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NWHG Ch 10B - 12
Reconstruction - Teddy Roosevelt
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Identify the battle which was the turning point of the Civil War. | Gettysburg |
| Name two songs which became popular during the Civil War and are still remembered today. | Dixie, Battle Hymn of Republic |
| What is an immigrant | a person who leaves his own country to make his home in another country. |
| What was the most important land battle of the Spanish-American War? | Battle of SanJuan Hill |
| Name two famous people whose acts were featured in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show | Annie Oakley, Sitting Bull |
| What was the capital of the Confederate States of America? | Richmond |
| Who was a former baseball player who became an evangelist? | Billy Sunday |
| What operated for 19 months as a mail route between St. Joseph, MO and Sacramento, CA? | The Pony Express |
| Who developed the assembly line method? | Henry Ford |
| Where was the golden spike on the Transcontinental Railroad? | Promontory Point, UT |
| Where did the Americans move to grow pineapple and sugar cane? | Hawaiian Islands |
| Who was the lawyer who became an evangelist after accepting Christ as his savior? | Charles Finney |
| Who discovered The Sandwich Islands? | Captain Cook |
| Where did President Teddy Roosevelt's mother grow up? | Bulloch Hall, Roswell, GA |
| Where did General Lee surrender to General Grant? | Appomattox |
| What ended with the burning of Atlanta? | The Atlanta Campagne |
| What military tactic did General Grant conquor Vicksburg? | Siege |
| What was founded by Booker T. Washington? | Tuskegee Institute |
| What was the site of the greatest land rushes? | Oklahoma |
| Teddy Roosevelt organized a group of college athletes, cowboys and American Indians into the ________________, a cavalry unit during the Spanish-American war. | Rough Riders |
| Who were the two railroads who worked to build the Transcontinental Railroad? | Central Pacific and Union Pacific |
| Andrew Carnegie is often remembered for his donations to organize schools and ____________. | public libraries |
| George Washington Carver helped the South's economy to improve by advising farmers to ________ crops. | Rotate |
| What is John Wilkes Booth known for? | assassinating President Lincoln |
| Who organized the American Red Cross? | Clara Barton |
| Name the botanist who discovered many uses for the sweet potato as well as the peanut plant. | George Washington Carver |
| Name the man who invented sleeping cars for trains. | George Pullman |
| Which Secretary of State purchased Alaska from Russia? | William H. Seward |
| What man is known for organizing the oil industry? | John D. Rockefeller |
| Which president had been a canal worker? | James Garfield |
| Who is the first American Black woman to head a federal agency? | Mary McLeod Bethune |
| Who signed the treaty with Panama to construct the Panama Canal? | Teddy Roosevelt |
| What was discovered on Robert Peary's expedition? | North Pole |
| What is the "American melting pot"? | Many people from diverse countries, backgrounds and religions coming together to build one nation offering opportunity to succeed. |
| How did the Homestead Act of 1862 help settle America? | It offered land in exchange for settling and working the land. |
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