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100
I successfully memorized the construction of textile machines, disguised myself as a farm hand and escaped to the United States in 1789.
Who was Samuel Slater?
100
Name this place
What is Old Slater Mill, Pawtucket Rhode Island?
100
A gun designed with a revolving cylinder that allowed the user to fire multiple times before reloading.
What is a Colt .45 Revolver
100
The 1st telegraph message.
What was "What hath God wrought!"
200
I am a former slave who was one of the most brilliant, eloquent and most radical.
Who was Frederick Douglass?
200
Developed as a means of hiding fleeing slaves and leading them to safety and freedom in the North.
What was the Underground Railroad?
200
I became known as one of the best-known painters of the Hudson River School. This is one of my landscapes.
Who was Thomas Cole?
200
The Second Great Awakening began here.
What is the East?
300
I was the most important composer of the period. I wrote "Camptown Races", "My Old Kentucky Home", "Oh, Susanna".
Who was Stephen Foster?
300
A series of regular religious services lasting several days and often help outdoors.
What was a Camp Meeting?
300
These elementary reading books taught generations of American rules for living as well as rules for grammar.
What was McGruffy Readers?
300
Some call it the Third Great Awakening, these daily meetings were held during the noon lunch hour. Nearly a million people were converted as a result of these revivals.
What was the Prayer Meeting Revival?
400
I was a former slave, a circuit rider in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, I started the African Methodist Episcopal Church in Philadelphia.
Who was Richard Allen?
400
Probably the most significant camp meeting was held here. Attendance estimates say 10-25 thousand people attended.
50 Bonus points in you know the year.
What was Cane Ridge, Kentucky?
When was 1801?
400
A social evil that reformers attacked. Reformers called for a ban on the sale and consumption of alcohol. What was this called.
What was Prohibition?
400
I set up food stores in which only healthful foods were available. I recommended soaking one's head in cold water as a cure for headaches.
Who was Sylvester Graham?
500
I launched a newspaper, the Liberator, dedicated to attacking the moral evil of slavery.
Who was William Lloyd Garrison?
500
We were driven out of New York, Ohio, and Illinois. Our leader Brigham Young led us to this place where a large temple was built.
Where is Salt Lake City, Utah?
500
This book frequently cited Bible passages to illustrate the meanings of words.
100 Bonus points if you know the American educators name who authored it.
What was An American Dictionary of the English Language?
Who was Noah Webster?
500
Inventor of the telegraph
Who was Samuel F.B. Morse?
600
I was one of the most important reformers of the era. A schoolteacher and writer. I taught Sunday school class in a Massachusetts prison.
Who was Dorothea Dix?
600
The hub of the slave trade, even after that trade was made illegal.
What was New York City?
600
This was raced for 13 miles against a horse.
50 Bonus points if you know who won.
What was the Tom Thumb Train?
Who was the horse? 🐎
600
What did the B & O stand for in B & O Railroad?
What is Baltimore and Ohio?