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This American President once won a medal for developing a new kind of plow.
Thomas Jefferson
100
Many people went to jail for this in the early 19th century.
debt
100
In America this crime was punishable by death in the 19th century, while it was a less serious crime in Europe.
Rape.
100
This English critic uttered the famous question, "Who reads an American book?"
Sydney Smith
100
Who was hailed as the "Father of American History?"
George Bancroft
200
This Yale chemist and geologist was the most influential American scientist of the first half of the 19th century.
Professor Benjamin Silliman
200
This punishment, while still common in Singapore and Malaysia, was gotten rid of in America in the 19th century.
whipping
200
This is the name given to a person who fights for equal rights for women.
feminist
200
American literature, like American nationalism, greatly increased after which war?
The War of 1812
200
What unfortunate event happened to William H. Prescott?
He lost an eye.
300
Harvard College's Professor Gray (1810-1888) completed how many books on the subject of plants in America?
over 350
300
These was a common treatment for "insane" people in the 19th century.
a restraining chair
300
This Quaker woman and early feminist was not able to speak in a London convention in 1840.
Lucretia Mott
300
This man was the first American writer to receive international recognition?
Washington Irving
300
Which historian wrote about the wars between France and England in Colonial times?
Francis Parkman
400
Several thousand people died in an epidemic of this disease in 1793.
yellow fever
400
This was the most popular book against alcohol in the 19th century.
Ten Nights in the Barroom and What I Saw There by T.S. Arthur
400
This woman was possibly the most famous female activist. She altered appears on the $1 coin.
Susan B. Anthony
400
This man became the first novel writer from America to be famous all over the world.
James Fenimore Cooper
500
This was the most common treatment for a severely broken arm in the early 1800s.
cutting it off (amputation)
500
This man was called the "Father of Prohibition," largely for creating the Maine Law of 1851.
Neal S. Dow
500
This issue was often more important in the years before the Civil War than women's rights.
slavery
500
Who was the lead character of the "Leather Stocking Tales."
Natty Bumppo
500
What was wrong with Bancroft's famous opening line about the 1776 American Revolution, "With one heart, the continent cried: 'Liberty or Death!"
It was an exaggerated lie.