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What did the astronaut call the objects that looked like "Cosmic fireflies"?
Satellites
In 1825, a new canal spanning 363 miles (584 km) was completed after difficult and dangerous construction. Which canal was this?
The Erie Canal
Who claimed Alaska and, in 1821, announced that its empire extended south into the Oregon Country, between Russian Alaska and the western United States?
Russia
What agricultural product was central to the South's economy?
Cotton
What color of flag did the small boat fly for safe passage?
White
What was the weather event mentioned that affected a house in Pennsylvania?
A Snowstorm
By 1850, over 700 steamboats, also called what, traveled along the nation’s waterways. What was another name for these steamboats?
Riverboats
These groups united with other Native Americans and adopted what name, meaning "runaway"?
Seminole
What invention caused cotton production to soar in the South?
Cotton Gin
How many small boats did the British use to tow the ship?
4 boats
Mercury and what other planet does not have natural satellites?
Venus
When people referred to the "Iron Horse" as a new form of transportation, what were they talking about?
Train
Between 1816 and 1824, the Supreme Court under which Chief Justice issued several rulings that helped unify the nation after the War of 1812?
John Marshall
Who led the largest slave rebellion in U.S. history?
Nat Turner
How long was the meeting between John Andre and General Arnold?
2 Hours
What percentage of food banks reported a higher demand for food assistance?
85%
By 1844, the first long-distance telegraph line connected which city to Baltimore?
Washington D.C.
The 1819 case the Supreme Court concerned which state's attempt to tax the Second Bank of the United States?
Maryland
The majority of white Southern families existed as
yeoman farmers.
What laid all over around the path John Andre was taking?
Boulders
How many people are estimated to be food insecure worldwide according to the UN?
868 million
Who was the inventor of the cotton gin and also popularized the concept of interchangeable parts, transforming gun-making from a one-by-one process into a factory process?
Eli Whitney
ho won the presidency in 1816 with 83 percent of the electoral vote, leading to the decline of the Federalist Party?
James Monroe
Engine
What time did the meeting between Andre and Arnold end?
4 A.M