Pre-Civil War
What year was Jamestown founded?
1607
In what year did the first African slaves arrive in the Virginia Colony?
1619
What year did the Great War start?
1914
Which Indian tribe was forced from their homes over the “Trail of Tears?”
Cherokees
What year did the Battle of the Alamo occur?
1836
From which nation did the United States purchase Louisiana?
France
What year did the Titanic sink?
1912
Which race of people found the freedom to finally express their own thoughts and experiences through art during the Harlem Renaissance?
African Americans
What was the name of the expedition that mapped out the new Louisiana territory in 1803?
The Lewis and Clark Expedition
What was the name of the lady who refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery city bus, igniting the Civil Rights Movement?
Rosa Parks
What was the name of the secret project that helped develop the atomic bomb that was dropped on Japan during World War II?
The Manhattan Project
At what famous battle was General George Custer ambushed by a large force of Sioux Indians
Little Bighorn
Who led Mexican forces during the Battle of the Alamo?
Santa Anna
Which U.S. president was elected four different times?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Who was the captain of the RMS Titanic?
Edward John Smith
Name a style of music that has its roots in the Harlem Renaissance?
Jazz, R & B, Rap, Soul, or Blues
What agreement banned slavery north of the 36”30° parallel?
Missouri Compromise
In what year was the Civil Rights Act passed by Congress?
1964
Where did Martin Luther King, Jr. give his “I Have a Dream Speech?”
Washington D.C.
Which tribe of Indians lived on the land now occupied by Blinn College?
Tonkawa
Who was the second president of Texas?
Mirabeau Lamar
On which Japanese city did the United States drop the first of two atomic bombs in August 1945?
Hiroshima
Who was the richest man aboard the RMS Titanic?
John Jacob Astor
Langston Hughes was famous for producing what type of art?
Poetry
What battle was considered the turning point of the American Civil War?
The Battle of Gettysburg
In 1957, nine Black students were escorted into Central High School by the National Guard in which Southern state?
Arkansas
What major affair was President Richard Nixon implicated in that led to his resignation?
Watergate Scandal
Which famous Indian is supposed to have said, “I will fight no more forever?"
Chief Joseph
What famed Texan was involved in the attack on Pearl Harbor?
Doris Miller
On what day did Texas slaves learn of their freedom?
June 19, 1865 (Juneteenth)
How many died in the RMS Titanic disaster?
1,500
Harlem is part of which U.S. city?
New York
Who was the first American president impeached?
Andrew Johnson
What ended slavery in the United States?
13th Amendment
What was the code name for the War in Afghanistan in 2001?
Operation Enduring Freedom
The former Indian Territory became which U.S. state?
Oklahoma
Who was elected governor of Texas in 2000?
Rick Perry
Who was president of the United States under the Articles of Confederation?
No one
Where was the RMS Titanic headed on its maiden voyage?
New York City
In what decade did the Harlem Renaissance begin?
The 1920s