People
Colonialism
The Space Race
The Antebellum South
Corruption / Scandals
100

Who made proposed a square deal to the U.S. citizens?

Theodore Roosevelt

100

What was the first successful British colony in the American mainland?

Jamestown

100

What was the first satellite launched by the Americans?

Explorer 1

100

What was one major trait of the Antebellum South?

Slavery (or anything at Mr. Carlson's discretion)

100

Who did Bill Clinton "not have relations with?"

Monica Lewinsky

200

Who was Supreme Allied Commander in the European theatre during WWII?

Dwight D. Eisenhower

200

What did the Mayflower Compact do?

It allowed for self-government in Plymouth

200

Who led the American Space Race effort? (Hint: He was German)

Werhner von Braun

200

What was the first state to secede before the Civil War

South Carolina

200

Who supported John Quincy Adams in the Corrupt Bargain of the 1824 election?

Henry Clay

300

What year did Abraham Lincoln die?

1865

300

What ism provided the European nations with motivation to have colonies?

Mercantilism

300

Who challenged the American people to put a man on the moon before the end of the decade?

John F. Kennedy

300

What was mostly replaced by sharecropping after the Civil War?

Plantation Farming

300

What was so important about the Watergate building?

It was the Democratic National Committee headquarters

400

What is Vladimir Lenin known for?

He led the Russian Bolshevik Revolution after WW1

400

The Boston Massacre would have been a much less significant event without publication by what patriot?

Paul Revere

400

What day did Apollo 11 land on the Moon?

July 20th, 1969

400

What invention made slavery much more profitable and arguably made the Civil War inevitable, and who invented it?

Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin

400

Who was president during the Teapot Dome Scandal?

Warren G. Harding

500

Who led the Chinese Communist Revolution?

Mao Zedong

500

Who grew the first cash crop in the American mainland?

John Rolfe grew tobacco as a cash crop in Jamestown

500

Who was the Soviet "Chief Designer?"

Sergei Korolev

500

What state had the most slaves just before the Civil War?

Virginia

500

Who did John Eaton probably have an affair with?

Margaret "Peggy" O'Neill (Later changed to Eaton)