Walter
The men who were elected to congress in 1810 were called what?
(2 words, first word is "war")
War Hawks
Who was the 4th president of the United States during the war of 1812?
(His last name is the name of someone in the room.)
James Madison
Was Harriet Tubman born a slave or a free woman?
Slave
What do you call the imaginary line that divides the earth into 2 halves?
Equator
Which simple machine helps us lift or open things easier?
Lever
What is another name for a flat surface?
Plane
Most insects are smaller than your what?
fingernail
What does the phrase E Pluribus Unum mean?
(3 words)
one from many
How did most immigrants travel to America?
ships
What is the right to vote called?
Suffurage
What do you call the wife of the president?
First Lady
What does the red stripe on the Mexican flag stand for?
blood lost in war
What do we call a government that is ruled by the people?
Democracy
Who won the battle of Thermopolae?
Persians
Which is the longest river in Asia?
Yangtze River
Who made the giant flag for fort McHenry?
(3 words)
Mary Young Pickersgill
Who was the lawyer who wrote the national anthem?
Francis Scott Key
What is the name of the secret organization that rescued slaves from the south?
Underground Railroad
How many states sent delegates to attend the constitutional convention?
12
Who is the father of the constitution?
James Madison
What do you use to successfully measure distance on a map?
scale
Which trail took pioneers 6 months to reach the far west?
Oregon Trail
Who created a system of writing for the Cherokee people?
Sequoyah
What can be used to reduce friction?
Lubricant
What do you call an insects' skeleton which is outside their body?
Exoskeleton