General U.S. History
Civil War
Geography
Reconstruction
Miscellaneous U.S. Facts
100
The meaning of the acronym U.S.A.
What is the United States of America?
100
The country was divided into two sides with what names?
What is the Confederacy and the Union?
100
The largest ocean in the world.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
100
What year did Reconstruction end?
What is 1877?
100
Identify the following state.
What is Texas?
200
The total number of states in the U.S.
What is 50 states?
200
The president of the Confederate States of America.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
200
The country south of the United States.
What is Mexico?
200
Name of the "laws" that were established to keep newly freed people from having certain rights. (Hint: Think about our classroom scavenger hunt)
What are Black codes?
200
The 16th President of the U.S.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
300
America's "birthday". (Month, date, and year)
What is July 4, 1776?
300
What years did the Civil War take place?
What is 1861-1865?
300
The northern most ocean of the world.
What is the Arctic Ocean?
300
This group was created during Reconstruction and is known for causing terror to minority communities.
Who is the Ku Klux Klan (KKK)?
300
The amendment that prevents one from testifying against themselves.
What is the 5th Amendment?
400
The names of the branches of government.
What is legislative, judicial, and executive?
400
The bloodiest battle of the Civil War?
What is the Battle of Antietam?
400
The smallest state in the U.S.
What is Rhode Island?
400
The meaning of the acronym HBCU.
What are Historically Black Colleges and Universities?
400
The capital of Maryland.
What is Annapolis?
500
Name two presidents who have been assassinated.
Who are Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy (JFK)?
500
Month, day, and year of the passing of the Emancipation Proclamation.
What is January 1, 1863?
500
Name all the "M" states in America.
What are Michigan, Maine, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Maryland, Minnesota, and Massachusetts?
500
The name of Southerns who supported Reconstruction.
What are scalawags?
500
The name of the couple who changed the law for interracial marriages.
Who are the Lovings?