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This word describes something very large, like the border between Canada and the U.S.
What is immense?
This event caused the U.S. to enter World War II.
What was the attack on Pearl Harbor?
This was the name of the American spy ring that included both men and women.
What was the Culper Gang? (or What was the Gulper Gang?)
This is another word for “last name.”
What is a surname?
This word means to make changes or corrections to something, like a report.
What is revise?
This was the main mission of U.S. submarines against Japan in WWII.
What was sinking Japanese supply ships?
This woman used a black petticoat and handkerchiefs to send secret signals.
Who was Anna Smith Strong?
This surname likely came from an ancestor who baked bread.
What is Baker?
This word describes a fierce or violent nature, like a lion’s growl.
What is ferocious?
This future U.S. president was rescued by a submarine after being shot down.
Who was George H.W. Bush? (Or: Who was President George Bush?)
This woman owned a tavern and sewed secret notes into her son’s coat buttons.
Who was Lydia Darragh?
This surname could have originated from someone who was the son of Jack.
What is Jackson?
This word means a struggle or battle between opposing forces, like in a good story.
What is conflict?
This device allowed submarine crews to see above the water without surfacing.
What is a periscope?
This British major admitted, “Washington didn’t outfight us. He out-spied us.”
Who was Major George Beckwith?
This surname might have come from someone who worked as a metalworker.
What is Smith?
This word means to stay or continue in a place, like deciding to extend a vacation.
What is remain?
his is why many submariners were never recovered and remain in “watery graves.”
What is because their submarines were sunk and too difficult to recover?
This is what Washington did with false battle plans to mislead the British.
What was let them fall into British hands? (or What was deceiving the British about troop locations?)
This is how many immigrants in the 1800s chose their surnames upon arriving in the U.S.
What was telling an official at the port? (or What was giving their name on the spot to become a citizen?)