C.L Test 21-35 Flashcards
Those who flocked to California in 1849 in search of gold.
Who were the forty-niners?
This group was in search for gold.
What were the forty-niners searching for?
John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington are all this.
Who are the founding fathers?
A general name for a American male patriot during the revolutionary war.
What kind of name is founding fathers?
A patriot, diplomat, author, printer, scientist, and inventor of the 18th century.
What was Benjamin Franklin?
This man demonstrated that lightning was electricity by flying a kite in a thunder storm and allowing it to be struck by lightning.
What did Benjamin Franklin demonstrate?
This battle was fought in south central Pennsylvania in 1863.
Where was the battle of Gettysburg fought?
This battle ended in a major victory for the north.
How did the battle of Gettysburg end?
This speech was delivers by the 16th president Abraham Lincoln.
Who delivered the Gettysburg address?
This speech was given at the dedication of a soldiers cemetery at he site of the battle of Gettysburg.
Where did Abraham Lincoln say the Gettysburg address?
A person under contract to work for another person for a definite period of time.
Who is a indentured servant?
This person is not paid but in exchange for a free passage to a new country.
How is a indentured servant paid?
This town was founded in 1607 in Virginia.
When was Jamestown founded?
Jamestown was given to this man.
What was named for king James the first?
A French pirate of the early 19th century.
Who was jean lafitte?
An aid for general Andrew Jackson.
Wo did jean lafitte aid for?
There full names are meriwether Lewis and William Clark.
What are Lewis and Clark’s names?
This expedition started in St. Louis, Missouri, and moved up e Missouri River and down the Columbia river to the Pacific Ocean.
Where did Lewis and Clark’s expedition start?
The battle of Lexington and concord.
What battle was the first battle of the revolutionary war?
This battle was fought in Massachusetts on April 19th, 1775.
When was the battle of Lexington and concord fought?
The boundary line between Pennsylvania and Maryland.
Where is the Mason-Dixon Line?
Done by two English surveyors, Charles mason and Jeremiah Dixon.
Who laid out the mason Dixon line?
The ship that carried the pillgrams to America?
Who used the mayflower?
This ship permanently landed near Plymouth Rock?
Where did the mayflower permanently land?
