KY History
Kentucky was opened up by Daniel Boone, who found this landform
What is the Cumberland Gap?
This fort in Kentucky is known for a whopping 147,300,000 ounces of gold, half the treasury’s gold reserves.
What is Fort Knox?
This region in the Appalachian area of Kentucky
What are the Eastern Coal Fields?
In 1862, this major city was captured by the Confederacy, the only to fall to the Confederates in the entire war.
What is Frankfort?
This figure, known as the Compromiser, lived in Kentucky for most of his life.
Who was Henry Clay?
Kentucky became a state exactly 4 years before Tennessee gained statehood, in this year
What is 1792?
This cave system, the longest in the world, is in the pennyroyal region of Kentucky.
What is Mammoth Caves?
This region surrounds the Bluegrass region, but is mainly considered part of the Bluegrass region
What is the Knobs?
The president of the United States, Abe Lincoln, was born in Kentucky, along with this Confederate President.
Who was Jefferson Davis?
Known for Top Gun, this celeb lived in Louisville, before moving to his birth state, New York.
Who is Tom Cruise?
The largest man-made lake on the Eastern side of the Country is this lake, near the Purchase region.
What is Kentucky Lake?
This sporting event, held near Louisville, is second most popular behind only the Super Bowl.
What is the Kentucky Derby?
This region is mostly rural, and is home to the largest cave network in the world
What is the Pennyrile region?
Southern Sympathizers began to create a Confederate shadow government for Kentucky, and they designated the capital to be this southern Kentucky city.
What is Bowling Green?
We’ve got a town named after this explorer, who was one of the first settlers before the Cumberland Gap.
Who was James Harrod?
The earthquakes in 1811-1812 impacted western Kentucky, causing the Mississippi to change its course, creating this disconnected portion of the state.
What is the Kentucky Bend?
Kentucky has more waterway area than any other state, except only this state, largest by land area.
What is Alaska?
This region was purchased from the Chickasaw in 1818
What is the Jackson Purchase?
This western KY city was raided by Nathan Bedford Forrest in 1864. It ended as a confederate win.
What is Paducah?
This boxer and activist, born in Louisville, has an airport name after him.
Who was Muhammad Ali?
This Vice president (Or how his son called it, Veep) was born in Northwestern Graves County of KY.
Who was Alben Barkley?
I hate to break it to ya, but Bluegrass, is actually this color.
What is green?
This region is the most populous, at over 1,000,000 people!
What is the Bluegrass region?
The CSA ended up winning this battle close to Central City, KY in 1861.
What is the Battle of Sacramento?
This actress and producer was born in Louisville, and starred Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games.
Who is Jennifer Lawrence?