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AHS History QB
history quiz bowl questions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Name the state the battle of Fort Donelson took place in | TN |
| What state did the battle of Cold Harbor take place? | VA |
| What state did the battle of Fort Sumter take place | SC |
| What state did the battle of Antietam take place | MA |
| What state did the battle of 1st Bull Run take place | VA |
| What state did the battle of Vicksburg take place | MS |
| What state did the battle of Shiloh take place? | TN |
| What state did the battle of Chancellorsville take place? | VA |
| What state did the battle of Chickamauga take place? | GA |
| What state did the battle of Spotsylvania take place? | VA |
| What state did the battle of Chalk Bluff take place? | AR |
| Political party official tasked to get party members to vote on legislation | whip |
| The amount by which available funds exceed spending during a fiscal year | surplus |
| Branch of government that hears and settles disputes | judicial |
| Mechanism by which the President of the United States is elected | electoral college |
| Cooperation between members of the two major political parties | bipartianship |
| the redrawing of a political district to favor a particular party | gerrymandering |
| court order demanding that an individual in custody be brought into court | habeas corpus |
| rewarding jobs in government to one's political allies after an election | patronage |
| the process of ending debate in the U.S. Senate | cloture |
| Term for one who is not a citizen of the country in which he is living | alien |
| four-word standard that is used to justify limitations on speech that could harm others | clear and present danger |
| present day name of - British Honduras | Belize |
| present day name of - Gaul | France |
| present day name of - Persia | Iran |
| present day name of - Ceylon | Sri Lanka |
| present day name of - Indochina | Vietnam |
| present day name of - Siam | Thailand |
| present day name of - Abyssinia | Ethiopia |
| present day name of - Gold Coast | Ghana |
| present day name of - Rhodesia | Zimbabwe |
| present day name of - East Pakistan | Bangladesh |
| present day name of - Burma | Myanmar |
| What vice pres was indicted for murder while in office? | Aaron Burr |
| What is the minimum age requirement for the US VP | 35 |
| Who was the first VP to die in office? | George Clinton |
| Which VP won the Nobel Prize while he was VP | Charles Dawes |
| Besides Calhoun, which VP resigned the office | Spiro Agnew |
| What president had two VPs die during his administration? | James Madison |
| According to the constitution, the VP is the presiding officer of what? | Senate |
| Besides Calhoun, who served as vice president for two different presidents? | George Clinton |
| Who is the only VP who went on to serve two full terms as president? | Thomas Jefferson |
| What VP later became the Secretary of War for the Confederacy? | John Breckinridge |
| Who is the first VP to assume presidency in 1841? | John Tyler |
| 1968, Sirhan, Sirhan shot who? | Robert Kennedy |
| 1881 Charles Guiteau shot who? | James Garfield |
| 1901 Leon Czolgosz | William McKinley |
| 1914 Gavrilo Princip | Archduke Franz Ferdidand |
| This city serves as the capital and legislative center for Iceland | Reykjavik |
| Reykjavik is the home of what, Iceland's parliament and the world's oldest, established in 930 | Althing |
| What body of water separates Iceland and Greenland | Denmark Strait |
| At what international competition does the Icelandic Hockey Team strike fear in the hearts of mostly Mighty Ducks Team USA, according to Disney, at least? | Junior Goodwill Games |
| Who was Abraham Lincoln's VP? | Hannibal Hamlin |
| What president did John Nance Garner serve as VP under? | Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| Who was Zachary Taylor's VP? | Millard Fillmore |
| What president did Walter Mondale serve as VP under? | James Earl Carter |
| Who was Thomas Jefferson's VP? | Aaron Burr |
| What president did Richard Nixon serve as VP under? | Dwight David Eisenhower |
| Who was James Madison's VP? | Edbridge Gerry |
| What president did John Tyler serve as VP under? | William Henry Harrison |
| Who was Richard Nixon's VP? | Spiro Agnew |
| What president did Adlai Stevenson serve as VP under? | Grover Cleveland |
| This city serves as the capital and legislative center for the island. | Reykjavik |
| Reykjavik is the home of what, Iceland's parliament and the world's oldest, established in 930. | Althing |
| What body of water separates Iceland from Greenland? | Denmark Strait |
| At what international competition does the Icelandic Hockey team strike fear in the hearts of a mostly Might Ducks Team USA, according to Disney, at least? | Junior Goodwill Games |
| The lake that extends the farthest west | Superior |
| The second largest of the lakes | Huron |
| The lake that extends the farthest south | Erie |
| The lake on which Chicago sits | Michigan |
| Time period in which there is massive employment and dramatic loss of Gross National Product with falling prices | Depression |
| Time period, usually lasting at least two quarters, that there is a slight decline in the Gross National Product with higher unemployment and lower production. | Recession |
| Type of economy that has government-controlled industry and services. | Command economy |
| Type of economy that has both free enterprise and government regulation. | Mixed economy |
| Fort Donelson | Tennessee |
| Cold Harbor | Virginia |
| Fort Sumter | South Carolina |
| Antietam | Maryland |
| 1st Bull Run | Virginia |
| Vicksburg | Mississippi |
| Shiloh | Tennessee |
| Chancellorsville | Virginia |
| Chickamauga | Georgia |
| Spotsylvania | Virginia |
| Chalk Bluff | Arkansas |
| What Confederate general commanded the battle of Antiedam in the American Civil War? | Robert E. Lee |
| What Confederate general commanded the battle of chickamagua in the American Civil War? | Braxton Bragg |
| What Confederate general commanded the battle of Shenandoah in the American Civil War? | Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson |
| What Confederate general commanded the battle of Shiloh in the American Civil War? | Albert Sidney Johnston |
| What Confederate general commanded the battle of Fort Sumptor in the American Civil War? | P.G.T. Beauregard |
| What Confederate general commanded the battle of Murfreesbro in the American Civil War? | Braxton Bragg |
| What Confederate general commanded the battle of Fredericksburg in the American Civil War? | Robert E. Lee |
| What Confederate general commanded the battle of Chattanooga in the American Civil War? | Braxton Bragg |
| What Confederate general commanded the battle of Fort Donelson in the American Civil War? | Simon Bolivar Buckner |
| What Confederate general commanded the battle of Peninsular campaign, Virginia in the American Civil War? | Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson |
| What Confederate general commanded the battle of Vicksburg in the American Civil War? | John C. Pemberton |
| What was the name of King Arthur's wife? | Guinevere |
| What was the name of King Arthur's son? | Galahad |
| Where was King Arthur's court located? | Camelot |
| What was the name of Arthur's sword? | Excalibur |
| Middle names- John Q. Adams | Quincy |
| Middle names- Ronald W. Reagan | Wilson |
| Middle names- William H. Taft | Howard |
| Middle names- Franklin D. Roosevelt | Delano |
| Middle names- Chester A. Arthur | Alan |
| Middle names- Richard M. Nixon | Milhous |
| Middle names- Warren G. Harding | Gamaliel |
| Middle names- John F. Kennedy | Fitzgerald |
| Middle names- Lyndon B. Johnson | Baines |
| Middle names- Herbert C. Hoover | Clark |
| Middle names- James K. Polk | Knox |
| Federal income tax | 16th ammendment |
| Cruel and unusual punishment | 8th ammendment |
| Women's suffrage | 19th ammendment |
| Presidential term limit | 22nd ammendment |
| Abolition of slavery | 13th ammendment |
| Right to bear arms | 2nd ammendment |
| Direct election of senators | 17th ammendment |
| Repeal of prohibition | 21st ammendment |
| Due process of law | 5th ammendment |
| Prohibition of poll taxes | 24th ammendment |
| Right to trial by jury | 7th ammendment |
| Name the Explorer of the: Pacific Ocean | Balboa |
| Name the Explorer of: Florida | Ponce de Leon |
| Name the Explorer of the: Amazon River | Fransisco de Orellana |
| Name the Explorer of the: Mississippi River near Memphis | Hernando de Soto |
| Moses encountered the Burning Bush | Exodus |
| Saul is converted on the road to Damascus | Acts |
| The walls of Jericho fall | Joshua |
| The writing on the wall foretold the downfall of Belchazzar. | Daniel |
| Name the President during: War of 1812 | James Madison |
| Name the President during: Gulf of Tonkin incident | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| Name the President during: Haymarket Riot | Grover Cleveland |
| Name the President during: Emancipation Proclamation | Abraham Lincoln |
| Who was the Muses mother? | Mnemosyne |
| Muse of Epics | Calliope |
| Muse of Comedy | Thalia |
| Muse of Lyrics | Erato |
| Muse of Music | Euterpe |
| Muse of Hymns | Polyhymnia |
| Muse of History | Clio |
| Muse of Astronomy | Urania |
| Muse of Dance | Terpsichore |
| Muse of Tragedy | Melpomene |
| This area near Helicon, was a favorite place of the Muses | Boeotia |
| What is the term used ot describe a direct popular vote on a proposed law or policy? | Referendum |
| What is the term for the minumum number of memebers of a committee or legislative body that must by persent before any activity can commence? | Quorum |
| As secreatary of state from '53 to '59, he developed the policy of massive retaliation with regard to nuclear war? | John Foster Dulles |
| The elephant became the symbol for the Republican Party after a series of cartoons by what person? | Thomas Nast |
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