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100

This group created the first form of self-governance.

What is the Iroquois Confederacy?

100

Columbus' initial contact with Native groups in 1492 occurred in which area of the world?

What is the Caribbean?

100
The second president of the United States.

Who was John Adams?

100

He is considered to be the "father" of the U.S. Constitution.

Who is James Madison?

100

He was the founder of the Boston Beer Company.

Who is Samuel Adams?

200

In New England, between 1675 and 1676, this event was considered the last ditch effort for Native Americans to remove British settlements on their land.

What is King Philip's War? Or What is Metacom's Rebellion?

200

These are known as the "three sisters".

What are corn (maize), beans, and squash?

200

He was the 6th president of the United States.

Who was John Quincy Adams?

200

He was the fifth president of the United States.

Who is James Monroe?

200

She asked her husband to remember the ladies as they  established a new country.

Who is Abigail Adams?

300

In 1513, he initiated interaction with indigenous groups in Florida.

Who is Ponce' de Leon?

300

This European country was the first to enter the transatlantic slave trade with Africans.

What is Portugal?

300

His signature overpowered the others in signing the Declaration of Independence.

Who is John Hancock?

300

He provided the voice of Mustafa in Disney's "The Lion King".

Who is James Earl Jones?

300

Served as U.S. Minister to the UK during the Civil War. Also, son of J.Q. Adams.

Who is Charles Francis Adams, Sr.?
400

He searched for the "Fountain of Youth".

Who is Ponce' de Leon?

400

This was the confluence of the transfer of plants, animals, foods, and diseases.

What is the Columbian Exchange?

400

He was the 35th president of the United States.

Who is John F. Kennedy, Sr.?

400

He was assassinated while serving as the 20th president of the United States.

Who is James Garfield?

400

L.A. Rams wide receiver.

Who is Davante Adams?

500

In 1887, this Act split communal tribal land into individual allotments, aimed at assimilation.

What is the Dawes Act?

500

This cultivated West African nut also known as a goober.

What is a peanut?

500

He was the longest serving Supreme Court Justice in U.S. history.

Who is John Marshall?

500

He was a renowned 20th century playwright, novelist, and activist.

Who is James Baldwin?

500

A body part with a "fruity" name.

What is an Adam's Apple?