Famous American Peeps 1
Famous American Peeps 2
Texas
Civil War Time
Randomness
100
He made the first American stem-powered locomotive.
Who is Peter Cooper?
100
She founded the American Red Cross and was a nurse during the Civil War.
Who is Clara Barton?
100
When Texas became independent, it was nicknamed this....
What is the Lone Star Republic?
100
This was the name of the US currency during the Civil War time?
What are greenbacks?
100
He killed Abraham Lincoln.
Who is John Wilkes Booth?
200
He made a communication device called the telegraph.
Who is Samuel FB Morse?
200
He invented the reaper. What does the reaper do?
Who is Robert Fulton? It's a device that cuts the grain.
200
He was the commander of the Texas Army, President of Texas, and the governor.
Who is Sam Houston?
200
This battle was the turning point for the Civil War.
What is Antietam?
200
This happened during the Panic of 1873......
What is the banks closed and the stock market crashed.
300
He was called the "Great Compromiser".
Who is Henry Clay?
300
He was the "common man's president and started his own democracy".
Who is Andrew Jackson?
300
This is a famous Spanish mission where the Anglos in Texas marched to.
What is the Alamo?
300
Approximately how many soldiers' lives were lost during the Civil War?
620,000
300
This was the term used to describe a white Southerner who supported Reconstruction.
What is scalawag?
400
He made a successful steamboat that could go upstream quickly.
Who Cyrus McCormick?
400
She wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
400
Texas was known as what to the Spanish?
What is Tejas?
400
This was the term of a Northern Democrat who wanted peace.
What is a Copperhead?
400
This was set up by Congress to help former slaves.
What is the Freedmen's Bureau?
500
He made a lightweight steel plow good for thick soil.
Who is John Deere?
500
He took over for Abraham Lincoln after he was assassinated.
Who is Andrew Johnson?
500
The US Annexed Texas and another dispute erupted about the border on what river?
What is the Nueces River?
500
What is conscription?
It was the military draft.
500
He was a rugged and daring man, who had his face ripped off by a bear.
Who is Jedidiah Smith?
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