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TEAM 1 TEAM 2

Civil War: $200

Lincoln is to the United States as ___________ is to the

Confederate States

Jefferson Davis

Civil War: $400

What battle was considered the turning point of the Civil War?

Gettysburg

Civil War: $600 What compromise resulted in these

two states shown in the map below being created?

Missouri Compromise

Civil War: $800

Which of the following do not fit with the others in the list:

Robert E. Lee, Ulysses Grant, Stonewall Jackson, Jefferson

Davis

Grant

Civil War: $1000

What African American naval commander later became a

Congressman?A. Frederick Douglass

B. Robert Smalls

C. John Brown

Robert Smalls

Civil War II: $200

Which Amendment to the Constitution gave equal protection

under the law to all citizens?

14th Amendment

Civil War II: $400

What did the southern states believe about the power of the

levels of government?

States should be most powerful

Civil War II: $600

What did Soujourner Truth, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and

Susan B. Anthony have in common?

They were suffragists

Civil War II: $800

Which statement below best describes Lincoln's feelings about the Civil War?

A. Ending slavery was important, but not as important as keeping the Union together

B. Slavery was the key issue in the war.

C. Lincoln wanted to protect state’s rights at all costs.

A.

Civil War II: $1000

What effects did the Emancipation Proclamation have?

1.Ended slavery2.Kept Europe out

of the war

The Colonies: $200

What war caused the British to begin taxing the colonies with such taxes as the Stamp Act?

French and Indian War

The Colonies: $400

What was the first permanent English settlement in America?

Jamestown

The Colonies: $600

Gettysburg: Civil War::__________: Revolutionary War

Saratoga

The Colonies: $800

Which of the colonies below was not founded based on religious

reasons?A. Georgia

B. PennsylvaniaC. Massachusetts Bay

D. PlymouthA

The Colonies: $1000

What Spanish explorer explored the American southwest, including

the Colorado River?

Coronado

Early US Gov’t $200

What was the biggest fault of the Articles of Confederation?

Weak national government

Early US Gov’t: $400

Under whose presidency was the Bill of Rights added to the

Constitution?

Washington

Early US Gov’t: $600

How does the Constitution limit the levels of government from becoming too powerful?

A. Checks and BalancesB. Separation of Powers

C. FederalismD. Democracy

C

Early US Gov’t: $800

Judicial review is an example of the ____________ branch checking

the ____________ branch.

Judicial; legislative

Early US Gov’t: $1000

Congress: the United States :: ________________ : Virginia

General Assembly

Miscellaneous: $200

What did the Kwakiutl Indians use for clothing and shelter?

A. Wood

B. Buffalo hide

C. Cotton

D. Sod A

Miscellaneous: $400

What was invented by Eli Whitney? The invention caused the south

to need more slaves for production.

Cotton gin

Miscellaneous: $600

What was the American belief that the US should spread from “sea

to shining sea”?

Manifest Destiny

Miscellaneous: $800 What important event of the Civil War

happened April 12, 1861 at the location show by the star?

Fort Sumter

Miscellaneous: $1000

Who was a nurse during the Civil War and later founded the Red

Cross?

Clara Barton