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ASFL A.T. History
American History
Question | Answer |
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First permanent Spanish settlement founded in Florida | St. Augustine |
He purchased Manhattan from the Indians | Peter Minuit |
Massachusetts town which executed 20 people for witchcraft in 1692 | Salem |
Location of the First General Assembly in the New World | Jamestown |
1840's slogan that referred to the Oregon Territory | 54-40 or Fight |
Mail service system used in the 1850's | Pony Express |
Federal army commander during the Civil War Battle of Kennesaw | William T. Sherman |
Name of the battle fought between the Monitor and the Merrimac | Hampton Roads |
Mexican general whose forces captured the Alamo | Santa Anna |
Civil War battlefield where D.R. Millers cornfield is located | Antietam or Sharpsburg |
First U.S. territory to grant suffrage to women | Wyoming |
Nickname of the 1912 political party headed by Theodore Roosevelt | Bull Moose |
World War I commanding general of the U.S. forces in France | John J. Pershing |
1935 congressional Act that provided unemployment insurance for individuals who lost their jobs | Social Security |
Japaneses word that means "divine wind" | Kamikaze |
Scientist placed in charge of the development of the atomic bomb | Robert Oppenheimer |
Incident that led to Nixon's resignation from the Presidency | Watergate |