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1700s
1800s
1900s
North Carolina
100
He brought peace among the English settlers and the Powhatan Indians in the Jamestown colony until an injury ended his time there.
Who is John Smith?
100
He was born in Virginia in the 1730s and became a key general in the American Revolution.
Who is George Washington?
100
He supported the Louisiana Purchase and Lewis and Clark's expedition to the Pacific as president.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
100
He was president when the Food and Drug Act was passed.
Who is Teddy Roosevelt?
100
He sailed to Roanoke Island in 1590 and found that the settlers had disappeared.
Who is John White?
200
He was one of the signers of the Mayflower Compact and Plymouth Rock's first governor?
Who is William Bradford?
200
He is known for his inventions and diplomacy in helping the Americans win the Revolutionary War.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
200
He gave the U.S. an "average Joe" type of president, and would also be known for enforcing what was known as the "Trail of Tears"
Who is Andrew Jackson?
200
He took the White House the same year as the Stock Market Crash. He tried using "trickle down" economics to help the U.S. out of the Great Depression.
Who is Herbert Hoover?
200
This Indian nation captured John Lawson and Christoph Von Graffenried, starting up a war.
Who are the Tuscarora?
300
This man, after the English Civil War, chartered the Carolina colony in 1663.
Who is King Charles II?
300
He is known for being the creator of the Bill of Rights, helping the Constitution pass.
Who is James Madison?
300
He was the winning general in the Civil War after the Union went through several generals.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
300
This man took over for FDR as president after he died and decided to drop the first atomic bomb.
Who is Harry Truman?
300
These men made North Carolina "First in Flight"
Who are the Wright Brothers?
400
He founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony, which was primarily a Puritan area.
Who is John Winthrop?
400
He brokered the " Great Compromise" in creating the House and Senate.
Who is Roger Sherman?
400
He was impeached as president but fell one vote short of losing his job.
Who is Andrew Johnson?
400
These men staged a "sit-in" at a lunch counter in order to integrate restaurants.
Who are the Greensboro Four?
400
He was kicked out of office for his efforts to stop the KKK.
Who is Gov. William Holden?
500
This man founded the Pennsylvania colony. He was known as a "Quaker"
Who is William Penn?
500
He was one of the five who died in the Boston Massacre.
Who is Crispus Attucks?
500
He became president as part of the Compromise of 1877, which ended Reconstruction.
Who is Rutherford B. Hayes?
500
He was president who signed the Civil Rights Act into law in 1964.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
500
This man fought for the U.S. Constitution and founded UNC-Chapel Hill.
Who is William Davie?
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