1. An Overview of the Who, What, When, Where and Why of American History
SWAT It!

2. Directions Each team will send one student to the board.
When the teacher advances the slide, the students at the board will read the question and “SWAT” the right answer.
The first person to SWAT the answer must justify their choice in order for the team to get the point.
Teams will take turns sending students until all questions have been answered.

3. The issue that strengthened federal authority in cases of constitutional rights?
Judicial
Review
Bill of Rights
Colonial
Grievances

4. The issue that strengthened federal authority in cases of constitutional rights?
Judicial
Review
Bill of Rights
Colonial
Grievances

5. An early English document that emphasized individual rights over those of the king?
Mayflower
Compact
Constitution
Magna Carta

6. An early English document that emphasized individual rights over those of the king?
Mayflower
Compact
Constitution
Magna Carta

7. The year the Declaration of Independence was signed?
1775- Battles of Lexington and Concord
1777- Battle of Saratoga
1778- France and US form Alliance
1776- Common Sense published
1775
1776
1778

8. The year the Declaration of Independence was signed?
1775- Battles of Lexington and Concord
1777- Battle of Saratoga
1778- France and US form Alliance
1776- Common Sense published
1775
1776
1778

9. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
A poet who wrote about the nation’s past in works such as “The Midnight Ride…”?
Paul Revere
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry David Thoreau

10. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
A poet who wrote about the nation’s past in works such as “The Midnight Ride…”?
Paul Revere
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry David Thoreau

11. The document that established the orderly settlement of new territories west of the Appalachian Mountains?
Louisiana Purchase
Rush-Bagot Agreement
Northwest Ordinance

12. The document that established the orderly settlement of new territories west of the Appalachian Mountains?
Louisiana Purchase
Rush-Bagot Agreement
Northwest Ordinance

13. Virginia House of Burgesses
The first representative assembly in the colonies that was used as a model by other colonies?
Fundamental
Orders of Connecticut
Virginia House of Burgesses
Privy Council

14. Virginia House of Burgesses
The first representative assembly in the colonies that was used as a model by other colonies?
Fundamental
Orders of Connecticut
Virginia House of Burgesses
Privy Council

15. The name of the patriot / anti-federalist who said, “Give me liberty, or give me death”?
Patrick Henry
George Washington
James Madison

16. The name of the patriot / anti-federalist who said, “Give me liberty, or give me death”?
Patrick Henry
George Washington
James Madison

17. The term that describes people who want to make slavery illegal?
Transcen-dentalist
Suffragists
Abolitionists

18. The term that describes people who want to make slavery illegal?
Transcen-dentalist
Suffragists
Abolitionists

19. The President who warned the U. S
The President who warned the U. S. to “steer clear of permanent alliances”?
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
James Monroe

20. The President who warned the U. S
The President who warned the U. S. to “steer clear of permanent alliances”?
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
James Monroe

21. The date of the establishment of Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement?
1607
1620
1635

22. The date of the establishment of Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement?
1607
1620
1635

23. The name of the revolutionary leader of the Sons of Liberty?
Thomas Paine
Samuel Adams
George Mason

24. The name of the revolutionary leader of the Sons of Liberty?
Thomas Paine
Samuel Adams
George Mason

25. The Declaration of Independence
The document written by colonists to state their intent to separate from England?
The Constitution
The Bill of Rights
The Declaration of Independence

26. The Declaration of Independence
The document written by colonists to state their intent to separate from England?
The Constitution
The Bill of Rights
The Declaration of Independence

27. An early colonist who is associated with the fight for religious freedom?
William Bradford
James Oglethorpe
William Penn

28. An early colonist who is associated with the fight for religious freedom?
William Bradford
James Oglethorpe
William Penn

29. The writer of a patriotic pamphlet entitled Common Sense?
John Locke
Thomas Paine
King George III

30. The writer of a patriotic pamphlet entitled Common Sense?
John Locke
Thomas Paine
King George III

31. A type of farming that produces only enough to meet personal needs?
Plantation
Subsistence Farming
Cotton Farming

32. A type of farming that produces only enough to meet personal needs?
Plantation
Subsistence Farming
Cotton Farming

33. The people who supported ratification of the Constitution and a strong national government?
Federalists
Anti-federalists
Republicans

34. The people who supported ratification of the Constitution and a strong national government?
Federalists
Anti-federalists
Republicans

35. The economic policy that states wealth could be kept by a nation if its colonies provided raw materials to the mother country and the mother country could sell finished goods to the colonies.?
Free Enterprise
Mercantilism
Command Economy

36. The economic policy that states wealth could be kept by a nation if its colonies provided raw materials to the mother country and the mother country could sell finished goods to the colonies.?
Free Enterprise
Mercantilism
Command Economy

37. Articles of Confederation
The name of the document that was America’s first “Constitution”?
Mayflower Compact
Bill of Rights
Articles of Confederation

38. Articles of Confederation
The name of the document that was America’s first “Constitution”?
Mayflower Compact
Bill of Rights
Articles of Confederation

39. The author who gave Americans pride in their past with stories such as Rip Van Winkle?
Edgar Allan Poe
Washington Irving
Frederick
Douglass

40. The author who gave Americans pride in their past with stories such as Rip Van Winkle?
Edgar Allan Poe
Washington Irving
Frederick
Douglass

41. The name of the French nobleman who helped the colonists in the American Revolution?
Marquis de Lafayette
Edmund Genet
Napoleon

42. The name of the French nobleman who helped the colonists in the American Revolution?
Marquis de Lafayette
Edmund Genet
Napoleon

43. The freedom of private businesses to operate competitively for profit with little government regulation?
Industrialization
Free Enterprise
Mercantilism

44. The freedom of private businesses to operate competitively for profit with little government regulation?
Industrialization
Free Enterprise
Mercantilism

45. A tax on foreign goods brought into a country?
Tariff
Fare
Provision

46. A tax on foreign goods brought into a country?
Tariff
Fare
Provision

47. A very large farm program requiring many workers?
Harvesting
Plantation System
Subsistence farm

48. A very large farm program requiring many workers?
Harvesting
Plantation System
Subsistence farm

49. Involvement in a community that involves going a step beyond a person’s obligations by taking an active role?
Civil Disobedience
Voting
Civic Virtue

50. Involvement in a community that involves going a step beyond a person’s obligations by taking an active role?
Civil Disobedience
Voting
Civic Virtue

51. Fundamental freedoms guaranteed to the people naturally?
Bill of Rights
Unalienable Rights
Limited Government

52. Fundamental freedoms guaranteed to the people naturally?
Bill of Rights
Unalienable Rights
Limited Government

53. The territory gained in 1803, doubling the size of the United States?
Oregon Territory
Spanish Territory
Louisiana Territory

54. The territory gained in 1803, doubling the size of the United States?
Oregon Territory
Spanish Territory
Louisiana Territory

55. The issue that forced the United States into war with Great Britain in 1812?
Impressment
Taxation without
Representation
Imperialism

56. The issue that forced the United States into war with Great Britain in 1812?
Impressment
Taxation without
Representation
Imperialism

57. An important colonial leader who spread the idea of uniting the colonies- “join or die”?
Patrick Henry
John Hancock
Benjamin Franklin

58. An important colonial leader who spread the idea of uniting the colonies- “join or die”?
Patrick Henry
John Hancock
Benjamin Franklin

59. Washington’s Farewell Address
Document that “forbids” European nations from re-colonizing the western hemisphere?
Washington’s Farewell Address
Monroe Doctrine
Treaty of Paris 1783

60. Washington’s Farewell Address
Document that “forbids” European nations from re-colonizing the western hemisphere?
Washington’s Farewell Address
Monroe Doctrine
Treaty of Paris 1783

61. In addition to the locomotive, what other
early 1800s technological innovation led to an increase in markets for goods manufactured in the Northeast?
Steamboat
Steel Plow
Cotton Gin

62. In addition to the locomotive, what other
early 1800s technological innovation led to an increase in markets for goods manufactured in the Northeast?
Steamboat
Steel Plow
Cotton Gin