1.
Who was the famous African American colonial female poet who wrote during the Revolutionary period? Phyllis Wheatley
2.
Who issued the Emancipation Proclamation? Abraham Lincoln
3.
As Lincoln is to the Union, ___________ is to the Confederacy? Jefferson Davis
4.
As George Washington is to Lord Cornwallis, ___________ is to Robert E. Lee?
Ulysses S. Grant
5.
As John Cabot is to the east coast and eastern Canada ___________ is to the southwest and Arizona and New Mexico? Francisco Coronado
6.
What nation made voyages along West Africa to trade? Portugal
7.
What did the First Americans make from plants and animal skins? Clothes
8.
What battle did the Union have to win to control the Mississippi River?
Vicksburg
9.
What was the name of the canal that connected the Northeast to the Great Lakes and the Northwest Territory? Erie Canal
10.
What two famous Virginians influenced James Madison and the Bill of Rights?
George Mason and Thomas Jefferson
11.
What document was written by George Mason? VA Declaration of Rights
12.
What Civil War general was offered the Union command, but would not fight against his home state? Robert E. Lee
13.
What famous act was imposed on the colonies to help pay for the French and
Indian War? Stamp Act
14.
Who started the American Red Cross? Clara Barton
15.
Saratoga is to the American Revolution as ___________ is to the Civil War.
Gettysburg
16.
What was the “Lost Colony”? Roanoke
17.
What French explorer explored the Mississippi River? Robert LaSalle
18.
Who was the male African American abolitionist that escaped from slavery and spoke out against it? Frederick Douglass
19.
What principle part of democracy shares/divides powers between the states and the central governments? Federalism
20.
What section was against tariffs before the Civil War began? South
21.
What section depended more on manufacturing and industry in its economy?
North
22.
What was the name of the government that did not provide for an executive branch or a judicial branch and was considered a weak government? Articles
23.
What was the network that smuggled slaves northward called? Underground
Railroad
24.
What southern state was an independent republic before it entered the United
States? Texas
25.
What famous national governmental document was written during the
Revolutionary War? Articles of Confederation

26.
What land expansion did Lewis and Clark explore? Louisiana Purchase
27.
What settlement was started by debtors searching for economic freedom in the
New World? Georgia
28.
What explorer traveled down the St. Lawrence River and founded Quebec?
Samuel de Champlain
29.
What two famous Patriots led the Boston Tea Party? Paul Revere and Sam Adams
30.
What land expansion stretched from the Mississippi River to the Oregon Country?
Louisiana Purchase
31.
What section was known to have agriculture as its primary source of economic gain? South
32.
What document hampered the westward movement over the Appalachian
Mountains by the colonists? Proclamation Act of 1763
33.
What nation gave the U.S. Florida by treaty? Spain
34.
Cheaper, faster transportation helped people to get to the gold fields in what state?
California
35.
What was the term called that referred to the expansion west for the good of the county? Manifest Destiny
36.
What ocean is known as the highway that brought explorers and settlers to NA?
37.
What two rivers did Lewis and Clark travel on? Columbia and Missouri Rivers
38.
What geographic region may be described as “rugged mountains along the Pacific
Coast that contains fertile valleys”? Coastal Range
39.
What geographic region is located along the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of
Mexico? Coastal Plain
40.
What geographic region is located west of the Rocky Mountains and east of the
Sierra Nevada’s and has Death Valley? Basin and Range
41.
What was the term used for men and women who agreed to work without pay for passage to the New World? Indentured Servant
42.
Which American Indians depended on the buffalo to survive? Sioux
43.
The continental divided and the mountains with the highest elevation are located in which region of the United States? Rocky Mountains
44.
Which region has mountains and Death Valley? Basin and Range
45.
Which nation depended on fishing and trapping as a primary source of economic gain in N.A.? France What Indians helped them? Iroquois
46.
What were people in the colonies called that were treated as property and had no rights? Slaves
47.
What explorer started Quebec in Canada? Champlain For what nation? France
48.
The Great Lakes form a boundary between the U.S. and what nation? Canada
49.
PA, Plymouth, Jamestown, Ma Bay- Which settlement was not created for religious freedom? Jamestown
50.
Which Native Americans inhabited Alaska and northern Canada where temperature is freezing most of the year? Inuit
51.
(Point to map of the world), Which continent is "this" closest to the South Pole?
Antarctica
52.
Which Native Americans used whale, seal, and bear to survive? Inuit
53.
Which colonial section featured large plantations and slaves? Southern
54.
Which section featured a jagged coastline? New England

55.
What do the Mississippi River and the Rio Grande River flow into? Gulf of
Mexico
56.
Which two US rivers are major links to other parts of the world acting a transportation arteries to move farm and industrial products? Mississippi and Missouri
Rivers
57.
What action did England do to the colonist after the French and Indian War that made the colonist angry? Taxed the colonists-Stamp Act (or would not allow them to cross the Appalachian Mts.)
58.
What is the name of the landmass connecting two continents as one? Eurasia
59.
What job would most colonial women have? House keeper/wife/Caretaker
60.
The trading of European farm tools and weapons for beaver pelts and food is and example of what between the Native Americans and the Europeans? Cooperation
61.
What region has the oldest Mountains in NA? Appalachian Mountains
62.
Which region has the tallest Mountains in NA? Rocky Mountains
63.
Which First Americans were associated with New Mexico and Arizona? Pueblo
64.
How did the governor of an English colony become governor? They were appointed by the king or by the propitiator
65.
Who controlled the trade between the American colonies and other countries?
Parliament
66.
Which region stretches from eastern Canada to Alabama? Appalachian Mountains
67.
Which First Americans used the teepee to live in? Sioux
68.
What is the oldest, most famous archeological dig sight in VA? Cactus Hill
69.
Which European nation explored the eastern part of what is now Canada and the
Great Lakes? France
70.
Which First Americans were located in the Pacific Northwest? Kwakiutl
71.
What nation’s economic gain came from trapping and fishing? France
72.
North Africa, East Africa, South Africa, West Africa- to what part of Africa did the powerful trading kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, And Songhai belong? West Africa
73.
What continent was Portugal the first to trade with? Africa
74.
LaSalle and Champlain are to France as _________ is to Spain? Coronado
75.
(Point to the world map with laser) Which continent did the explorers Cabot,
LaSalle, and Coronado come from? Europe
76.
Which colonial section was most known for its diversity? Mid-Atlantic (middle)
77.
Which colony was settled by people searching for economic freedom and relief from debt? Georgia
78.
Name the 3 powerful West African trading societies. Ghana, Mali, Songhai
79.
Carpenters, blacksmiths, and silversmiths are all examples of people known as
__________________? Artisans
80.
“I would rather die a thousand deaths than face General Grant on this day.” Who said this and where was he going to meet General Grant? Robert E.
Lee/Appomattox court House, Virginia
81.
Christianity, diseases, new technology, gold-- which of these was not brought by the Europeans to the First Americans? Gold
82.
Fishing, shipbuilding, skilled craftsmen, and shopkeepers made up a large part of which section? New England
83.
Which section had hot, humid weather? Southern

84.
Which section had moderate summers and harsh winters? New England
85.
Which section was most known for having slaves? Southern
86.
Which Native Americans lived in the Northeast woodland areas? Iroquois
87.
Which sections was religiously and culturally more diverse? Mid-Atlantic
(middle)
88.
Which European nation was the first to start trading metals, cloth, and other goods to the empires of West Africa? Portugal
89.
What is the name of the trade between the colonies, England and Africa called?
Triangular trade
90.
Who won the French and Indian War? England
91.
Gold was traded by what three famous African Trade Kingdoms? Mali, Ghana and Songhai
92.
Which region is further east, the Coastal Range or Coastal Plain? Coastal Plain
93.
What was the name of the Spanish explorer whose expedition founded the Grand
Canyon and the Colorado River? Coronado
94.
Jamestown is located in which section? Southern
95.
Plymouth is located in which section? New England
96.
Philadelphia is located in which section? Middle
97.
Massachusetts Bay is located in which section? New England
98.
Roanoke is located in which section? Southern
99.
Which Native American used the Longhouse and the Wigwam? Iroquois
100.
101.
102.
Which Native Americans lived along the Coastal Range? Kwakiutl
Which Native Americans lived in the Canadian Shield region? Inuit
Which Native Americans had brick adobe homes? Pueblo
103.
Which body of water served as a highway for explorers, early settlers, and later immigrants to come to America, Atlantic, Pacific, or Mississippi R? Atlantic
104.
What river that empties into the Pacific Ocean, was explored by Lewis and Clark? Columbia River
105.
What river forms the natural border with Mexico? Rio Grande River
106.
107.
What river is known as the “gateway to the west"? Ohio River
What nation did John Cabot sail for? England
108.
109.
Who claimed the Mississippi River Valley for France? Robert LaSalle
The Appalachians or Rockies, which mountains did Lewis and Clark travel over? Rockies
110.
Why did England tax the colonies? Pay for the French and Indian War
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112.
What colony was the debtor colony? Georgia
Colonists who work for passage to the New World were called?
Indentured Servants
113.
What document stopped the colonization of the western hemisphere by
Europe? Monroe Doctrine
114.
The U.S gained the respect from Europe after which war? War of 1812
115.
116.
What president purchased the Louisiana Purchase? Thomas Jefferson
What came first, the Boston Massacre or the Boston Tea Party? 1770/1773
117.
Who turn down the command of the Union army to stay with his home state of Virginia? Robert E. Lee

118.
Who wrote the words “Life liberty and the pursuit of Happiness? Thomas
Jefferson What document were those words in? Declaration of Independence
119.
Cyrus McCormick and Jo Anderson are to the reaper as ________ is to the
Cotton Gin? Eli Whitney
120.
Eli Whitney is to the Cotton Gin as ______ is to the Steamboat? Robert
Fulton
121.
Which is further west, the Great Plains or the Appalachian Mountains?
Great Plains
122.
123.
What European nation was the first to trade with West Africa? Portugal
What is the term for the states and national government sharing/dividing powers? Federalism
124.
Besides the issue of slavery, what was the other #1 issue that divided the
North and the South and led to Civil War? States Rights
125.
What do the following clues relate to, George Washington, Yorktown,
Bunker Hill, Continental Army? Revolutionary War
126.
What state came in as a free (slave) state during the Missouri
127.
Compromise? ME (MO)
“Westward expansion is good for the country”, was known as
128.
129.
__________? Manifest Destiny.
Separatists are to MA as ________ are to PA? Quakers
What state came in as a free state from the Compromise of 1850? CA
130.
Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton both were leaders in this movement? Women’s Suffrage
131.
Who helped Thomas Jefferson to frame the Declaration of Independence?
132.
Ben Franklin
What specific document would you find “freedom of speech”? Bill of
Rights
133.
What document guaranteed individual rights? Bill of Rights
134.
Who gave the great Emancipation speech? Abe Lincoln What did it do?
Freed the slaves in the rebel states (not the 4 boarder states)
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136.
Who gave the Gettysburg Address? Abe Lincoln
What period of time goes with the following description; Settlement of
Jamestown, Landing of the Pilgrims, Conflict with the Natives? Colonial Period
137.
What part of a southern state did not succeed from the Union and later joined the Union as a separate state? West Virginia (1863-during the war)
138.
Using to direction of West to East, name the four boarder states that did not leave the Union. MO, KY, MD, DE
139.
Frederick Douglass, Abe Lincoln, Jeff Davis, Which person would have been in favor of slavery? Jeff Davis
140.
What water way provided a series of inland ports for the U.S.? Great
141.
Lakes
142.
What two men created the reaper? Cyrus McCormick and Joe Anderson
What came first, Founding of Jamestown, The Revolutionary War, The
War of 1812, the Civil War? Founding of Jamestown
143.
What was the capitol of the Confederacy (in VA-attacked several timesbombed-and burned)? Richmond

144.
What was the #1 conflict of dispute between the First Americans and the
Europeans? Land - Others? trade
145.
What two nations helped the U.S. during the Revolutionary War? France
146.
and Spain
Who said these famous words,” a government of the people, by the people, and for the people…”? Abe Lincoln-Gettysburg Address
147.
Which colonial section depended on grains (Bread Basket) in their economy? Mid-Atlantic
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149.
What were the four slave states that stayed in the Union? MO,KY,MD,DE
What period of time goes with the following description: Growing Eastern population (Cities); faster cheaper transportation (trains); cheap, fertile land
(Oregon)? Westward expansion
150.
Coastal Plain, Costal Range, Rocky Mts., Great Plains; Which one of the regions is the farthest east? Coastal Plain
151.
What body of water borders The Americas, Europe and Africa and is known as the super highway to the New World (RT 7)? Atlantic
152.
Plantation owners, Northern factory workers, Abolitionists; what group in society may not have been prejudice against the African in the 1850’s?
Abolitionists
153.
Phyllis Wheatley, Robert Smalls, Frederick Douglass, Jo Anderson; what do all four of these people have in common? African Americans who have
154.
155.
affected U.S. history.
Death Valley is located in which region? Basin and Range
Which region are AZ and NM located in? Basin and Range
156.
157.
Which region is CA primarily located in? Costal Range
The ice bridge land strip that connected the continents of Asia and North
America thousands of years ago is called __________. Beringia
157. Washington D.C is to the Union as _____ is to the Confederacy. Richmond
158. African American dock worker killed at the Boston Massacre. Crispus Attucks
159. Bull Run; Election of Lincoln; Gettysburg; Vicksburg; which came first?
Election of Lincoln
160. Civil War; Revolutionary War; French and Indian War; War of 1812;-Which came first? French and Indian War.
161. Who received his nickname at Bull Run? Stonewall Jackson
162. What is another name for Bull Run? Manassas
163. The Separatists (Pilgrims), Quakers, Debtors, Puritans; which group settled in
Georgia? Debtors
164. What mountains are to the west of the Coastal Plains? Appalachians
165. What mountains are to the west of the Great Plains? Rocky Mountains
166. What region is west of the Basin and Range? Coastal Range
167. What are the first 10 amendments to the Constitution called? Bill of Rights
168. What do the following clues refer to, Great Compromise, James Madison, Bill of
Rights, large and small states? Constitution
169. The signing of which document freed most slaves and gave new focus to the war?
The Emancipation Proclamation; The Gettysburg Address; Declaration of
Independence; The Bill of Rights? The Emancipation Proclamation.

170. MA Bay Colony, Jamestown, Georgia, or Philadelphia, which was colonized by the
Puritans? MA Bay Colony
171. Which natives most likely used ice to build shelters? Inuit
172. Which natives most likely used buffalo hide for shelters? Sioux
173. Sioux; Inuit; Pueblo; Iroquois: Which natives most likely used wood for
shelters? Iroquois
174. Sioux; Inuit; Pueblo; Iroquois: Which natives most like use dry mud and straw for
shelters? Pueblo
174. Sioux; Inuit; Pueblo; Iroquois: Which natives probably helped the English learn
farming techniques when they first came to America? Iroquois
175. Sioux; Kwakiutl; Pueblo; Iroquois: Which natives possibly helped the French with
fishing and trapping? Iroquois
176. What capital city in VA did the Union want to capture? Richmond
177. Who wanted to keep the Union together, even if it met bloodshed? Lincoln
178. Who opposed secession, yet left the Union because of his loyalty to his home state?
Robert E. Lee
179. George Washington provided strong leadership for _______ during which war?
The Continental Army / Revolutionary War
180. What does suffrage mean? Right to vote.
181. “Taxation without Representation” was the campaign slogan that helped to start
which war? ______________________ Revolutionary War
182. What region is directly to the west of the Basin and Range? Coastal Plain
183. What region is directly west of the Great Plains? Rocky Mountains
184. What region is directly west of the Coastal Range? Appalachian Mountains
185. Choose one; North, South, West: Which section was primarily a manufacturing
section before the Civil War? North
186. Choose one; North, South, West: Which section was primarily an agricultural
section before the Civil War? South
187. Which person does not go with the other three; George Washington, Sam Adams,
Lord Charles Cornwallis, Thomas Jefferson? Charles Cornwallis (British General)
188. What are the first two political parties? Federalists and Democratic-Republican
189. What do the following clues relate to, Louisiana Purchase; Oregon Country; Texas
Annexation; CA and southwest United States? Westward Expansion (Manifest
Destiny)
190. Who is a famous nurse that helped on the Civil War battle fields (Antietam)? Barton
191. What is the first permanent English colony in America? Jamestown; Year? 1607
192. What year was the Declaration of Independence signed? 1776
193. What is Robert E. Lee’s home state? Virginia
194. Who was the commanding Union general at Appomattox Court House? Grant
195. What state was created during the Civil War? When? West Virginia/1863
196. What lines on the globe run north – south and measure east – west? Longitude
197. What lines on the globe run east – west and measure north – south? Latitude
198. What two hemispheres is North America located in? North/West
199. The Stamp Act; Boston Tea Party; Boston Massacre; which event occurred first?
Stamp Act
200. Compromise of 1820, Compromise of 1850, the Kansas – Nebraska Act, the First

Battle of Bull Run; which was not a cause of the Civil War? Bull Run
201. Which Region has Rolling flatlands with many Rivers? Interior Lowlands
202. What region is located along the Gulf of Mexico? Coastal Plains
203. Which two countries do the Great Lakes border? US and Canada
204. Which two nations entered America through the Gulf of Mexico? Spain and France
205. Name the three branches of government. Legislative, Executive and Judicial
206. Which document came last; Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation,
Constitution, Bill of Rights? Bill of Rights
207. “Four Score and seven years ago…” is the beginning of what famous primary document? Gettysburg Address Who wrote it? Lincoln
208. Weapons, Buffalo, Shelter, Trade goods; which would have been used by the First
Americans (Indians) as a natural resource? Buffalo
209. What document gave the Union a motivating reason to fight the Civil War?
Emancipation Proclamation (after the battle of Antietam)
210. California, West Virginia, South Carolina, Kansas; what state was the first to leave the Union? SC.
211. What river brought settlers west just past the Appalachian Mountains? Ohio
212. Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, and Harriet Tubman, are all examples of what? Abolitionists
212. US Grant, Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, Jefferson Davis; Which was not a part of the Confederate States of America? Grant
213. What Indians lived on the Great Plains? Lakota/Sioux
214. What river borders Mexico and the United States? Rio Grande
215. What river empties into the Pacific Ocean that Lewis and Clark traveled on?
Columbia River
216. What two southern cities are examples of the total devastation of the south? Atlanta and Richmond
217. What fort did Grant capture on the Mississippi River during theCivilWar?Vicksburg
218. What killed more people during the Civil War than bullets? Disease
219. Who took over the businesses and farms (plantations) during the Civil War when the men were off fighting? Women
220. Who was the black congressman that was a war hero during the Civil War?
Robert Smalls