Dates
Founding of Jamestown
1607
Invented the Telegraph
Samuel F. B. Morse
Daniel Boone discovered _________in the Appalachian mountains.
Cumberland Gap
Which is NOT a crop for which George Washington Carver is known for? (peanut, pecan, sweet potato, soybean)
Pecan
What was the first state in which women could vote?
Wyoming
Treaty of Paris
1783
Earned the nickname "Stonewall"
Thomas Jonathan Jackson
The battle of _____was the turning point for the War for Independence.
Saratoga
What economic theory is the belief that a nation's colonies exist solely for the good of the Mother country?
Mercantilism
The slave states of _______, Kentucky, Maryland and Missouri.
Delaware
Founding of the Republican Party
1854
Steel entrepreneur
Andrew Carnegie
The Battle of ______secured British control of the St. Lawrence River during the French and Indian War.
Quebec
Who gained control immediately after Lincoln's assassination?
Andrew Johnson
What was the turning point of the Civil War?
The battle of Gettysburg
Founding of the Louisiana Purchase
1803
James Naismith
Strict construction did not allow Congress to create a ____.
National Bank
What act restored the political rights of most Confederate cooperators?
Amnesty Act
In the Treaty of Paris of 1783, the country of ______lost Florida.
Great Britian
1773
Organized the standard oil company
John F. Rockerfeller
Lewis Wallace was the author of______.
Ben Hurr: A Tale of Christ
What portion of the Dred Scott vs Sanford decision was the most influential in the outbreak of the Civil War?
Congress could not deprive a citizen of his property including slaves.
Became a major southern steel center
Birmingham