Colonization
What was the first town founded in the 13 colonies that never collapsed and thrived due to the use of tabaco farming?
Jamestown
Who was the first president of the United States?
George Washington
What was the main issue of the civil war?
Slavery or Preserving the Union
What event on December 7th, 1941 caused the United States to join WW2?
Pearl Harbor
Which two countries were the two superpowers of the world during the cold war?
United States and the Soviet Union
The new England Colonies was mostly made up of what religious group?
Puritan
Daily Double
The first two parties formed after the constitution was ratified was the Federalist and Democratic Republicans. Who were the leaders of each party?
Daily Double
The Civil War saw two presidents of the Civil War, Lincoln and Jefferson Davis. Which General of the Confederate States was asked to be the leader by both Presidents?
Robert Edward Lee
What ethnic group was seen with suspicious in the United States with many of them being sent to federal camps and any who chose to serve in the military were not allowed to fight in the Pacific theatre?
Asians
During the Korean War General Douglass McArthur wanted to nuke China, however he was fired by this U.S. President.
Harry S Truman
Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn who was apart of this religious group?
Quaker
Thomas Jefferson was a proponent of limiting the federal government, however what event did he do that was seen by him as maybe overstepping the power of the president?
The Louisiana Purchase
General Sherman of the Union went South and burned major cities of which Southern State?
Georgia
D day was a strategy to launch an assault on Normandy France, but what U.S. General and future president is credited for the strategy?
Dwight D Eisenhower
Airlifts
What city was infamous for its witch trials?
Salem
1. Stay independent in foreign affairs by not having long term allies
2. Do not form political parties
3. Stay out of debt
4. Get well educated
Abraham Lincoln ran for president under the new formed Republican party. That party was united on the evil of slavery's, but with different views on how to handle it. What were one of two solutions Lincoln supported to limit Slavery? If both solutions are said you will get double points.
1. Limit the spread of Slavery by making every new state a free state.
2. Send freed slaves to Liberia to create their own nation.
The United States created the first Atomic Bomb in the Manhattan Project. After its test in Arizona the creator was worried about the future effects of his creation. What was the creators name?
Robert Openhiemer
Name at least 3 Presidents that were in office during the cold war and played important roles in the cold war. If you name one event important to the cold war during each of the 3 presidents terms then the points will double.
Up to me because there is too much to write down
What cultural group was Benjamin Franklin afraid would mix badly with Pennsylvanians?
German
Which General in the War of 1812 was important in the purchase of Spanish Florida, a future president, the creator of the Democratic Party, and passed legislation that said all white men citizens could vote.
Andrew Jackson
Why did the Confederates stop in Gettysburg?
For shoes, because it had a shoe factory and many of the soldiers had no shoes.
Many American heroes formed in World War 2, however only one earned a medal of honor as a conscience objector for saving the life of over 70 men at the Battle of Hacksaw on Okinawa island in the Pacific theatre. Who was the soldier?
Desmond Doss
Glasnot and the arms race were factors in ending the Cold War. Name the 3 Leaders most responsible for ending the Cold War in the late 1980s. The leaders should correspond with the United States, UK, and Soviet Union.
Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, and Mikael Gorbachev