1500-1700
What was the first settlement in North America called?
Jamestown
What year was the Declaration of Independence signed?
1776
Where was the capital before it was moved to Washington DC?
Pennsylvania
What was Abraham Lincolns most famous speech?
Gettysburg Address
What brought the US into World War 2?
Pearl Harbor
What ship did the pilgrims first arrive on?
Mayflower
What act was the main reason for the revolution?
Stamp Act
Who owned Florida before the British Colonists?
Spain
Who killed Abraham Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
What two cities were bombed in Japan?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
What was New York called before it was taken from the Dutch?
New Amsterdam
What territory was the French and Indian War fought over?
Ohio River Valley
What was the purpose of the Lewis and Clark expedition?
Find a river that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean
Who wrote Uncle Toms Cabin?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Who was assassinated to spark WW1
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
What did the Old World NOT bring to the New World?
a. Goats
b. Milk
c. Bread
d. Guinea Pigs
d. Guinea Pigs
How many people died in the Boston Massacre?
a. 50
b. 5
c. 15
d. 500
b. 5
Who wrote Star Spangled Banner?
Francis Scott Key
What state was first to secede from the Union?
South Carolina
What was Hoover leather?
When cardboard was attached to the soles of shoes
What was the only word left behind in the disappearance of the Roanoke colonies?
Croatoan
How much money in the form of tea did they dump into the harbor during the Boston Tea Party?
a. $2,000,000
b. $1,700,000
c. $1,500,000
d. $1,300,000
b. $1,700,000
How many square miles was the Louisiana Purchase?
a. 890,000 sq mi
b. 860,000 sq mi
c. 830,00 sq mi
d. 800,000 sq mi
c. 830,00 sq mi
How did William Lincoln (Abraham Lincolns Son) die?
a. Typhoid Fever
b. Scarlet Fever
c. Tuberculosis
d. Fighting in the Civil War
a. Typhoid Fever
September 29th, 2005