This is the name given to miners who flocked to California for the gold rush
What is 49ers
100
She worked with Lucretia Mott to organize the first women's rights convention in 1848.
Who is Elizabeth Cady Stanton
100
Invented the cotton gin and a system of interchangeable parts
Who is Eli Whitney
100
Five men are arrested for breaking into the Democratic National Committee's headquarters to steal campaign secrets.
What is Watergate
100
Declaration of Independence is adopted (Month, day, year)
What is July 4, 1776
200
In 1890 this battle marked the end of Native American resistance
What is the Battle of Wounded Knee
200
She advocated for the reform of prisons and asylums for the mentally ill
Who is Dorothea Dix
200
He brought the plans for an English textile mill to the United States and set up the first mill.
Who is Samuel Slater
200
The staff of the US Embassy in this country is taken hostage and held for 444 days starting in November 1979.
What is Iran
200
Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert Kennedy are assassinated, riots at Democratic Convention in Chicago and the Tet Offensive made this a very chaotic year.
What is 1968
300
This law took away 80% of the Indian lands by requiring them to register for land as individuals rather than as tribes
What is the Dawes Severalty Act
300
She is the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court.
Who is Sandra Day O'Connor
300
He paid his workers an unheard of wage of $5/hour but demanded they adhere to a strict moral code - no swearing, no drinking.
Who is Henry Ford
300
Four students are shot by the National Guard on this college campus in Ohio
What is Kent State
300
The battles of Gettysburg and Vicksburg occurred at the beginning of this month in 1863.
What is July 1-3
400
This historian wrote a famous thesis on the effect of the frontier on the United States. He thought the west provided a safety valve by giving the poor an area to move to and get a new start.
Who is Frederick Jackson Turner
400
These sisters grew up in a family that owned slaves but became abolitionist speakers
Who are Sarah and Angelina Grimke
400
This millionaire and philanthropist believed in the Gospel of Wealth.
Who is Andrew Carnegie
400
President Nixon visited these two Communist countries on visits arranged by Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger.
What is China and the Soviet Union
400
Pearl Harbor is attacked (Month, day, year)
What is December 7, 1941
500
This is the name for the Great Plains in the early 1800s when many people thought the land there was not fit to settle on and should be left to the Indians.
What is the Great American Desert
500
A social reformer who founded Hull House in Chicago. It was a settlement house to help immigrants cope with life in the United States.
Who is Jane Addams
500
This man controlled 90% of the oil pipelines in America in the late 1800s. He formed Standard Oil Company.
Who is John D. Rockefeller
500
President Carter granted amnesty to this group of people who fled to Canada in the late 1960s and early 1970s.