American History
American Geography
Jumbo!
The Isaac Royall House
The Lowell Mills
100
Which of these happened first: the Declaration of Independence was signed; The Revolutionary War started; or the Boston Tea Party.
Boston Tea Party
100
MIT is in what city?
Cambridge
100
The process used to preserve Jumbo's body is called what?
Taxidermy
100
The trade routes that brought slaves to American was called the _____ trade.
Triangle
100
The mills at Lowell primarily produced what?
Textiles
200
Name a president from Massachusetts.
Adams, Coolidge, Kennedy.
200
Name three large cities in California.
LA, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose.
200
Jumbo's stuffed body was kept in this kind of museum.
The Barnum Natural History Museum.
200
Why did Isaac Royall return to England?
He was a loyalist during the revolution.
200
The adult workers at the mill were mostly...
Women
300
Which of these states was NOT a part of the Confederacy during the Civil war: Alabama; Virginia; or Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania.
300
Florida and Texas are on the coast of what body of water (hint: not the Atlantic Ocean)?
The Gulf of Mexico
300
P. T. Barnum bought Jumbo from which country?
England
300
Name either of the two modern streets that run by the Isaac Royall House.
Main street or George street.
300
Before the mills made fabrics out of cotton on an industrial scale, what were most people's clothing made out of?
Wool
400
What legal document freed the slaves in the South?
The Emancipation Proclamation
400
Louisiana, Arkansas and Missouri all border this famous river.
The Mississippi.
400
According to legend, who was it that Jumbo died saving?
the dwarf elephant Tom Thumb
400
What was the name of Isaac Royall's farm?
The Ten Hills Farm
400
The mills draw their power from what river?
The Merrimack
500
Name the first three American presidents, in order.
Washington, Adams, Jefferson
500
Name all six New England states.
MA, RI, CT, VT, NH, ME
500
What other university claimed Jumbo as its mascot?
The University of Bridgeport in Connecticut
500
Isaac Royall donated money to found this famous academic institution.
The Harvard Law School
500
What was the middle name of the man for whom Lowell is named?
Cabot
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