Period 1-2
Who was the Spaniard that first "discovered" America in 1492?
Who was Christopher Columbus?
Who was the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution?
Who was George Washington?
What was the name of the man who shot and killed Alexander Hamilton during a duel?
Who was Aaron Burr?
Who was the successful Union General that later became president in 1869?
Who was Ulysses S. Grant?
From which country did the story of Santa Claus originate from?
What is Turkey?
What was the first permanent English settlement in America?
What is Jamestown, Virginia?
What was the name of the conflict between Great Britain and France over claims to America?
What was the 7 Years War?
What was the reform movement that rose to prominence around the 1830's, that sought to lower the amount of alcohol the average American was drinking?
What is the Temperance Movement?
What did the 15th Amendment entail?
What is the right for citizens in America to vote cannot be denied by their race?
What is the (self proclaimed) smallest "country" in the world?
What is Sealand?
What treaty established in 1494 divided the new world between Spain and Portugal?
What is the Treaty of Tordesillas?
What was the name of the half African, half American-Indian man who was shot and killed during the Boston Massacre?
Who was Crispus Attucks?
What was the name of the Slave that Thomas Jefferson had an affair with?
Who was Sally Hemmings?
What were the three steps to the Anaconda Plan?
What is:
1) Blockade the South
2) Control the Mississippi River
3) Ambush them at Richmond
When was the Holy Roman Empire abolished?
What English-American preacher came to prominence during the first great awakening for his outdoor revivals?
Who was George Whitefield?
Which state did NOT attend the Constitutional Convention?
What is Rhode Island?
What word means "before the war", specifically in this cased, before the Civil War?
What is Antebellum?
What was the first regiment of black soldiers during the Civil War?
What was the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment?
Which country considered painting Mt. Fuji red during WWII?
What is America?
What were the three things James Oglethorpe banned in Georgia?
What is slavery, alcohol, and lawyers?
What were the 4 Intolerable Acts?
What is:
1) Closing the Boston port
2) The Massachusetts Government Act
3) Administration of Justice
4) Expansion of the Quartering Act
What was the name of the first Highway in America?
What is Cumberland Road?
What was the estimated death toll of the New York draft riots?
What is 119?
What was the name of the shortest war in history, which only lasted ~38 minutes?
What is the Anglo-Zanzibar War?