1500s and earlier
The English settlement on Roanoke Island is now better known by what nickname?
What is the Lost Colony
This Massachusetts town is best known for its witch trials.
What is Salem
This man wrote the Declaration of Independence, served as President, and antagonized Alexander Hamilton - among many other things. Also a graduate of William & Mary.
Who is Thomas Jefferson
Who is George Washington
Bootleggers in the South needed fast cars - and led to the creation of this uniquely American sport.
What is NASCAR
Societies who wander from place to place are known as this.
What is nomadic
This settlement is known as the first permanent, English settlement in the New World. Mrs. Freeman used to work there!
What is Jamestown
Not robots! This "society of Friends" promoted tolerance and was against slavery.
Who are the Quakers
The forced migration of the Cherokee people to the West is now best known by this sad nickname.
What is the Trail of Tears
This is known as the largest civil rights protest in history.
What is the March on Washington
Not just computers and cell phones! This category of items includes anything made by people to do a job - like bows, arrows, or spears.
What is technology
This disease, brought to the New World by Europeans, decimated the Native American population.
What is smallpox
British soldiers in the American Revolution were known by this nickname - referencing their recognizable outerwear.
What are Redcoats
This town in North Carolina is known as "the furniture capital of the world." You won't leave there feeling low!
What is High Point
North Carolina was the first state to require vaccinations against this childhood illness.
What is polio
Native American groups were often named and categorized based on this (eg: Algonquian).
What is language
This US holiday was first celebrated in Plymouth, Mass. in 1621.
What is Thanksgiving
A military operation in which enemy forces surround a town or building with the aim of compelling the surrender of those inside. The Battle of Yorktown was one.
What is a siege
No hard feelings here! This period in the early 1800s was marked by peace, prosperity, and strong nationalism.
What is the Era of Good Feelings
Richard Nixon faced this process - when an official is accused of wrongdoing - but evaded it by resigning. Bill Clinton did not avoid it in 1998.
What is impeachment
Virginia gets its name for this "virgin queen."
Who is Queen Elizabeth I
This group of people wanted a stricter form of Christianity and were willing to cross an ocean for it. (April showers could bring them?)
Who are the Puritans
Like burritos? You can thank THIS exchange of goods and ideas across the Atlantic ocean.
What is the Columbian exchange
She founded the American Red Cross.
Who is Clara Barton
The "Capitol Crawl" in 1990 led to the creation of which set of civil rights laws?
What is the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)