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Post-Holin' #1 Dates
Dates for Post-Holin' Test #1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Louisiana Purchase | 1803 |
| When was James Madison elected? | 1808 |
| When was Washington DC burned down? | 1814 |
| What is the span of the War of 1812? | 1812-1814 |
| Vesey's Revolt | 1822 |
| Brown's Revolt | 1856 |
| When did 12.5 million immigrants come from Europe? (span of years) | between 1820 and 1890 |
| Invention of the steamboat | 1807 |
| Railroads developed | 1814 |
| Invention of a mechanical device for knitting stockings | 1593 |
| Darby improves method for making iron | 1709 |
| Kay invents the flying shuttle | 1758 |
| Invention of the Spinning Jenny | 1765 |
| Invention of steam-powered mills in England | 1779 |
| Congress passes the first patent law | 1790 |
| Eli Whitney discovers interchangeable parts | 1798 |
| Fulton develops the first successful steamboat | 1807 |
| Antifederalist and Federalist Parties created | 1787 |
| Adams becomes president and Jefferson becomes vice president | 1796 |
| Formation of the modern Democratic Party - Andrew Jackson - and the National Republican Party - John Quincy Adams | 1828 |
| Whig Party forms | 1834 |
| Free-Soil Party forms - Zachary Taylor | 1848 |
| Formation of the modern Republican Party - combo of the Whigs and Free-Soilers | 1854 |
| Democratic Party splits and Lincoln wins the election | 1860 |
| In what year did the Second Great Awakening start? | 1801 |
| In what year did Lewis and Clark explore Louisiana? | 1804 |
| In what year did American forces invade Detroit? | 1812 |
| In what year did Britain and France go to war? | 1803 |
| In what year was Prosser's revolt? | 1800 |
| In what year was Turner's revolt? | 1831 |
| In what year did Smith establish the Mormon Church? | 1830 |
| In what year was the National Road built? | 1811 |
| In what year did the Erie Canal open? | 1825 |
| Around what time was metal discovered? | 3,000 B.C. |
| In what year did Tull invent the seed drill? | 1708 |
| In what year did Newcomen make the first commercial steam engine? | 1712 |
| In what year did the first English canal open? | 1761 |
| In what year did Watt develop the first efficient steam engine? | 1775 |
| In what year did Samuel Slater come to America? | 1789 |
| In what year did Eli Whitney develop the cotton gin? | 1793 |
| In what year was the first successful steam locomotive developed in England? | 1801 |
| In what year did Francis Cabot Lowell establish the first factory system in Massachusetts? | 1814 |
| In what year did the Democratic-Republicans become a party? | 1790's |
| In what year did James Monroe become President? | 1816 |
| In what year did the Federalist Party end? | 1816 |
| In what year was the first democratic national convention held? | 1832 |
| In what year did the Anti-Mason Party form? | 1832 |
| In what year did the Whig Party form? | 1834 |
| In what year did William Henry Harrison become president? | 1840 |
| In what year did the Know-Nothing party form? | 1852 |
| In what year did the Know-Nothing party die? | 1856 |