Poem Info
America 1865
Around the World
Miscellaneous
100
Who is Walt Whitman?
Who wrote the Poem?
100
What is the printing press
What major technology was introduced in 1865?
100
What is the Civil War
What great war is ending in the United States this year?
100
What year was the poem written?
When is 1865?
200
What is the United States of America?
What does the ship represent in the poem?
200
What is railway mail or (mail by train is acceptable too)
How was information communicated at this time (America 1865)?
200
What is the Ostrich
What animal was being domesticated in South Africa?
200
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
What document passed by Lincoln during this time essentially outlawed slavery?
300
What is Abraham Lincoln's death?
What event was this poem written in response to?
300
Who is Jefferson Davis
Who was the president of the Confederate States of America?
300
What is New Zealand?
The capital of _____ moves from Auckland to Wellington in 1865? (Country)
300
What is assisting in the civil war? (Will resume the women's rights movement post Civil War)
Women's roles at this time were?
400
What is the Victory in the War?
What does the "port" symbolize in the poem?
400
What is the Appomattox Court House
What is the name of the place that General Robert E. Lee Surrenders and concludes the American Civil War?
400
What is Great Britain?
Which European country designates the world's first maximum speed laws in 1865?
400
What is Industrialization?
What was the focus of the economy in the North during this time?
500
What is an Ode? (other acceptable answers: tribute, honor)
This poem is an ___ to Abraham Lincoln (Fill in the blank)?
500
Where is Pulaski, Tennessee.
Where was the KKK Founded? (City, State)
500
What is Paris, France?
What city and country was L'Africaine premiering in during 1865? (European)
500
What is November
What month was the poem written?
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