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100
This is the war where we fought the British for our Independence?
What is the Revolutionary War?
100
Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue in...?
What is 1492?
100
Taking place in Salem, Massachusetts this span of time was prominent with accusations of others dealing in witch craft therefore forced to death.
What is the Salem Witch Trials
100
He was the first black major league baseball player. Joe DiMaggio, Sammie Sosa, Jackie Robinson
Who is Jackie Robinson?
100
The war that occurred in the year 1812
What is the War of 1812?
200
The main author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
200
The first colony that the pilgrims set up was called
What is Plymouth or Plymouth Rock?
200
An incident on March 5, 1770 where British redcoats killed five civilian colonists in Massachusetts.
What is the Boston Massacre?
200
She was the first woman to fly a plane solo across the Atlantic in 1932.
Who is Amelia Earhart?
200
What was the war where the Northern states fought the southern states in the United States? (For an extra 100 points, when did the war occur?

What is the Civil War?

Apr 12,1861- May 13,1865

300
This was the year of the first 4th of July: 1786, 1676, 1776
What is 1776?
300
Christopher Columbus sailed for Portugal but was actually from....?
What is Italy?
300
The removal of Native Americans in1838 from the southeast United States was known as the trail of: Blood, Sadness, Tears, Torment
What is Tears?
300
First person to discover electricity
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
300
Name the two sides of World War II. Extra 100 points if you can name which side the US was on.
What is Axis and Allies (US were Allies)
400
He was King of Britain when we declared Independence? King Henry VII, King John, King George III
Who is King George III?
400
What Native American group helped the pilgrims in the first Thanksgiving? Sioux, Wampanoag, Cherokee
Who are the Wampanoag?
400
This was the year the stock market crashed and started the Great Depression.
What is 1929?
400
This was the first president to live in the White House
Who is John Adams?
400
The Vietnam War ended after the fall of this city in 1975: Tokyo, Hanoi, Saigon
What is Saigon?
500
The city where Congress met to draft and adopt the Declaration of Independence.
What is Philadelphia, Pennsylvania?
500

The colors of the American flag stand for:

a) red: hardiness, white: purity and innocence, blue: perseverance and justice

b) red: compassion, white: peace and unity, blue: remembrance

c) red: revolution, white: stability, blue: integrity

What is a) red: hardiness, white: purity and innocence, blue: perseverance and justice

500
The U.S. invaded this country in 2003 on the basis of alleged reports saying it possessed Weapons of Mass Destruction.
What is Iraq?
500
The first American astronaut to orbit the earth, circling it three times.
Who is John Glenn?
500
The country where the effort to combat terrorism world-wide (the War on Terrorism) after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001?
What is Afghanistan?