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400

She's the queen who included aspects of both the Catholic and Protestant religions in her coronation.

Who was Queen Elizabeth I?

400

The United States is located within this hemisphere.

What is the Western hemisphere?

400

Sacagawea provided this service on Lewis and Clark's expedition.

What is interpreting?

400

It's the battle that is considered the turning point of the Civil War.

What is the Battle of Gettysburg?

400

Galileo went to trial for his belief that the Earth revolves around this object.

What is the Sun?

800

This invention made books, such as the Bible, available to more people.

What is the printing press?

800

The United States region that contains the Great Lakes.

What is the Midwest?

800

It's the reason why so many people moved to California in 1849.

What is the Gold Rush?

800

Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, and Harriet Beecher Stowe were prominent members of this anti-slavery movement.

What was the Abolitionist movement?

800

This person is now considered an American legend for warning his town that the British were invading.

Who is Paul Revere?

1200

He's the king who was invited by Parliament to invade England and ruled for six years.

Who was William of Orange?

1200

It's the region of the United States that is home to the Statue of Liberty and Washington, D. C..

What is the Mid-Atlantic Region?

1200

It's the group of people who were forced to leave their land so that white settlers could live on it.

Who are Native Americans?

1200

This Civil War general declined Abraham Lincoln's offer to lead the Union Army.

Who was Robert E. Lee?

1200

In Across Five Aprils, Bill leaves to fight in the Civil War for this army.

What is the Confederate army?

1600

It's the branch of Christianity that was formed out of disagreement with the Catholic church.

What is Protestantism?

1600

It's the mountain range that stretches across the Western side of the United States.

What are the Rocky Mountains?

1600

It's the idea that the United States should stretch from the East coast to the West coast and spread freedom across the continent.

What is Manifest Destiny?

1600

The attack on this place launched the American Civil War.

What is Fort Sumter?

1600

O Captain! My Captain! is a poem written in response to the death of this Civil War hero.

Who is Abraham Lincoln?

2000

He's the English dictator who organized the trial and execution of King Charles I.

Who was Oliver Cromwell?

2000

It's the state in our country that is located farthest South.

What is Hawaii?

2000

He paved the way for westward expansion by discovering the Cumberland Gap.

Who is Daniel Boone?

2000

The Civil War ended with a surrender at this place.

What is the Appomattox Courthouse?

2000

It’s the subordinating conjunction found in the following sentence:

Although Texas is in the Southwest region, it shares many characteristics with the South.

What is Although?