Name the abolitionist who led the raid on Harpers Ferry.
John Brown
100
Name of the period after the war when Southern states were brought back into the Union.
Reconstruction
100
Give the last name of the brothers, Orville and Wilbur who made the first powered flight in an airplane that they build themselves.
Wright
100
This was the a conflict between the states and fought
on US soil.
Civil War
100
This US President was shot and killed while riding in a car in Dallas, Texas.
John F. Kennedy
200
Name the novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Uncle Tom's Cabin
200
Amendment which banned slavery in the United States.
13th Amendment
200
This African American scientist made an enormous impact on agriculture and created many uses for peanuts.
George Washington Carver
200
In this war, yellow journalism caused many Americans to become angry about the way Cuba was treating citizens.
Spanish American War
200
In this battle, Native Americans led by Sitting Bull, defeated the United States Army in a fight to keep their land. This battle was also knows as Custer's Last Stand.
The Battle of Little Bighorn
300
Name the place where the first battle took place.
Fort Sumter
300
Name the bureau which gave food, clothing and other supplies to freed slaves.
Freedmen's Bureau
300
Name This inventor invented a machine that could transmit the human voice over wires.
Alexander Graham Bell
300
This war was not fought with actual weapons but a
conflict and feelings of distrust between American and the Soviet Union
Cold War
300
Name the time period after the Stock Market Crash of 1929 when many people lost their money because banks failed.
The Great Depression
400
The Pennsylvania battle which was the turning point of the war.
Battle of Gettysburg
400
These Laws were passed to discriminate and made it legal to separate the races.
Jim Crow Laws
400
More than 1,000 patents were granted to this person. He is best known for the first practical light bulb.
Thomas Edison
400
Adolf Hitler was the German leader in this war.
World War II
400
When laws are added to the United States Constitution, they are called ____________.
amendments
500
Union soldiers moved from Atlanta to Savannah on this journey.
March to the Sea
500
Name a form of farming where the land worker gave the worker supplies and a place to live in exchange for planting and working the crop. The worker got a small portion of the money when the crop was sold.
sharecropping
500
Which invention came last?
television
phonograph
radio
television
500
The United States only got involved in this war after Germany continued to sink civilian ships.
World War I
500
The movement which led to the Civil Rights act in 1964 which prohibited discrimination based on race.