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This is the war where we fought the British for our Independence?

7 years war - - Revolutionary War - - WWII

Revolutionary War

100

Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue in...?

1642 - 1492 - 1502

1492

100

Taking place in Salem, Massachusetts this span of time was prominent with accusations of others dealing in witchcraft.

 The Salem Witch Trials

100

He was the first black major league baseball player. 

Joe DiMaggio - Sammie Sosa - Jackie Robinson

Jackie Robinson

100

The war that occurred in the year 1812. Hint - the answer is in the question.

War of 1812

200

The main author of the Declaration of Independence.

Ben Franklin - Tom Clancy - Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson

200

The first colony that the PILGRIMS set up was called?

Roanoke - Jamestown - Plymouth - Boston

What is Plymouth or Plymouth Rock?

200

An incident where British redcoats killed five civilian colonists. It took place in Boston.

 Boston Massacre

200

She was the first woman to fly a plane solo across the Atlantic.

Michelle Obama - Harriet Tubman - Amelia Earhart

Amelia Earhart

200

What was the war where the Northern states fought the southern states in the United States? 

Hint - Think of Slavery.

The Civil War

300

This was the year of the first 4th of July.

1786 - 1676 - 1776

1776

300

Christopher Columbus sailed for Spain but was actually from....?

Italy

300

The removal of Native Americans from the southeast United States was known as the Trail of 

Blood - Sadness - Tears - Torment

Trail of Tears

300

The first person to discover electricity. He flew a kite with a key tied to it. On the hundred dollar bill.

Benjamin Franklin

300

Name the two sides of World War II. 

Extra 300 points if you can name which side the US was on.

Axis and Allies (the US were Allies)

400

He was King of Britain when we declared Independence? 

King Henry VII - King John - King George III

King George III

400

What Native American group helped the pilgrims on the first Thanksgiving? 

Sioux - Wampanoag - Cherokee

Wampanoag

400

This was the year the stock market crashed and started the Great Depression.

1911 - 1929 - 2007

What is 1929?

400

First woman Supreme Court justice?

Hillary Clinton - - Sandra Day O'Connor 

            Sonia Sotomayor

Sandra Day O'Connor

400

The Vietnam War ended after the fall of this city 

Tokyo -  Hanoi - Saigon

Saigon

500

The city where Congress met to draft and adopt the Declaration of Independence.

Boston - New York - Philadelphia - Jamestown

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

500

An explorer for the Vikings that was said to have discovered North America before Columbus.

Ericson - Franklin - Diego

Who is Leif Ericson?

500

The name of the camps that held Japanese-Americans that were considered a threat after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

Japanese-American Internment Camps

500

The first Boys' Club (the beginning of the Boys and Girls Club started in this year. 

1750 - 1860 - 1902

1860

500

War on Terror. What Terrorist did we just kill?

Baghdadi - Osama Bin Laden - Che Guevara

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (ISIS)

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