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This word describes a meal that is a combination of breakfast and lunch.
What is brunch?
Her name means "Bird Woman," and she served as a guide for the Lewis and Clark expedition.
Who is Sacagawea?
This frontiersman and explorer was born in a small cabin and later served as a U.S. Congressman.
Who is Davy Crockett?
This is the average number of times an adult breathes per minute when resting.
What is eighteen?
This group, known as the "true people of the land," taught the Pilgrims how to grow food to survive harsh winters.
Who are the Wampanoag?
This term refers to fog that is mixed with smoke and pollution.
What is smog?
This woman, a 6-foot-tall former slave, became the first African-American woman to work for the U.S. Post Office.
Who is "Stagecoach" Mary Fields?
This French Canadian trapper won Sacagawea in a gambling game and made her one of his wives
Who is Toussaint Charbonneau?
This is the total number of days the Mayflower sailed across the ocean before reaching land.
What is 66?
One job for girls in Wampanoag culture was to throw pebbles and sticks to protect the corn from these birds.
What are crows?
This French word literally means "suitcase," reflecting how two words close into one piece.
What is portmanteau?
Although single women weren't accepted as missionaries at the time, she eventually reached the Oregon territory with her husband, Marcus.
Who is Narcissa Whitman?
Davy Crockett died in 1836 while fighting for freedom at this famous Texas battle.
What is the Battle of the Alamo?
Davy Crockett was this age when he ran away from home to avoid trouble with his father.
What is 13?
Most passengers on the Mayflower spent their time in this dark, cramped space underneath the main deck.
What is the 'tween decks?
To break something violently or shatter it, you use this blend of "smack" and "mash".
What is smash?
This woman is credited with inventing the first practical mechanical dishwasher in 1886.
Who is Josephine Cochrane? (Note: The name is spelled out in the document's puzzle)
This man was a doctor and missionary who traveled the "dusty trail" west with his wife, Narcissa.
Who is Marcus Whitman?
This is the age at which "Stagecoach" Mary Fields finally stopped driving the U.S. mail coach.
What is 70?
This was the primary diet for those traveling on the Mayflower.
What are biscuits, fish stew, and oatmeal?
If you are hasty, rash, or unthinking, you might be described with this blend of "bold" and "rash".
What is brash?
At age ten, she was taken prisoner by the Hidatsa Indians after her village was raided.
Who is Sacagawea?
Davy Crockett became a recognized leader during this specific conflict.
What is the Creek Indian War?
Sacagawea was born in this year, just four years after Davy Crockett.
What is 1790?
A tragic revolt occurred at the Whitman mission because of a lie claiming the Whitmans were doing this during a measles outbreak.
What is poisoning the natives?