Nicknames
Abraham Lincoln's nickname.
What is Honest Abe?
The woman who started the American Red Cross.
Who was Clara Barton?
An old Spanish mission used as a fort by the Texans.
What is the Alamo?
A person, real or fictional, who is admired by the people of a particular place for his accomplishments.
What is a folk hero?
The man who wrote the first American dictionary.
Who is Noah Webster?
Clara Barton's nickname.
What is The Angel of the Battlefield?
The general of the Confederate Army.
Who was Robert E. Lee?
The country Texans fought against for their independence.
What is Mexico?
The document that freed the slaves.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
The woman who wrote the book Little Women.
Who is Louisa May Alcott?
Ulysses S. Grant's nickname.
What is Unconditional Surrender?
Escaped slave who helped many people, including her family, find their way to freedom.
Who was Harriet Tubman?
This author's home was a stop on the Underground Railroad.
A person who draws plans for a building.
What is an architect?
The author of the poem Snow-Bound and four volumes of Christian poetry expressing love for God.
Who is John Greenleaf Whittier?
He was "chief of many chiefs" and father of Pocahontas.
The Mexican president who fought against the Texans.
Who was Santa Anna?
The famous pioneer who died at the Alamo.
Who is Davy Crockett?
A trip taken by a group of people to explore a new place.
What is an expedition?
Three books usually found in a one-room schoolhouse.
What is a primer, a speller, and a Bible?
American Patriot who said, "Give me liberty or give me death".
Who is Patrick Henry?
The leader that the Texans chose to fight for their freedom from Mexico.
The name given to the southern states during the Civil War.
What is the Confederate States of America?
The event where thousands of buildings were destroyed in Illinois.
What is the Great Chicago Fire?
The reason Noah Webster's first book became known as the Blue-Backed Speller
What is a blue cover?