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Misc
100
He first documented hurricanes in the New World.
Who is Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca?
100
He said, "When I go West, I go free."
Who is Henry David Thoreau?
100
Sanford Dole developed the sugar industry here.
What is Hawaii?
100
The dates (years) of the Mexican-American War.
What is 1848 to 1848?
100
The decision for this case, in 1883, decided that Native Americans could adjudicate crimes as they see fit. It was overturned just two years later.
What is Ex Parte Crow Dog?
200
This was Daniel Boone's Shawnee name.
Who is Big Turtle or Sheltowee?
200
He was one of two leaders of the Myaamia that we have mentioned in our course.
Who is Pakaana? (Also accepted: Little Turtle)
200
Log cabins developed here, the result of a mixed community and successful example of intermixing.
What is the Delaware Valley (or New Sweden)?
200
The year that Plymouth Colony was established.
What is 1620?
200
These people were known to "run" long distances to trade for animal pelts with Native Americans in the days of early French exploration.
What are coureurs de bois (runners of the woods)?
300
This company first traded with the Aleuts for sea otter pelts.
What is the Russian-American Company?
300
He was a former slave and an African-American cowboy.
Who is Nat Love?
300
This station was at the bend of the famed Santa Fe Trail.
What is Bent's Fort?
300
This year this ordinance passed, which established how territories may become states.
What is 1787?
300
This form of mining uses a simple pan and a rocking motion.
What is placer mining?
400
These people lived in a muddy region along the Mississippi and fought against the Sauk.
Who are the Osage Indians?
400
He believed in a "liberty of empire," and his presidency greatly influenced early Ohio.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
400
Narcissa Whitman used this path to arrive at her mission home in the Pacific Northwest in the 1830s.
What is the Oregon Trail?
400
The year of the Wounded Knee Massacre.
What is 1890?
400
Lewis and Clark wintered with these Native Americans in present-day North Dakota.
What are the Mandan Indians?
500
This valley in Ohio was known for being full of Regular Republicans in the late 18th century.
What is the Sciotto Valley?
500
She was all three: a renowned translator, mother of a mixed people, and despised sell-out.
Who is La Malínche?
500
This place in Wyoming is protected by the government today and is also a sacred place for the Kiowa people.
What is Devil's Tower?
500
The year of the Battle of Fallen Timbers.
What is 1794?
500
These Spanish-Mexican-American songs encoded historical events and can be used by historians today.
What are corridos?
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