LIBER 1
Who was burned at the stake for translating the Bible into Czech? He said he would recant - take back what he taught - if there was a biblical proof, he was incorrect. They couldn’t give it to him.
John Huss
Who fought with, camped with, and was 2 years younger than George Washington?
Daniel Boone
Which religious group of people helped protect escape slaves in Pennsylvania?
The Quakers
Who wrote Little men?
Louisa May Alcott
What did Bilbo forget when he ran out the door to meet the dwarves to go on an adventure?
His pocket handkerchief
Who said “ Posterity! You will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom! I hope you will make good use of it. If you do not, I shall repent and heaven that I ever took half the pains to preserve it.”
John Adams
Who needed to learn the skills of an astronomer, botanist, surveyor, and a medical doctor as members of the “Corps of Discovery”?
Lewis and Clark
What law was passed in 1793 requiring that people in free states help with the capture and return of escaped slaves?
The fugitive slave act
Who ended up dying in the limber lost in the book freckles?
Blackjack
Who wrote King of the wild frontier?
Davy Crockett
When her husband was wounded, she took over his cannon and fired with deadly accuracy; seriously wounded, she received a lifetime military disability by the continental Congress
Captain Margaret Corbin
Who was shot (and recovered) by an expedition member who thought he was an elk?
Lewis
When was Helen Keller born?
1880
Who were the two scam artists in Huckleberry Finn?
The King and the Duke
Who wrote the adventures of Sherlock Holmes?
Arthur Conan Doyle
Who was the double spy who worked closely with Lafayette and later took on his name?
James Armistead
12.5 million African people were taking from their homes and villages and put on slave ships bound, bound for the new world. How many survived the voyage?
10.7 million
What was Clara Barton the founder of?
The American Red Cross
Who wrote Carrie on Mr. Bowditch?
Gene Lee Latham
Which character in Little men was extremely accident prone?
Tommy
What was the second tax the British gave the American colonies?
Stamps known as the Stamp Act
How many slaves worked in the south at the beginning of the Civil War?
4 million
Booker T. Washington was known for advising which two US presidents?
Theodore Roosevelt & William Howard Taft
What was on the tiles Jacob Marley wanted removed from his mantle piece?
Bible stories
Who cared for Molly when she was sick in Indian captive?
Earth woman