United States History

Colonial America to the Civil War

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  1. Which ship carried the Pilgrims to Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1620?
  2. Which was the first permanent English settlement in North America, founded in 1607?
  3. What was the Boston Tea Party of 1773?
  4. Who was the author of the first draft of the Declaration of Independence?
  5. Which treaty of 1783 ended the American Revolutionary War?
  6. Who was the first president of the United States?
  7. What are the first ten amendments to the Constitution called?
  8. Which three authors wrote the Federalist Papers to support ratifying the Constitution?
  9. What did the Louisiana Purchase of 1803 do?
  10. What was the purpose of the Lewis and Clark expedition of 1804 to 1806?
  11. What did the Monroe Doctrine of 1823 declare?
  12. Which 1820 agreement admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state?
  13. What was the Trail of Tears?
  14. Which treaty ended the Mexican-American War in 1848?
  15. What event drew many thousands of settlers to California from 1848?
  16. What was the Underground Railroad?
  17. Which 1857 Supreme Court decision held that African Americans could not be citizens?
  18. In which years was the American Civil War fought?
  19. What did the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 declare?
  20. Which battle of July 1863 is considered the turning point of the Civil War?
  21. What did the Homestead Act of 1862 offer?
  22. Which amendment, ratified in 1865, abolished slavery in the United States?
  23. Which president gave the Gettysburg Address in 1863?

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