TRASH CAN TRIVIA

1. TRASH CAN TRIVIA

2. This state was originally an independent rebublic • Georgia • Oregon • Texas Texas 5

3. This document warned European countries not to interfere in the western hemisphere • Bill of Rights • Monroe Doctrine • Articles of Confederation The Monroe Doctrine 9

4. Population growth in the _____ states caused people to move west. • Eastern • Northern • Southern Eastern 15

5. This man improved the steamboat. • Robert Fulton • Eli Whitney • Cyrus McCormick Robert Fulton 2

6. These three people were an abolitionists. • Garrison, Douglass, Tubman • Jefferson, Anthony, Washington • Paine, Locke, Revere Garrison, Douglass, Tubman 20

7. This African American developed the plans for Washington, D.C. • Benjamin Banneker • Alexander Hamilton • Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Banneker 10

8. 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 Rights 18

9. This person wrote the Virginia Plan. • John Locke • Benjamin Franklin • James Madison James Madison 13

10. These two men invented the reaper. • Eli Whitney and Robert Fulton • Cyrus McCormick and Jo Anderson • Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Edison Cyrus McCormick and Jo Anderson 1

11. Women who fought for equal rights were part of what movement? • Abolitionist • Child Labor • Suffrage Suffrage 7

12. The idea that expansion was for the good of the country was known as? • Expansion Manifest • Manifest Destiny • Westward Migration Manifest Destiny 16

13. This river forms the border with the U.S. and Mexico. • Rio Grande • Columbia • Colorado Rio Grande 21

14. This Native American group lived in the Southwest desert. • Kwakiutl • Pueblo • Sioux Pueblo 6

15. This person was the head of the Federalists. • Thomas Jefferson • Alexander Hamilton • John Adams Alexander Hamilton 19

16. This U.S. president bought the Louisiana Territory from France. • Thomas Jefferson • George Washington • John Adams Thomas Jefferson 3

17. This person was president during the War of 1812 • Thomas Jefferson • George Washington • James Madison James Madison 17

18. 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 Confederation 12

19. He was the author of “Common Sense” • Thomas Paine • Thomas Jefferson • Paul Revere Thomas Paine 4

20. This person was president when the Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution • James Monroe • George Washington • Thomas Jefferson George Washington 14

21. This battle was the turning point of the American Revolution. • Lexington and Concord • Saratoga • Yorktown Saratoga 8

22. The cotton gin increased the need for ________. • Slave Labor • Tariffs • More farm land Slave labor 11

23. The two explorers Jefferson sent to explore the Louisiana Purchase. • Washington and Douglass • Lewis and Clark • William and Mary Lewis and Clark 22

24. This line hampered the western movement of colonists? • The Mississippi River • The Proclamation of 1763 • The Appalachian Highlands The Proclamation of 1763 23

25. This area of the United States was more urban prior to the Civil War • South • West • North North 24

26. War with this country resulted in California and the Southwest Territory. • Mexico • France • Portugal Mexico 25