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100

Why is Fort McHenry important significant in the war of 1812?

It is where Francis Scott Key wrote the Star Spangled Banner

100

Name something invented during the Industrial Revolution.

Lots of answers

100

What country led the Industrial Revolution?

England

100

Who was the first President of the United States of America? Did he want to be President?

George Washington. NO he didn't, but he the country needed him


100

What is the name of the National Anthem?

The Star Spangled Banner

200
Name 2 reasons the American Colonists wanted the Revolutionary war.

Were being unfairly taxed

Wanted to make own laws (were being oppressed)

developed a new culture apart from England

Didn't want to have to quarter (house) British soldiers

200
What was the name of the document that was signed by the founding fathers that said America was free?

Declaration of Independence 

200

What is the name of the Capital of the United States of America?

Washington D.C.

200

What two men were in charge of mapping the Louisiana Territory?

Meriwether Lewis and William Clark

200

What did Sacagawea contribute to the Expedition?

Direction, Knowledge about Herbs and food, Jumped in the river and saved research, could communicate with other Indians.

300

What war did the storming of the Bastille start?

French Revolution

300

What was the name of the artifact found by Napoleon that helped scholars translate Egyptian Hyroglyphs?

The Rosetta Stone

300

Where did England send their prisoners after the Revolutionary War?

Australia

300

Who was Marie Antoinette?

The queen of France during the start of the French Revolution

300

Why couldn't Napoleon defeat Russia?

It was too cold, and they burned bridges and food on their way in so they had nothing when they had to retreat.

400

How did the war of 1812 end?

No one won, they just signed a treaty to end it and nothing changed

400

what was the name of the king of the Zulus?

Shaka

400

What is the continental divide?

it is where rivers start to flow in opposite directions 

400

Who rode through the night saying "the British are coming?"

Paul Revere

400

What happens on September 16th?

Hint: PiƱata

Mexico Independence Day

500

What do we now call the march of the Cherokee in 1838, who were forced to march to Oklahoma territories

The Trail of Tears

500
What are the 3 branches of the Government?

Executive, Judicial, Legislative

500

What land is know to Europeans as "the dark continent?" 

Africa

500

Who took power in France after the French Revolution and the "Reign of Terror?"

Napoleon Bonaparte 

500

What does Abolitionist mean?

Someone who wants to abolish savery

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