People
Sir Francis Drake
Where did the Inca live?
During what time period were artists and writers inspired by ancient Greece and Rome?
the Renaissance
What event led to the British Bill of Rights?
the Glorious Revolution
"Remember the Alamo!"
What ancient civilization is know for pyramids, having accurate calendars, and using zero.
Maya
What city is located where the Missouri and Mississippi River meet?
St. Louis
What time period was sparked by the printing press?
the Reformation
the Glorious Revolution
Who said, "Go west young man, and grow up with the country?"
Horace Greeley
his troops stood their ground during the First Battle of Bull Run
What did Pedro Cabral discover?
Brazil
Reconstruction
Zachary Taylor was a general during which war?
"from sea to shining sea"
Galileo
Which country became the center of Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine culture after the fall of Constantinople?
Russia
Leading up to and during the Civil War, what was the voyage of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic called?
The Middle Passage
Why was Buffalo Bill famous?
his Wild West Show
What does, "a house divided against itself cannot stand" mean?
The US could not remain half free states and half slave states?
What explorer believed he found the Indies?
Christopher Columbus
Cape Town
What were the two most important inventions during the Renaissance?
the printing press and telescope
What law passed by Congress caused many immigrants and American citizens to farm in the west?
the Homestead Act
Which speech stated the ideals for which the North was fighting the Civil War?
Gettysburg Address
What duo encouraged westward expansion after their exploration of the Louisiana Purchase?
Lewis and Clark
Odessa
What event set off the Civil War?
the attack at Fort Sumter
What did the Emancipation Proclamation state?
all slaves in the Confederate states were freed
Who was the president of the Confederate States of America?
Jefferson Davis
What was the Mason-Dixon line?
the dividing line between free and slaveholding states
Where did Lee surrender to Grant?
Appomattox Courthouse
Who wanted to reunite the North and South to reunite "with malice toward none and charity for all?"
Abraham Lincoln