Early America
Mexican Americans in KC
Native Americans
University of Kansas Sports
100

What preacher first talked about America being a "city on a hill"?

John Winthrop 

100

This religion (or sect of a religion) serves as a visible representation of Mexican heritage 

Catholicism 

100

This government program to forcibly relocate thousands and thousands of Native Americans is better known as 

The Trail of Tears

100

The first-ever basketball coach at the University of Kansas 

Dr. James Naismith 

200

What Rebellion had both indentured white workers and Black Slaves? 

Bacon's Rebellion

200

This holiday commemorates the appearance of the Lady de Guadalupe to the Mexican Indian Juan Diego

The Feast of the Lady de Guadalupe

200

This Native American leader was known as a skilled orator, warrior, and promoted unity Among Native American tribes against the growing American Nation  

Tecumseh

200

This KU athlete holds the American indoor record in the 1000 meters 

Bryce Hoppel

300

This group of religious fundamentalists came to America in hopes of getting away from English oppressors

puritans

300

The name of the bread shared by Mexicans 

Mazapan

300

Manifest Destiny was an American philosophy that eventually forced out many Native Americans from their own land, it was first written by 

John O'Sullivan

300

Bob Stanclift brought the KU Women's softball team to the big 8 conference championship during these two years 

1977 & 1979

400

This town in the colony of Virginia held the first enslaved Africans in 1619 

Jamestown 

400

Mexicans were recruited in the early 20th century to work for

Railroad companies 

400

This, pretty racist, archetype shows native peoples as being in touch with nature and having a lot of wisdom 

noble savage 

400

Elliott Howe  is a KU athlete in the women's swim and dive team that is from what town in the United States?

Bountiful, Utah

500

This explorer was the first white European to ever discover the continental America 

Leif Erikson

500

This man became the first elected Mexican-American 

Joseph Marion Hernández

500

During the second world war, these Native Americans helped the military and went largely unrecognized like many other people of color during the war 

Navajo Code Talkers 

500

During the 2008 Orange Bowl game, this person served as the KU's Director of Football Operations 

George Matsakis