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Thomas Jefferson was born in Virginia
Where was Thomas Jefferson born?
100
They placed the capital city of the US where the Potomac and Anacostia Rivers meet.
Where did they place the capital city of the US?
100
The President number that Thomas Jefferson has is number three.
What President number does Thomas Jefferson have?
100
The Oregon Trail was a 2000-miles trail for travellers.
What was the Oregon Trail?
100
The Pony Express was a way of delivering the mail across the country by horseback.
What was the Pony Express?
200
Abraham Lincoln was famous for leading the country during the American Civil War
Why was Abraham Lincoln famous?
200
Britain was the country that received most of the exported cotton.
What country received most of the exported cotton?
200
The number of stars of the US flag increased because the number of states increased.
Why did the number of stars of the US flag increased?
200
Some people called the Oregon Trail "the world's longest graveyard" because many of them died because of accidents and illnesses.
Why did some people call the Oregon Trail "the world's longest graveyard"?
200
Americans stopped using the Pony Express because the telegraph was invented.
Why did Americans stop using the Pony Express?
300
Abraham Lincoln died when he was shot in the head at Ford's Theatre in Washington.
How did Abraham Lincoln die?
300
San Francisco benefited from the Gold Rush by becoming an important supply centre for gold seekers.
How did San Francisco benefit from the Gold Rush?
300
The first official flag of the US had 13 stripes and 13 stars representing the 13 original colonies.
What did the first official flag of the US have and why?
300
The animals that pull the wagons are oxen and mules.
Which animals pull the wagons?
300
The telegraph worked by interrupting the flow of electricity in the wire.
How did the telegraph work?
400
Pierre Charles L'Enfant planned the capital city of the US.
Who planned the capital city of the US?
400
The Gold Rush brought to the city of San Francisco a number of problems: rapid population growth, ships were abandoned and sank, there weren't enough houses, crime increased and there were many fires.
What kind of problems did the Gold Rush bring to the city of San Francisco?
400
The tune that people used to sing the words of the poem that Scott Key wrote was the tune of an old English song.
What tune did people use to sing the words of the poem that Scott Key wrote?
400
The other name given to the Conestoga Wagon is "Prairie Schooner"
What is the other name given to the Conestoga Wagon?
400
Morse code consisted of dots and dashes.
What does Morse code consist of?
500
Harriet Tubman is known because she was the person who guided 300 hundred slaves to freedom.
Why is Harriet Tubman known?
500
Washington DC wasn't on just a state because the new city had to be on national soil but not on just a state.
Why wasn't Washington DC on just a state?
500
The poem written by Scott Key was made the official anthem in 1931.
When was the poem written by Scott Key made the official anthem?
500
Most pioneers bought a book called "The Prairie Traveler" before their trip to the West.
What did most pioneers buy before their trip to the West?
500
The main consequences after the invention of the Cotton Gin were: the price of the cotton dropped, it became a common cloth and more slaves were bought.
What were the main consequences after the invention of the Cotton Gin?
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