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100
When Confederate forces shelled this Union military base in South Carolina in April of 1861, the fighting of the Civil War soon followed.
What is Fort Sumter?
100
Some American colonists felt this man was more of a tyrant than a just ruler because of the "taxation without representation" he placed upon them.
Who is King George III?
100
This document placed a tax on dice, playing cards, legal documents, and a variety of other everyday goods in colonial America.
What was the STAMP ACT?
100
Eli Whitney changed plantation life with this invention.
What was the COTTON GIN?
100
The Merrimac & Monitor were the two earliest types of these ships that would change the construction of naval fleets forever.
What were the IRONCLADS?
200
Angry Texans wanted to "remember" this when fighting for their independence from Spanish Mexico.
What is the Alamo?
200
This man survived a carriage accident, a knife attack the night of Lincoln's assassination, and would later commit the "folly" of purchasing the territory of Alaska from the Russian Empire.
Who is William Seward?
200
This Union military strategy looked to surround and strangle the Confederate capital city of Richmond, VA, into submission.
What was the ANACONDA PLAN.
200
"No Man's Land" was located between these on the Western Front of WWI fighting.
What are TRENCHES?
200
This belief stated that Americans were God's chosen peole and they had the right to rule over North America from sea to shining sea.
What was MANIFEST DESTINY?
300
The United States Constitution was written in this city.
What is Philadelphia?
300
This African American (former) slave argued his right to freedom in a case presented to the United States Supreme Court.
Who is Dred Scott?
300
This was the FIRST document written following the Revolutionary War to outline the duties and limits of the new American government.
What was the Articles of Confederation?
300
This is how participants of the Boston Tea Party on December 16th, 1776, were disguised as when they threw British tea into Boston Harbor.
What are Native American Indians?
300
A terrifying new weapon from the first World War that caused its victims to choke to death on their own mucus.
What is MUSTARD GAS?
400
This is where the treaty ending World War One was signed.
What is Versailles, France?
400
Thomas Jefferson doubled the size of the early United States by purchasing the Louisiana territory from this European leader.
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
400
This message from the German government to the Mexican government promised the return of territory in the United States during the early fighting of WWI.
What was the Zimmerman Note?
400
John J. Rockefeller became filthy rich by finding multiple uses for this natural resource.
What is OIL.
400
This man was a Rough Rider, a Vice-President, a President, a member of the Bull Moose Party, and a 'big game hunter' in his free time...
Who is Teddy Roosevelt?
500
This was the starting point of construction for the Central Pacific Railroad.
What is San Francisco, California?
500
Post-World War I Europe embraced this individuals "14 Points of Peace."
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
500
In the early 1900s a group from Oberlin, Ohio pressured the federal government to end the sale, consumption & distribution of alcohol. It worked! What became a law as result of their request? (hint: this is also called PROHIBITION)
What is THE 18th AMENDMENT OF THE UNITED STATES CONTITUTION?
500
Besides passengers, what else was in the hull of the Lusitania when it was sunk by a German U-Boat on May 7th, 1915.
What is AMMUNITION?
500
These people were know as "coolies" because of their excellent work ethic under extreme conditions while working on completing the Transcontinental Railroad.
Who were Chinese American American Immigrants?
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