Civil War
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Presidents
American Revolution
Gilded Age
100
What year did the war begin?
1861
100
Name of the first American colony; settled by English in 1607:
What is Jamestown?
100
First Catholic President; youngest President elected; assasinated in Dallas, TX:
Who is John F. Kennedy?
100
Patrick Henry: "Give me liberty, or give me _____":
What is death?
100
To have total control of an industry by ONE person or company:
What is a monopoly?
200
The result of South Carolina seceding from the Union forming the Confederacy.
What was the Civil War or Why was the war started?
200
Because of this novel, the Meat Inspection Act was passed.
What was the effect of the book "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair
200
Man who became president following Lincoln's assassination; from NC:
Who is Andrew Johnson?
200
"No taxation without _____":
What is representation?
200
Companies coordinate together to reduce competition and control prices; ex: Krusty Krab and Chum Bucket form a _____:
What is a trust?
300
Union general; "March to the Sea"; burned Atlanta to the ground; total warfare
Who was General Sherman?
300
Name of the ship that brought the Pilgrims to Plymouth Rock, Mass. in 1620:
What is the Mayflower?
300
Heaviest president; had to have a custom bath tub made for the White House:
Who was the first Progressive President?
300
A clash in Boston between colonists and british troops; five people were killed:
What is the Boston Massacre?
300
Owned the Standard Oil Company; powerful Robber Baron:
Who is John D. Rockefeller?
400
"Four score and seven years ago":
What is the Gettysburg Address?
400
Indians were forced to leave their land and walk hundreds of miles to live on reservations.
What was the Trail of Tears
400
Oldest president; former actor; "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall":
Who is Ronald Reagan?
400
Commander-in-chief of American forces during the Revolution:
Who is George Washington?
400
Men who took advantage of workers and destroyed competitors in order to get rich:
What are robber barons?
500
Location where Lee surrendered to Grant, ending the Civil War:
What is Appomattox, VA?
500
Colony settled by Quakers; founded by William Penn; "Penn's Woods":
What is Pennsylvania?
500
Commander of Allied forces in WWII; created the Interstate: "I Like Ike":
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
500
Where Washington spent a cold and miserable winter just before he won the war.
What is Valley Forge
500
"Survival of the fittest"; from Darwin's Theory of Evolution; ____________________drives humanity and the strong survive:
What is Social Darwinism/competition?
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