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Civil War/Reconstruction
American Women
Presidents
World War I
Great Depression
100
_____ Surrendered to ______ April 9th 1865
General Lee surrendered to General Grant.
100
Clara Barton is known for?
Founding the Red Cross
100
Presidents are part of what government branch?
Executive Branch
100
Why did World War I become a World War?
Entangling Alliances
100
What marked the beginning of the depression.
The stock market crash
200
The Emancipation Proclamation philosophically did what?
Changed the meaning of the war.
200
Uncle Tom's cabin was written by..
Harriet Beecher Stowe
200
Which president said "A house divided against it's self will not stand?"
Abraham Lincoln
200
Which battle was the bloodiest day in World War I?
Battle of the Somme (Day one)
200
What year did the stock market crash?
October 1929
300
Where was the first shot fired in the Civil War?
Fort Sumter
300
In 1911 in New York city 123 women died in the awful accident called..
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire
300
Who was the heaviest president?
Taft!! (He got stuck in his bathtub a lot and needed help getting out)
300
Who were the members of the Triple Entente?
Russia, Great Britain, France
300
What did people try to desperately sell for 5 cents each?
Apples
400
What was Lincoln's policy on slavery initially?
You may have it, but it may not spread
400
Susan B Anthony worked towards?
The women's right to vote
400
James Madison was the first graduate from which college?
Princeton University
400
Which country "switched teams" in World War I?
Italy
400
People stood in _____ ______ to receive food
Bread lines
500
ABOUT how many Americans died in the Civil War? The majority died because of ____
627,000 men died in the Civil War, the majority from disease/infection
500
Who was the first woman in America to receive an MD (Medical Degree)
Elizabeth Blackwell
500
Who served presidency from 1901-1909
Theodore Roosevelt
500
Which general kept sending British troops "Over the top" at the battle of the somme
General Haig
500
Because money circulation was so low, the United States stopped minting which coin?
The Nickel