Census Warmup
Census Terms
Census Firsts
1850-2010
1790-1840
100
In 1787 this governmental body ordered the first U.S. Census.
What is the U.S. Congress?
100
E.D. meant...
What is the abbreviation for "Enumeration District"?
100
First census in which the state of Montana was enumerated.
What is the 1890 U.S. Census?
100
The first census in which all free persons were recorded by name.
What is the 1850 U.S. Census?
100
This was the year in which the fourth U.S. Census was performed.
What is the 1820 U.S. Census?
200
A census taken every ten years is called a
What is a decennial census?
200
Twp.
What is the abbreviation used for township in a census?
200
The first U.S. census to record a person's relationship to the head of household.
What is the 1880 U.S. Census?
200
This census is the most recent U.S. Census available to genealogists.
What is the 1940 census?
200
U.S. Marshals conducted this census, which counted people in 13 states and 4 territories/districts.
What is the 1790 U.S. Census?
300
Year of the most recent census for the U.S.
What is 2010?
300
When a person was blind in both eyes, the census taker wrote this abbreviation.
What is "BL"?
300
This census asked which males in the household were eligible to vote; it was especially aimed at Southerners.
What is the 1870 U.S. Census?
300
This census asked Moms how many children they'd had, and how many were still living at the time of the census.
What are the 1900 and 1910 censuses (Double the points if you got both of them).
300
This U.S. census asked a question about white foreigners not yet naturalized.
What are the 1820 and 1830 censuses (answer one or both)?
400
Year in which Montana Territory was first enumerated in the U.S. Census.
What was the 1870 U.S. Census?
400
This abbreviation was used to describe a person who did not yet have U.S. citizenship.
What is "AL" (for Alien).
400
This census asked a question about radio ownership.
What is the 1930 census?
400
This census asked about the profession/trade for each male age 15 and above.
What are the 1850 and the 1860 censuses? (Double points if you get both of these).
400
First census in which an official form was printed for use by all states and territories.
What is the 1830 census?
500
Results were destroyed in a fire many years after this census was taken.
What is the 1890 Census?
500
It was okay for the census taker to record the name "John" this way.
What is "Jno"?
500
The first census in which supplementary questions were asked of certain respondents.
What is the 1940 Census?
500
This census asked a question about those over age 20 who could not read or write.
What is the 1850 census?
500
Free colored people were enumerated in these censuses (answer any one of the three, or all 3--500 points for each answer known)
What are the 1820, 1830, and 1840 censuses?
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