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100
_______________ started the Revolutionary War in 1775.
What is the Battle of Lexington and Concord.
100
Name 3 major battles of the Civil War.
What was the Battle of Bull Run, the Battle of Antietam, the Battle of Fredericksburg, the Battle of Chancellorsville, the Battle of Shiloh, the Battle of Donelson, the Battle of Vicksburg, Battle of Chattanooga, Battle of Gettysburg, Battle of Chickamauga, or the Battle of Cold Harbor
100
This is the year the Declaration of Independence was signed.
What is 1776
100
Name the 3 branches of government
What is the Legislative Branch, the Executive Branch and the Judicial Branch.
200
Thomas Paine wrote this document in 1776.
What is 'Common Sense'.
200
This year was the year the Emancipation Proclamation was delivered to the public.
What was 1863
300
During the Battle of Yorktown, the Americans won because they had Yorktown under __________.
What is siege
300
The place where Commander Robert E. Lee surrendered.
What is the Appomattox Court House
300
The state of Maryland was named after what person
Who is Mary
400
The colonist threw this many chests of tea in the Boston Harbor during the Boston Tea Party
What is 342 chests.
400
Name 3 things women did for the North or South during the Civil War.
What is supplying troops, holding fundraisers to gather money, working as nurses, setting up hospitals and setting up camps for freed slaves.
400
This person wrote the poem that was inscribed on the base of the Statue of Liberty.
Who was Emma Lazarus
400
Name 8 out of 10 amendments on the Bill of Rights
What is Freedom of religion, speech, press and assembly; right to bear arms, right to not house soldiers, right to search and seizure, rights of the accused, right to speedy trial by jury, right to jury trial in civil cases, right to bail and punishment, powers reserved to the people and powers reserved to the states
500
During the French and Indian War both England and France had Native American allies. Name those allies for both England and France.
Who were the Iroquois (England), the Algonquins and the Hurons (France).
500
Name the 11 states that joined the Confederate States of America after the firing on Fort Sumter
What are South Carolina, Texas, Georgia, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, Arkansas, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Virginia