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This man created the first steel plow and founded Deere & Company
John Deere
100
Which President is featured on the five dollar bill?
Lincoln
100
Many people came west in this mode of transportation
100
What are the colors on the flag?
Red, White, Blue
100
Which month are presidential elections held?
November
200
In the mid-1940s about 10,000 Americans owned these electronic devices; by 1957 about 40 million were in use. In the United States today it is estimated there are over 320 million of these in homes.
Television
200
This paper money was printed in 1775 by the Continental Congress
Continentals
200
After an anti-Mormon mob murdered this man in Illinois Brigham Young moved the flock west
Joseph Smith
200
When we see a flag, what hand should be placed over the heart?
Right Hand
200
He was first called The Father of the US in a 1779 almanac published in Pennsylvania
George Washington
300
Stamps showing a volcano in Nicaragua helped convince Congress to put the canal in this country
Panama
300
At the start of the Civil War, this crop accounted for 2/3 of U.S. exports
Cotton
300
Returning from their 1804 through 1805 expedition these two men split up: one sought a shortcut from the mountains to the Missouri; the other explored the Yellowstone River
Lewis & Clark
300
Total number of stars on the U.S. flag in 1777
13
300
In 1800 these 2 men tied for electoral votes & the House had to decide the outcome
Jefferson & Burr
400
In 1945, scientists in this state witnessed the detonation of the world's first atomic bomb
New Mexico
400
When this federal standard went into effect in 1938 it was 25 cents per hour; today it's $7.25
Minimum Wage
400
On August 21 1959 it became our 50th state
Hawaii
400
It's the first four letter word in the Star Spangled Banner?
What
400
Suck it up & name this vacuum maker that shares its name with FDR's predecessor
Herbert Hoover
500
Her first attempt to fly around the world ended in March 1937 when her plane crashed in Hawaii
Amelia Earhart
500
Since 1937 this military post has been the site of the United States' gold bullion depository
Fort Knox, Kentucky
500
Utah has an official cooking pot this national-named item
Dutch Oven
500
It's the fort over which Francis Scott Key witnessed the rockets' red glare
Fort McHenry
500
Seen here-- he was the earliest president ever to be photographed & the first to have a middle name
John Quincey Adams