C.L. Notes 21-35

Question 1

Those who flocked to California in 1849 in search of gold, which had been discovered there in 1848.

Answer 1

Who are the forty-niners?

Question 2

The forty-niners were in search of this.

Answer 2

What is gold?

Question 3

A general name for male American patriots during the Revolutionary War.

Answer 3

What is Founding Fathers?

Question 4

These men are the founding fathers of our country.

Answer 4

Who are John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington?

Question 5

A patriot, diplomat, author, printer, scientist, and inventor

Answer 5

Who is Benjamin Franklin?

Question 6

Benjamin Franklin researched this.

Answer 6

What is Electricity?

Question 7

The greatest battle of the civil war.

Answer 7

What is the battle of Gettysburg?

Question 8

The Battle of Gettysburg was fought in this year.

Answer 8

What is 1863?

Question 9

A speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War.

Answer 9

What is the Gettysburg address?

Question 10

Abraham Lincoln was speaking at this place.

Answer 10

What was the dedication of a soldiers cemetery at the site of the Battle of Gettysburg?

Question 11

A person under contract to work for another person for a definite period of time.

Answer 11

What is an Indentured Servant?

Question 12

An indentured servant works for this.

Answer 12

What is a free passage to a new country?

Question 13

The first permanent English settlement in North America founded in 1607 in Virginia.

Answer 13

What is Jamestown?

Question 14

Jamestown was founded in this year.

Answer 14

What was 1607?

Question 15

A French pirate of the early 19th century, active around New Orleans, Lousiana.

Answer 15

Who is Jean Lafitte?

Question 16

Jean was active around this place.

Answer 16

What is New Orleans, Lousiana?

Question 17

A journal made by two people.

Answer 17

What is the Lewis and Clark expedition?

Question 18

The Lewis and Clark Expedition is named after these people.

Answer 18

Who are Meriwether Lewis and William Clark?

Question 19

The first battle of the revolutionary war

Answer 19

What is the Battle of Lexington and Concord?

Question 20

This battle of Lexington and Concord was fought on this date.

Answer 20

When was April 19th, 1775?

Question 21

The boundary line between Pennsylvania and Maryland.

Answer 21

What is the Mason-Dixon Line?

Question 22

The Mason-Dixon Line was laid out by these to English surveyors.

Answer 22

Who are Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon?

Question 23

The ship that carried the pilgrims to the Americas.

Answer 23

What is the MAYFLOWER?

Question 24

The MAYFLOWER landed at this place.

Answer 24

What was PLYMOUTH ROCK?

Question 25

An agreement reached among the pilgrims while still on the ship just before landing.

Answer 25

What is the MAYFLOWER COMPACT?

Question 26

The Mayflower Compact bounce them to do this.

Answer 26

What was live in a civil society according to their own laws?

Question 27

Armed American civilians who were active during the revolutionary war and times before that.

Answer 27

Who are Minutemen?

Question 28

They were named minutemen because of this.

Answer 28

What was they were ready to fight alongside the regular soldier in a minutes notice?

Question 29

A nineteenth century inventor.

Answer 29

Who is Samuel FB. Morse?

Question 30

Samuels first telegraphic message was this.

Answer 30

What was “What hath God wrought?”

Question 31

A tribe of native Americans most numerous in the United States

Answer 31

What were the Navajos?

Question 32

Navajos have reservations at this place.

Answer 32

What is the southwest?