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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| who invented the telegraph? | Samuel Morse |
| who was known as the shoe salesman evangelist? | D.L. Moody |
| who was known for his business in oil production and use of monopolies? | John D. Rockefeller |
| who was a famous hymn writer who wrote Blessed Assurance and To God be the Glory? | Fanny Crosby |
| /who was a colonial Missionary to the Indians? | David Brainerd |
| who said speak soft and carry a big stick? | Teddy Roosevelt |
| who led the rough riders? | Teddy Rooevelt |
| who was the dictator of iraq that invaded Kuwait? | Suddam hussein |
| who was president during 9/11? | George W. Bush |
| who assisted Lewis and Clark in exploring the Louisiana Purchase? | Sacagawea |
| who wrote the star spangled banner? | Francis scott key |
| who was the leader of Nazi germany in WWII? | Adolf Hitler |
| who was the father of progressive Education? | John Dewey |
| who found many uses for peanuts? | George W. Carver |
| who founded the Tuskegee Institute? | booker T Washington |
| who flew across the atlantic? | Charles lindenburg |
| what was the name of Charles Lindenburg's plane? | Spirit of St.Louis |
| who was president for most of WWI? | woodrow wilson |
| who was president of the Confederate states? | Jefferson Davis |
| who named america? | Amerigo Vespucci |
| who was Father of the Constitution and president during the war of 1812? | James Madison |
| who was prosecutor of the Scopes Trial? | William Jennings Bryan |
| who sailed around the world? | Ferdinand Magellan |
| who was leader of the american allied forces? | Dwight Eisenhower |
| who wrote America's first history book and what was it called? | william bradford History of Plymouth Plantation |
| who was the greatest inventor of all time? | Thomas edison |
| who was general in the pcific Theatre? | douglas macarthur |
| who wrote Grapes of Wrath? | john steinbeck |
| who led the Bolsheviks? | Vladimir Lenin |
| who preached Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God? | Jonathon Edwards |
| who was the best known color writer? | mark twain |
| what was president Nixon's presidency most remembered for? | watergate scandal |
| who was president durin operation desert storm? | george H bush |
| who sent troops into bosnia? | Bill Clinton |
| who was president during the depression? | |
| who was assassinated during his presidency and also the first catholic President? | John kennedy |
| who wrote the emancipation proclamation? | Abe Lincoln |
| who was known for reganomics? | Reagan |
| who prolonged the great depression with the New deal? | FDR |
| who was the only president to be unanimously elected? | George washington |
| who is osama bin laden? | al Quaeda terrorist |
| who was the first black sec. of state? | Collin Powel |
| who was the first black woman as sec. of state? | condoleeza Rice |
| who invented microsoft? | Bill Gates |
| when was the spanish armada defeated | 1588 |
| what happened in 1776? | dec. of independence |
| when was the end of the civil war? | 1865 |
| what year was Black Tuesday? | 1929 |
| what year did america pull out of the Vietnam war? | 1973 |
| when did the berlin wall collapse? | 1989 |
| when was operation desert storm? | 1991 |
| where were the first A-Bombs dropped? | hiroshima and nagasaki |
| where were the first shots fired? | Fort Sumter |
| which state recounted many times? | Florida |
| which state was first to ratify the constitution? | delaware |
| what was the Roe vs. Wade trial? | |
| what was the USA PATRIOT ACT? | we will fight terrorism. |
| what are checks and balances? | each government branch has certain checks upon the power of the others |
| what is mercantilism? | colonies exist for the benefit of the mother country |
| what is the bill of rights? | freedom of speech, press, religion,pursuit of happiness, etc... |