The pastime of "husking" is more commonly called this today. Right, ladies?
What is gossiping?
100
Having been oppressed under King James I and their Irish hosts, the Scots-Irish developed a love of this and a willingness to fight to keep it.
What is democracy?
100
Since English settlers could not easily pronounce "Deutsche," German immigrants were mistakenly (and ironically) called this nationality instead.
What is Dutch?
100
Mortality among frontier settlers was high due to persistent Indian attacks and this, often a result of poor sanitation and food-borne illness.
What is disease?
200
To enter into a contract, such as agreeing to work in exchange for passage across the Atlantic, is to do this.
What is to indenture?
200
Along with corn rights and erecting a cabin, this quicker, easier method of staking a claim was popular among frontier settlers.
What is tomahawk rights?
200
Unlike their German counterparts, the Scots-Irish held two primary reasons for immigrating to western Virginia.
What are racial and religious persecution (discrimination)?
200
This omnipresent state of political unrest imparted the love of peace to German immigrants.
What is war?
200
This condition of "pooping" oneself to death due to dehydration, was a common illness on the frontier.
What is dysentery?
300
Before immigrating into a new country, one must first become this, leaving one's homeland.
What is an emigrant?
300
Similar to the Paleo Diet of today, frontier settlers often relied almost entirely upon this source of protein (when fish and turtles were unavailable).
What is red meat?
300
While the Germans settled primarily in the Eastern Panhandle, the Scots-Irish moved farther south into this more mountainous region.
What is Trans-Allegheny?
300
After immigrating to central Pennsylvania, Germans moved farther south to this modern-day West Virginia geographic locale.
What is Eastern Panhandle?
300
Raising hogs one the frontier would supplement frontier diet, but only after this condition was met.
What is surplus food?
400
A Catholic versus a Baptist; or a Shiite versus a Sunni.
What is denomination?
400
A large cabin might include this "optional" accessory. Your mother might make you clean it.
What is a loft?
400
The Scots-Irish followed their German counterparts by this number of decades.
What is one (1740s versus 1730s)?
400
Aside from a love of peace, Germans brought with them a hatred of this.
What is slavery?
400
This painful bacterial rash was a common threat on the frontier.
What is St. Anthony's fire?
500
Not a local outbreak of disease, but a more widespread one. Covid-19, for instance.
What is pandemic?
500
While women and men sported similar wardrobes, women usually wore this more feminine bottom covering.
What is a skirt?
500
This English monarch, fearing further insurrections in Scotland, forcibly emigrated the Scots-Irish to the Emerald Isle.
What is King James I?
500
Germans sought escape from this condition in their homeland, a situation they shared with their Scots-Irish counterparts.
What is religious persecution (discrimination)?
500
Poor sanitation and under-cooked food resulted in many cases of this parasitic condition.