Union General that finally helped win the Civil War. Robert E. Lee surrendered to him on April 9, 1865.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
100
Location of the first successful English settlement in North America.
What is Jamestown, Virginia?
100
This animal was introduced into the Americas and instantly began eating Native American food as it scavenged around the countryside. This animal is still a problem in some areas and destroys millions of dollars worth of crops per year.
What is a pig?
100
First Europeans to colonize North America. The settlement was in present-day Nova Scotia; the called it Vinland.
Who are the Vikings?
100
Mr. Anderson's son Ryan's birthday. Its also the day the Civil War ended.
What is April 9?
200
She helped the colonists at Jamestown survive. She eventually married an Englishman, John Rolfe, the guy who introduced tobacco to the colony. She is buried in England.
Who is Pocahontas?
200
Location where the Civil War started with the firing upon of Fort Sumter.
What is Charleston, South Carolina?
200
Thomas Jefferson was the main writer of the Declaration of Independence, which is basically the birth certificate of this country.
What is the United States of America?
200
Lewis and Clark may have not have made it to the Pacific and back without the help of this Native American guide.
Who is Sacajawea?
200
Cities that have basketball teams in the 2011 NBA Finals.
What are Miami and Dallas?
300
First Frenchmen to travel down the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers to the Mississippi River. They portaged their canoes just north of here to cross from the Fox to the Wisconsin River.
Who are Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet?
300
John Adams represented this colony at the Second Continental Congress.
What is Massachusetts?
300
Eli Whitney's invention that increased the demand for slave labor as the country spread west.
What is the cotton gin?
300
This sore loser decided to assassinate Abraham Lincoln after the South surrendered to end the Civil War.
Who is John Wilkes Booth?
300
The 4 presidents on Mount Rushmore.
Who are George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln?
400
Runaway slave who wrote a book about his life and was editor of a newspaper called the North Star. He was also a powerful speaker who spoke about the evils of slavery
Who is Frederick Douglass?
400
The first European settler to arrive in Wisconsin, Jean Nicolet, arrived here in 1636.
What is Green Bay?
400
This invention made Civil War rifles much more deadly. The .58 caliber bullet had a range of about 350 yards.
What is the Minie Ball?
400
This terrorist was taken out by Navy Seals in Pakistan and buried at sea in the Arabian Sea.
Who is Osama Bin Laden?
400
Name of the island where Columbus set up a permanent settlement, the first successful colony in the Americas.
What is Hispanola?
500
Leader of the Aztecs who ruled over the capital city Tenochtitlan. He was killed by the Spanish (or by his own people, depending on which story you believe).
Who is Montezuma?
500
During the Civil War, the capitals of the United States and the Confederate States of America were only 90 miles apart. Name both capitals.
What is Washington, DC, and Richmond, VA?
500
This poem was written by Francis Scott Key after watching the bombardment of Fort McHenry in Baltimore harbor during the War of 1812. You sing it today when you attend sporting events.
What is the Star Spangled Banner?
500
The date Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address.