US History
This important document in our nation's history was signed by William Paca.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Frederick County was part of this county before it was made into its own county.
What is Price George's County?
This term is used for a person who is a member of a community, state, or country.
What is a citizen?
Name Christianity's sacred book.
What is the Bible?
This is where Europeans first settled in Maryland.
Where is near the Chesapeake Bay?
Charles Carroll was the first person from Maryland to be elected to fill this position.
What is the U.S. Senator for Maryland?
Before integration, this was Frederick's all-black high school.
What was Lincoln High School?
This is the word for a city that serves as the seat of government.
What is a capital?
It's the nickname often used for the Battle of Monocacy.
What is "The Battle that Saved Washington"?
This person owned the land that became Frederick County.
Who was Daniel Dulany?
The Presidential retreat called Camp David is located in this National Park.
What is Catoctin Mountain Park?
The Frederick Hustlers baseball team became the minor team for this major league team.
Who are the Cleveland Indians?
This is what you call the power of the President to deny a bill passed by Congress.
What is veto power?
The charter of Maryland was given by the King of England to this man.
Who was George Calvert?
Name one of the major nationalities that made up Frederick's early population.
Who were the British or Germans?
Name two buildings in Washington, DC that the British burned during the War of 1812.
What are:
1) The White House
2) The Capitol
3) The Naval Yard?
Several of our fire companies were also local militia companies. This is the name of the members of the Junior Fire Company.
What were the Junior Defenders?
This level of government makes laws for communities.
What is local government?
Maryland slaves were emancipated on this date with a new Maryland Constitution.
What is November 1, 1864?
The Catoctin Furnace was founded in 1774 by these two brothers.
Who were James & Thomas Johnson?
This person was in charge of the Union troops at the Battle of Monocacy.
Who was Lew Wallace?
This is why the Frederick Fair closed in 1918.
What is influenza?
This is how leaders of government are chosen in a representative democracy.
What is voting or elections?
This person issued Special Orders 191 in September 1862.
Who was Robert E. Lee?
This was the first colony in Massachusetts.
What was Plymouth?