Civil War
President of the Unites States during the Civil War
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
This was set up by Congress to handle correspendence between people
What is the Post Office?
What was Roanoke?
Document that explains why the colonies had to separate from England
What was the Declaration of Independence?
The most amount of money ever paid for a cow at auction
What was $1,300,000?
Mist, a Holstein cow hailed as the probable matriarch of a dynasty of star milk producers, was purchased in 1985 by a group of investors for $1.3 million.
Town where Lincoln gave a famous speech at the dedication of a cemetery
What was Gettysburg?
House of Congress that must approve a presidential appointment
What is the Senate?
Form of government favored by most colonists, in which people rule themselves
What was self-government?
England's lawmaking body
What was Parliament?
The largest number of children born to one woman
What was 69?
From 1725 to 1765, a Russian woman gave birth to 16 sets of twin, 7 sets of triplets, and 4 sets of quadruplets!
People who hated slavery and wanted to do away with it
Group of people elected to make laws and manage a town or city
What is a council?
State in which Plymouth Colony was established
What was Massachusetts?
Group that acted as the government for the colonies during the Revolution
What was the Second Continental Congress?
Video game that features Lara Croft
What is Tomb Raider
Digital diva Lara Croft is the heroine of the Tomb Raider series of video games that revolutionized computer gaming. In the original Tomb Raider, Lara recovers pieces of an ancient artifact known as Scion. In Tomb Raider II, she discovers the secret dagger of Xian. In Tomb Raider III, she searches for four mysterious artifacts fashioned from the heart of an ancient meteorite. The Tomb Raider trilogy was so popular it spawned two movies starring Angelina Jolie as the buxom archaeologist.
What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
Personal freedoms listed in the Constitution are found here
What is the Bill of Rights?
Ship that carried the Pilgrims to the New World
What was the Mayflower?
Site of the battle known as the turning point of the Revolution
What was Saratoga?
The dot above a lowercase "i" or "j"
What is a tittle?
The tittle was originally a larger mark, first appearing in Latin manuscripts, but was shortened when Roman-style typefaces were introduced. It is thought to be derived from the Iota, the smallest letter in the Greek alphabet, which was used as a diacritic below other vowels in ancient Greek texts.
Sit of the first major battle of the Civil War
What was Bull Run?
System in which one branch of government limits the power of the other two
What are checks and balances?
Document that gave a group rights and privileges to settle an area
What was a charter?
King of England during the American Revolution
Who was George III?
The type of vegetarian that excludes all types of meat from their diet but eats eggs and dairy products
What is lacto-ovo vegetarian?
A lacto-ovo vegetarian excludes all types of meat from their diet but eats eggs and dairy products. A lacto vegetarian excludes all meat and eggs but eats dairy products. A vegan, the strictist type of vegetarian, excludes all animal products, including eggs and dairy, from their diet.