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random trivia
100

What was the name of the trial many traveled on there way west?

Oregon Trail

100

What caused the civil war?

Conflict between the Northern and Southern states about slavery

100

Who fought in the Spanish-American war

Spain and United States

100

How many years was WWI

4 Years

100

When did Columbus sail the ocean blue?

1492

200

What was it called when people traveled in groups in there wagons?

Wagon train
200

what was the name of the president of the united states during the civil war?

Abraham Lincoln

200

what was the name of the treaty that ended the war?

Treaty of Paris

200

Name one of our allies during WWI

Answers: Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Romania, Japan and the United States

200

What was the name of the theatre that Abe Lincoln was shot in?

Fords Theater

300

What did pioneers use instead of wood?

Dried buffalo dung

300

Who was the president of the Southern states during the civil war?

Jefferson Davis

300

What future president lead the Rough Riders?

Theodore Roosevelt

300

name one of the groups we fought against in WWI

Answers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire

300

In what state did the first plain take flight?

North Carolina

400

Why were ox most used to pull covered wagons?

They are very strong, they can live off of the prairie grass, they were cheap.

400

Who was the most famous general during the civil war?

 Ulysses S. Grant

400

What was the name of the ship that sank starting the war

Maine

400

What was the named of the treaty signed at the end of the war?

Treaty of Versailles

400

Whose heads are on Mt. Rushmore?

George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln

500
What was the name of the ACT that encouraged pioneers to move west?

Oregon donation ACT

500

famous battle of the civil war?

Battle of Gettysburg?

500

What President resisted going into the war until he had to do to public pressure?

William Mckinley

500

What caused WWI

when Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated.

500

In which united states armed force did JFk serve in?

Navy

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