TRASH CAN TRIVIA

This state was originally an independent rebublic•Georgia

•Oregon

•Texas

Texas5

This document warned European countries not to interfere in the

western hemisphere•Bill of Rights

•Monroe Doctrine

•Articles of Confederation

The Monroe Doctrine9

Population growth in the _____ states caused people to move

west.•Eastern

•Northern

•Southern

Eastern 15

This man improved the steamboat.

•Robert Fulton

•Eli Whitney

•Cyrus McCormick

Robert Fulton2

These three people were an abolitionists.•Garrison, Douglass, Tubman

•Jefferson, Anthony, Washington

•Paine, Locke, Revere

Garrison, Douglass, Tubman20

This African American

developed the plans for

Washington, D.C.•Benjamin Banneker

•Alexander Hamilton

•Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Banneker10

The first 10 amendments to

the Constitution are referred to

as _____.•The Bill of Rights

•The Articles of Confederation

•The Virginia Plan

The Bill of Rights18

This person wrote the

Virginia Plan.

•John Locke

•Benjamin Franklin

•James Madison

James Madison 13

These two men invented the

reaper.•Eli Whitney and Robert Fulton

•Cyrus McCormick and Jo Anderson

•Benjamin Franklin and Thomas EdisonCyrus McCormick and Jo

Anderson 1

Women who fought for equal rights

were part of what movement?•Abolitionist

•Child Labor

•Suffrage

Suffrage7

The idea that expansion was for the good of the country was

known as?•Expansion Manifest

•Manifest Destiny

•Westward Migration

Manifest Destiny16

This river forms the border with the U.S. and

Mexico.•Rio Grande

•Columbia

•Colorado

Rio Grande 21

This Native American group lived in the Southwest desert.•Kwakiutl

•Pueblo

•Sioux

Pueblo6

This person was the head of the Federalists.

•Thomas Jefferson

•Alexander Hamilton

•John Adams

Alexander Hamilton19

This U.S. president bought the Louisiana Territory from

France.•Thomas Jefferson

•George Washington

•John Adams

Thomas Jefferson 3

This person was president during the War of 1812

•Thomas Jefferson

•George Washington

•James Madison

James Madison 17

This constitution was written during the Revolution and provided for a weak

national government .•The Articles of Confederation

•The Bill of Rights

•The U.S. Constitution

The Articles of Confederation12

He was the author of

“Common Sense”•Thomas Paine

•Thomas Jefferson

•Paul Revere

Thomas Paine4

This person was president when the Bill of Rights was

added to the Constitution•James Monroe

•George Washington

•Thomas Jefferson

George Washington14

This battle was the turning point of the American

Revolution.

Saratoga

•Lexington and Concord

•Saratoga

•Yorktown

8

The cotton gin increased the

need for ________.

•Slave Labor

•Tariffs

•More farm land

Slave labor11

The two explorers Jefferson sent to

explore the Louisiana Purchase.

•Washington and Douglass

•Lewis and Clark

•William and Mary

Lewis and Clark22

This line hampered the

western movement of colonists?

•The Mississippi River

•The Proclamation of 1763

•The Appalachian Highlands

The Proclamation of 176323

This area of the United States was more urban prior to

the Civil War•South

•West

•North

North 24

War with this country resulted in California and the Southwest Territory.•Mexico

•France

•Portugal

Mexico 25