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Christopher Columbus
Misc.
New World Crops
Slavery
Historical Controversy
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What year did Columbus land on an island in the Caribbean Sea?
1492
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What age do you have to be before running for President of the United States?
35
100
What is one crop that was introduced to people and Indians grew different types of?
Corn
100
Slavery was limited to adults? true or false
false
100
What was the Quartering Act?
It ordered the colonists to house the troops.
200
Name the three ships that sailed with Columbus.
Nina, Pinta, and the Santa Maria.
200
How old do you have to be to run for Congress?
25
200
Name some foods that came from America?
Potatoes, sweet potatoes, beans, or squash.
200
Name something a slave was made to do?
Work in the fields, cook, clean, sew, or build.
200
What is the Stamp Act?
Forced the colonists to pay a tax on printed paper.
300
At what age did Columbus become a sailor?
14
300
How do you become a citizen of the US?
Be born in the US or take the test to become a US citizen.
300
Food first grown by American Indians were?
Pineapple and tomatoes.
300
How were slaved transported on the Middle passage?
Bottom of a ship, laying side by side, chained together.
300
What was the Boston Massacre?
The murder of several people who cannot defend themselves in Boston.
400
Why did Columbus want to sail ships west across the Atlantic Ocean?
To explore new trade routes to Asia.
400
Who won the debate in our class?
Patriots
400
What product comes from cacao?
chocolate
400
What role did Harriett Thubman play in slavery?
Underground railroad.
400
What was the Boston Tea Party?
Colonists threw tea in the harbor to protest the Tea Act.
500
How did Columbus fund his trip?
Queen Isabella gave him money to fund his trip.
500
Who is our current govenor of Iowa?
Terry Branstad
500
What is one of the cash crops?
tobacco
500
What was the underground railroad?
It was a way of finding your way to safe places to get you away from slavery to freedom.
500
What were the Intolerable Acts?
After the Boston Tea Party, new laws passed to force people to obey Great Britian. People called these laws the Intolerable Acts.