An author known for novels and great stories about Florida.
Who is Ernest Hemingway?
100
What war was caused by the following 3 things?
-the sinking of the USS Maine naval ship
-Cuba wanted their independence from Spain
-Most Americans supported Cuba’s freedom
What is the Spanish-American War?
100
This invention revolutionized how we communicate.
What is the computer?
100
This man invented the first telephone.
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
100
The "Great War" that had MANY countries involved in it.
What is World War I?
200
These people came from the North to make money off southerners.
What is carpetbaggers?
200
The invention that Henry Ford made.
What is the assembly line?
200
A law to free slaves in the South.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
200
A group of nations from all over the world that cooperate on issues that they agree are important
What is the United Nations?
200
The city that was made the capitol of Florida because it was midway between the two capitals of East and West Florida.
What is Tallahassee?
300
These people were southerners who cheered for the North during the Civil War.
Who are scalawags?
300
This was caused when Japan attacked the United States at Pearl Harbor.
What is World War II?
300
This was caused when the stock market crashed.
What is the Great Depression?
300
The name of the military effort from the U.S. and 38 other countries to drive Iraq out of Kuwait.
What is Operation Desert Storm?
300
The code name for the secret project to develop the atomic bomb.
What is the Manhattan Project?
400
This part of the United States wanted to own slaves during the time of the Civil War.
What is the South?
400
The three countries that the United States fought to bring Peace to during the three contemporary wars.
What are Korea, Vietnam, and Kuwait?
400
These two things were built by Henry Flagler to get tourists and workers to come to Florida.
What are railroads and hotels?
400
The first phrase that was ever said over the telephone.
What is “Watson, come over here. I need you.”
400
President Roosevelt introduced this program to help ease the Great Depression.
What is the New Deal?
500
This part of the United States did not want to own slaves at the time of the civil war.
What is the North?
500
This form of communication used simple dots and dashes that could be transmitted.
What is Morse Code?
500
The Group of brave and tough men that Theodore Roosevelt was in charge of during the Spanish-American War.
What are the Rough Riders?
500
An American hero who led the Rough Riders into battle during the Spanish American War and won.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
500
This man built railroads and hotels so people could come to Florida from the north.