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NWHG 10 & 11
division & reunion & growth
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What city was the capital of the Confederacy | Richmond |
| Which battle was the turning point of the Civil War? | Gettysburg |
| How did General Grant conquer Vicksburg? | siege |
| Why was the battle of Vicksburg important? | The Union army cut the South in half by gaining control of the last open port on the Mississippi River |
| Where did General Lee surrender to General Grant? | Appomattox |
| Who shot President Lincoln? | John Wilkes Booth |
| Which Union general burned Atlanta? | General William T Sherman |
| What was the motto which first appeared on coins? | "In God We Trust" |
| Who founded the American Red Cross? | Clara Barton |
| What was the name of the mail route which ran between Sacramento, CA and St. Joseph, MO? | Pony Express |
| What two railroad companies worked to build the Transcontinental Railroad? | Union Pacific and Central Pacific |
| Where is the golden spike located signifying the meeting place of the two railroad companies? | Promontory Point, UT |
| What school was founded by Booker T. Washington? | Tuskegee Institute |
| What botanist discovered over 100 uses for the sweet potato? | George Washington Carver |
| What advice did George Washington Carver give Southern farmers? | Rotate your crops |
| Who said,"Nothing ever comes to one that is worth having except as a result of hard work,"? | Booker T. Washington |
| How did the Homestead Act of 1862 help to settle America? | It allowed a family to settle on and farm 160 acres for 5 years and then earn title to the land. |
| Which state was the site of one of the greatest land rushes? | Oklahoma. |
| What is an immigrant? | a person who leaves his own country to make his home in another. |
| Why is America called a "melting pot"? | People from many different countries have moved here to become citizens. |
| Who is Charles Finney? | A lawyer who became an evangelist and was part of the Second Great Awakening. |
| What former baseball player became an evangelist? | Billy Sunday. |
| Who organized the oil industry? | John D. Rockefeller. |
| Andrew Carnegie made his money in the steel industry but is remembered for giving money to start______ | libraries and schools. |
| What territory was called "Seward's Folly"? | Alaska. |
| Who discovered the Sandwich Islands? | Captain James Cook. |
| What crops did Americans move to the Hawaiian Islands to grow? | pineapple and sugar cane. |
| Who said, "Fire when ready, Gridley!"? | Admiral George Dewey at the Battle of Manila Bay. |
| Where did Teddy Roosevelt's mother grow up? | Bulloch Hall, Roswell, GA. |
| What is the name of the group of soldiers organized by Teddy Roosevelt during the Spanish-American War? | Rough Riders. |
| Why did America go to war with Spain in 1898? | To help Cuba gain her independence from Spain. |
| Who developed the assembly line method of production? | Henry Ford. |
| What is the name of the 49th state? | Alaska. |
| Who said, "Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration." | Thomas Edison. |
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