Cultural Literacy Questions

Question 0

This was the name of a dreaded French prison in Paris

Answer 0

Bastille

Question 1

A clash between British troops and tows people occurred just before the Revolutionary War

Answer 1

Boston Massacre

Question 2

These were colors associated with the participants in the Civil War

Answer 2

Blue and Grey

Question 3

This documents represents the fundamental law of the united states that everyone follows

Answer 3

Confederate Army

Question 4

Once a chapel in a city in Mexico, now a tourist attraction in the United States

Answer 4

Alamo

Question 5

It forbids Congress from tampering with freedoms such as speech, religion, press and assembly.

Answer 5

Bill of rights

Question 6

An infamous Nazi concentration camp located in Poland during World War II

Answer 6

Auschwitz

Question 7

A famous Mexican general who defeated a small group of American patriots

Answer 7

Santa Anna

Question 8

This date is memorable in France as an independence day, or sorts.

Answer 8

July 14th

Question 9

This army represented the North during the civil war.

Answer 9

Union

Question 10

This army represented the South during the Civil War

Answer 10

Confederate

Question 11

This automobile was probably proudly named after our 16th president.

Answer 11

The Lincoln

Question 12

Our constitution was drafted (first written) in this historic city

Answer 12

Philadelphia

Question 13

She was a 19th century reformer

Answer 13

Dorothea Dix

Question 14

This documented stated from that moment in 18633 all slaves in the confederacy were “forever free”

Answer 14

Emancipation Proclamation

Question 15

A running opponent of Abraham Lincoln

Answer 15

Stephen A. Douglas

Question 16

This early battle of the Revolutionary War proved to the colonists they could resist the British

Answer 16

Battle of lexington and concord

Question 17

A real legend who is the best known for his settlement of what is now Kentucky

Answer 17

Daniel Boone

Question 18

The leaders of this were responsible for sending millions to their deaths during WWII

Answer 18

Third Reich

Question 19

The first ten amendments to the Constitution are known as this phase

Answer 19

Bill of Rights

Question 20

This war grew from differences between social structure and economy of two areas.

Answer 20

Civil War

Question 21

This very real American legend gave his life for a state that had not yet been created

Answer 21

Davy Crockett

Question 22

This was not the only issue that caused the civil war

Answer 22

Slavery

Question 23

By itself, this document did not really “free” anyone at the moment

Answer 23

Emancipation Proclamation

Question 24

When people say that “Lincoln freed the slaves,” they are referring to this

Answer 24

Emancipation Proclamation

Question 25

If someone tries to forbid the publication of a document they may be violating this

Answer 25

Bill of rights

Question 26

Dorothea Dix

Answer 26

Who protested the practice of confining the mentally ill in prisons?

Question 27

This began in late 1860 after Lincoln was elected president

Answer 27

The secession of the southern states

Question 28

The Civil War actually began when the Confederate troops fired on this.

Answer 28

Union army

Question 29

This man was proof to many that “the powers of the mind are disconnected with the color of skin.”

Answer 29

Benjamin Bannekar

Question 30

This war is often referred to as the war of “brother against brother”

Answer 30

M

Question 31

These people flocked to California in search of gold in the 19th century.

Answer 31

U

Question 32

Patriots like Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, James Madison, et. al.

Answer 32

I

Question 33

This governing document was drawn up by the Pilgrims before they left their ship

Answer 33

A

Question 34

Thomas Jefferson

Answer 34

D

Question 35

Patriot, diplomat, author, printer, scientist,, and inventor of the 18th century

Answer 35

E

Question 36

Named for King James I of Enngland

Answer 36

B

Question 37

If you lived below this, you were considered a “southerner!”

Answer 37

AA

Question 38

The first major battle of the Revolutionary War fought in Massachusetts 4/19/1775

Answer 38

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