the British capture West Point, I joined the British army and quickly became a general. I led the British into Virginia and capture Richmond. WHO AM I? | Benedict Arnold |
| Madison advocated a ______________ legislature and hoped that the membership would be apportioned ____________. | Bicameral and population |
| James Madison served in the______ A) Continental Congress B) Confederation Congress C) Both Congresses | Both Congresses |
| This colony was founded when Charles II granted a large land grant to a group of English landholders. These landholders began shipping slaves and servants to the colony to work as laborers on the rice plantations. A) Virginia B) Maryland C) Carolina | Carolina |
| Why didn't the government supply enough food and equipment to the Continental Army? | Congress did not have power to raise taxes to pay for them |
| Which was NOT a part of America's war debt? A) Foreign debt owed to European governments B) Debt owed to America citizens C) Debt owed to native Tribes D) Debt owed to the states | Debt owed to Native Tribes |
| The 1830s saw the emergence of a distinctly American school of philosophy known as transcendentalism. The acknowledged leader of this school was a daringly original thinker and former Unitarian minister,_________ | Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| American settlers angered Mexican officials by refusing to convert to Catholicism and violating the Mexican ban on | Slavery |
| Who helped open up Texas to settlement by receiving a land grant from the Mexican government and selling tracts to American settlers? | Stephen Austin....AUSTIN, TEXAS.... |
| Texans' rebellion against Santa Anna's dictatorial rule came to a head when Texas militiamen and Mexican troops fought a small battle in the town of | Gonzales |
| The Goliad Massacre became a rallying point for the Texans who, under the command of Sam Houston, ambushed and defeated Santa Anna's troops along the | San Jacinto River |
| What term describes the idea that it was God's plan for the United States to expand across the continent? | Manifest Destiny |
| Which group of settlers left Illinois to avoid persecution, had a difficult journey along barren lands, and settled successfully in the Salt Lake Basin region? | Mormons |
| What U.S. president took office in 1845 with the intention of gaining additional U.S. territory, including New Mexico and California? | James Polk |
| Which was NOT part of the treaty ending the Mexican-American War in 1848? | The Nucleus River became the border between Mexico and Texas. |
| Many Americans were against the war with Mexico because they beleived it was an attempt by Southern Democrats to add new ____________ territories to the Union | Slave |
| The decision by the Texas Congress to accept America's offer of ___________ could be considered the first step toward war with Mexico. | annexation |
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