This phrase was a used as a prediction that the West would inevitably and rightfully belong to the United States.
What is "Manifest Destiny"?
100
Washington became a territory in this year.
What is 1853?
100
Seattle hosted the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in this year.
What is 1909?
100
Being a border state, Washington offered opportunities for smuggling liquor during this era of the early 1900's.
What is Prohibition?
100
On this date, Mount St. Helens erupted.
What is May 18, 1980?
200
This was a famous early settler who at an old age retraced his trip on the Oregon Trail.
Who is Ezra Meeker?
200
Washington became a state in this year.
What is 1889?
200
The Northern Pacific Railroad chose this Pacific Northwest city as its terminus in 1873.
What is Tacoma?
200
During the Great Depression of the 1930's, communities of makeshift dwellings in Seattle were called this.
What is Hoovervilles?
200
In 1974, this judge agreed that treaties did not limit Indian fishing on reservations or for fish used for their own food or ceremonies.
Who is Judge Boldt?
300
The Oregon Donation Land Act of 1850 did this in an attempt to get settlers to move to Oregon Territory.
What is give 320 acres per person (640 per married couple) in Oregon Territory to anyone who lived on it for four years.
300
The Pig War highlighted the boundary dispute between these two nations.
What is Great Britain and the United States?
300
This eastern Washington town grew rapidly from the late 1800's to the early 1900's.
What is Spokane?
300
During WWII, this secret government base in eastern Washington State was involved in creating plutonium for an atomic bomb.
What is Hanford?
300
In 1974, this city held an expo with the environment as its theme.
What is Spokane?
400
The Denny party first settled here. They soon learned of the many disadvantages of the place so they moved across Elliott Bay to what is now Seattle.
What is Alki Point?
400
This population was considered desirable for statehood.
What is 125,000
400
This city suffered a great fire, prospered by equipping miners heading north to the Yukon gold rush, and dramatically changed its landscape by flattening hills and filling in its tidal flats.
What is Seattle?
400
This president visited the Grand Coulee Dam in 1934.
Who is President Roosevelt?
400
Concern about safety caused the Washington Public Power Supply System (WPPSS) to stop work on this type of power plant in 1981.
What is a nuclear power plant?
500
These two men, along with Arthur Denny, were important to the development of early Seattle.
Who are Henry Yesler and Doc Maynard?
500
Washington was this number order of states to enter the union.
What is 42nd?
500
In the early 1900's, the IWW was started. IWW is short for this.
What is the Industrial Workers of the World or Wobblies?
500
During their forced relocation, Japanese-Americans were temporarily housed at this "camp" in Puyallup.
What is Camp Harmony?
500
In 1962, Seattle hosted the World's Fair. This community center was left behind and still exists today. Name it and two of its features.
What is the Seattle Center? (Space Needle, Seattle Center Fountain, Pacific Science Center)