In January 1996 Bill Clinton challenged congress to "Never, ever" do this again; cut to October 2013 |
shut down (the government) |
200 |
April 8, 2014 |
In January 1996 Bill Clinton challenged congress to "Never, ever" do this again; cut to October 2013 |
shut down (the government) |
200 |
April 8, 2014 |
Trying to cut the surplus in 1883, the government took the excise tax off everything but these 2 items |
tobacco and liquor |
600 |
April 8, 2014 |
Trying to cut the surplus in 1883, the government took the excise tax off everything but these 2 items |
tobacco and liquor |
600 |
April 8, 2014 |
The 1876 Centennial Exhibition in this city helped heal the wounds after the Civil War |
Philadelphia |
800 |
April 8, 2014 |
The 1876 Centennial Exhibition in this city helped heal the wounds after the Civil War |
Philadelphia |
800 |
April 8, 2014 |
He founded Rhode Island, the first colony in America to allow complete religious freedom |
Roger Williams |
1000 |
April 8, 2014 |
He founded Rhode Island, the first colony in America to allow complete religious freedom |
Roger Williams |
1000 |
April 8, 2014 |
In July 1960 the U.S. stopped imports of sugar from this country that was cozying up to the USSR |
Cuba |
|
April 8, 2014 |
In July 1960 the U.S. stopped imports of sugar from this country that was cozying up to the USSR |
Cuba |
|
April 8, 2014 |
In 1620 pilgrims established this colony, the first permanent English settlement in New England |
Plymouth |
200 |
April 16, 2013 |
In 1620 pilgrims established this colony, the first permanent English settlement in New England |
Plymouth |
200 |
April 16, 2013 |
At least 50 of the 85 letters making up the "Federalist Papers" were written by this future treasury secretary |
Hamilton |
400 |
April 16, 2013 |
At least 50 of the 85 letters making up the "Federalist Papers" were written by this future treasury secretary |
Hamilton |
400 |
April 16, 2013 |
For fiscal 2000, the U.S. had a $236 billion one of these, our largest ever |
a surplus |
600 |
April 16, 2013 |
For fiscal 2000, the U.S. had a $236 billion one of these, our largest ever |
a surplus |
600 |
April 16, 2013 |
"His name is" this & in 1869 this Doctor who had set John Wilkes Booth's leg was pardoned & freed from prison |
(Samuel) Mudd |
1000 |
April 16, 2013 |
"His name is" this & in 1869 this Doctor who had set John Wilkes Booth's leg was pardoned & freed from prison |
(Samuel) Mudd |
1000 |
April 16, 2013 |
Selling out early, this prospector who gave his name to a mother lode of silver ended up broke & took his own life |
(Henry) Comstock |
|
April 16, 2013 |
Selling out early, this prospector who gave his name to a mother lode of silver ended up broke & took his own life |
(Henry) Comstock |
|
April 16, 2013 |
On Nov. 9, 1906 Teddy Roosevelt left the U.S. to personally see the progress on this engineering project |
the Panama Canal |
200 |
October 18, 2010 |
The British party of this name aimed to limit the king's powers; the U.S. party hoped to limit "King Andrew" Jackson |
the Whigs |
400 |
October 18, 2010 |
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map of New England on the monitor.) In May 1643, to discourage attacks by the Dutch & others, the United Colonies of New England was formed by 4 Puritan colonies: Massachusetts Bay, Connecticut, New Haven & this one |
Plymouth |
600 |
October 18, 2010 |
On May 15, 1972 while campaigning in Laurel, Md., this Alabama governor was shot & paralyzed by Arthur Bremer |
George Wallace |
800 |
October 18, 2010 |
In 1948 Whittaker Chambers implicated this State Department official as an espionage agent for the Soviets |
(Alger) Hiss |
1000 |
October 18, 2010 |
You're in the Army now--in 1940 FDR instituted the first peacetime one of these in U.S. history |
the draft |
200 |
October 15, 2009 |
This term for a mechanical device can also be an organization running city politics, like NYC's Tammany Hall |
a machine |
400 |
October 15, 2009 |
Edward Brooke was the first African American to hold this post for a state; Eric Holder is the first federal one |
Attorney General |
600 |
October 15, 2009 |
Buzz Aldrin & Jim Lovell do look like twins as they prepare for a mission in this 1960s program |
Gemini |
800 |
October 15, 2009 |
This man's 1807 steamboat run up the Hudson led to an 1824 Supreme Court decision on interstate commerce |
(Robert) Fulton |
1000 |
October 15, 2009 |
Between 1856 & 1860, 2,962 of this faith set out from Iowa & Nebraska to Utah in the Handcart Migration |
Mormonism |
200 |
February 13, 2009 |
On April 2, 1917 President Wilson told Congress, "The world must be made safe for" this |
democracy |
400 |
February 13, 2009 |
On April 20, 1971 the U.S. Supreme Court upheld this transportation method as a way to achieve school integration |
busing |
600 |
February 13, 2009 |
John O'Sullivan, who later became a diplomat, coined this term for the USA's right to cover the continent |
Manifest Destiny |
800 |
February 13, 2009 |
In 1798 Congress passed this collection of bills to control domestic dissent & conspiracy against the federal govt. |
the Alien & Sedition Acts |
1000 |
February 13, 2009 |
This state's been "on my mind" since it entered the Union 3 times, in 1788, 1868 & 1870 |
Georgia |
200 |
May 26, 2008 |
In 1913 the 16th Amendment was passed allowing Congress to collect taxes on this |
income |
400 |
May 26, 2008 |
Fleeing the capital on August 24, 1814, she took a Gilbert Stuart portrait of Washington with her |
Dolley Madison |
600 |
May 26, 2008 |
Guerrilla leader Francis Marion earned this nickname for his daring raids from the South Carolina marshes |
the Swamp Fox |
800 |
May 26, 2008 |
Name that completed an 1856 Republican slogan, "Free soil, free speech, free men and..." |
Fremont |
|
May 26, 2008 |
Witchcraft trials held in this town in 1692 led to the hangings of 19 people |
Salem |
200 |
February 13, 2007 |
Stonewall Jackson earned his nickname during the Battle of Manassas, also called the Battle of this creek |
Bull Run |
400 |
February 13, 2007 |
These "Articles" served as the basis of our national government from 1781 to 1789 |
the Articles of Confederation |
600 |
February 13, 2007 |
When the Mexican War began in 1846, the Army of the West used this trail to invade New Mexico |
the Santa Fe Trail |
800 |
February 13, 2007 |
Cleanup of this Pennsylvania nuclear power plant following the 1979 meltdown didn't end until 1993 |
Three Mile Island |
1000 |
February 13, 2007 |
This pact among the U.S., Mexico & Canada took effect in 1994 & aims to eliminate tariffs by 2008 |
NAFTA |
200 |
May 24, 2005 |
In the 1880s the Knights of this gave way to the American Federation of this representing workers |
Labor |
400 |
May 24, 2005 |
In 1849, Thomas Ewing, "The Logician of the West", became the USA's first Secy. of this Cabinet Dept. |
the Interior |
600 |
May 24, 2005 |
This committee that once claimed 800,000 members was dissolved Dec. 11, 1941 |
the America First Committee |
800 |
May 24, 2005 |
Gen. Charles Lee was relieved of command after ordering a retreat at this 1778 New Jersey battle |
Monmouth |
1000 |
May 24, 2005 |
Escaped slaves in the 1850s & draft dodgers in the 1960s mainly headed to this country |
Canada |
200 |
November 1, 2004 |
On Feb. 15, 1901 Carry Nation wrecked one of these establishments with a hatchet |
a bar (or a saloon) |
400 |
November 1, 2004 |
A fire in 1851 destroyed some 35,000 volumes in its collection |
the Library of Congress |
600 |
November 1, 2004 |
Seen here at a Senate hearing, he was the first U.S. Attorney General to be convicted of a felony |
John Mitchell |
1000 |
November 1, 2004 |
In the first census conducted in 1790, this state, with nearly 692,000 people, was the most populous |
Virginia |
|
November 1, 2004 |
On Nov. 11, 1918, Pvt. Henry Gunther became the last American casualty in this war |
World War I |
200 |
January 15, 2004 |
Remarkably, there were more than 60 survivors when this Zeppelin crashed in New Jersey in 1937 |
the <i>Hindenburg</i> |
400 |
January 15, 2004 |
Elected the 19th U.S. president in 1876, Rutherford B. Hayes was a member of this political party |
Republican |
600 |
January 15, 2004 |
(Sofia of the Clue Crew at the Ronald Reagan Library) This man awarded the Medal of Freedom to Ronald Reagan on January 13, 1993 |
George H.W. Bush |
800 |
January 15, 2004 |
This Indian "king" for whom a war against American colonists was named was tracked down & killed in 1676 |
Philip |
1000 |
January 15, 2004 |
A 1928 campaign slogan promised this "in every pot and a car in every garage" |
a chicken |
200 |
November 18, 2003 |
Years of political rivalry led to the July 11, 1804 duel between these 2 men |
Alexander Hamilton & Aaron Burr |
400 |
November 18, 2003 |
In 1776 this silversmith set up a mill to make gunpowder after the colonists ran out of it at Bunker Hill |
Paul Revere |
600 |
November 18, 2003 |
The Confederate States of America were established in 1861 in this city, the first Confederate capital |
Montgomery, Alabama |
800 |
November 18, 2003 |
This leader of the Green Mountain Boys was a champion for the creation of the Green Mountain State |
Ethan Allen |
1000 |
November 18, 2003 |
On February 15, 1898 the U.S. battleship Maine blew up in this Cuban capital's harbor |
Havana |
200 |
October 15, 2003 |
This "King of the Wild Frontier" once claimed to have killed 105 bears during a few months in 1825 |
Davy Crockett |
400 |
October 15, 2003 |
The "War on" this, approved by Congress in August of 1964, included VISTA, Volunteers in Service to America |
poverty |
600 |
October 15, 2003 |
What's known as the second of these programs began with FDR's January 4, 1935 message to Congress |
the New Deal |
800 |
October 15, 2003 |
John Smith was among the early members on the Council of Seven that governed this Virginia colony |
Jamestown |
1000 |
October 15, 2003 |
This 1876 battle in Montana is also known as Custer's Last Stand |
Little Big Horn |
200 |
February 5, 2003 |
In the late 1600s this Asian grain became the main crop of the Carolina coastal lowlands |
rice |
400 |
February 5, 2003 |
In 1972 George McGovern called this president's administration the "most corrupt" in U.S. history |
Richard Nixon |
600 |
February 5, 2003 |
In 1813 this hero of Tippecanoe defeated Tecumseh at the Thames River in Canada |
William Henry Harrison |
800 |
February 5, 2003 |
In 1664 the Duke of York granted land west of the Hudson River to his supporters; it was named this |
New Jersey |
1000 |
February 5, 2003 |
In 1805 this territory was created from the Indiana one, with all or parts of the lower & upper peninsulas |
Michigan |
200 |
February 25, 2002 |
In May 1980 at least 26 people were killed when this volcano in Washington erupted |
Mt. St. Helens |
400 |
February 25, 2002 |
In September 1664 this governor of New Amsterdam surrendered to the British, ending Dutch power in the New World |
(Peter) Stuyvesant |
600 |
February 25, 2002 |
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Gettysburg Cemetery.) In 1863, Lincoln dedicated this cemetery by saying that "we cannot consecrate--we cannot" do this to "this ground" |
hallow |
800 |
February 25, 2002 |
A 1963 treaty with Mexico settled a boundary dispute between Ciudad Juarez & this Texas city |
El Paso |
1000 |
February 25, 2002 |
After his 1859 hanging, Civil War troops sang of this abolitionist's body "mouldering in the grave" |
John Brown |
100 |
July 10, 2001 |
In 1913 the 16th Amendment was passed allowing Congress to collect taxes on this |
Income |
200 |
July 10, 2001 |
Plessy vs. Ferguson, which upheld segregation, was overturned by this 1954 case |
Brown v. Board of Education |
300 |
July 10, 2001 |
During WWII America won its 1st major victory over Japan in this naval battle, about 1,200 miles from Hawaii |
Midway |
400 |
July 10, 2001 |
Bushrod, the favorite nephew of this president, became a Supreme Court justice in 1798 |
George Washington |
500 |
July 10, 2001 |
I've had it "on my mind" that this state has joined the Union 3 times, in 1788, 1868 & 1870 |
Georgia |
100 |
November 14, 2000 |
A federal law from 1950 prohibited the labeling of colored oleo as this |
Butter |
200 |
November 14, 2000 |
The Dept. of Agriculture began a new version of this program in 1964; by 1975 it was helping over 17 million people |
Food stamps |
300 |
November 14, 2000 |
This commodore became a friend to Japan in 1854, showing them the telegraph & a daguerreotype camera |
Matthew Perry |
400 |
November 14, 2000 |
Name that completed an 1856 Republican slogan, "Free soil, free speech, free men and ..." |
(John C.) Fremont |
500 |
November 14, 2000 |
In September 1964 the Warren Commission concluded that he acted alone in JFK's assassination |
Lee Harvey Oswald |
100 |
September 14, 2000 |
On December 20, 1860, as a result of Lincoln's election, this state seceded from the Union |
South Carolina |
200 |
September 14, 2000 |
Fleeing the capital on August 24, 1814, she took a Gilbert Stuart portrait of Washington with her |
Dolley Madison |
300 |
September 14, 2000 |
In 1916 President Wilson sent this brigadier general into Mexico in pursuit of Pancho Villa |
John "Black Jack" Pershing |
400 |
September 14, 2000 |
In 1932 this Republican was elected governor of Kansas; he won reelection in 1934 |
Alf Landon |
500 |
September 14, 2000 |
In 1692 the Spanish regained control of this future New Mexico capital from the Pueblo Indians |
Santa Fe |
100 |
March 29, 2000 |
In 1639 the Court of Massachusetts ordered that "The Colledge...to bee built at Cambridg" be called this |
Harvard |
200 |
March 29, 2000 |
The political slogan "As" this state "goes, so goes the nation" dates back to the 1880s |
Maine |
300 |
March 29, 2000 |
In 1857 antislavery forces were set back when the Supreme Court decided the case of this man vs. Sandford |
Dred Scott |
400 |
March 29, 2000 |
On July 31, 1972 this Missouri senator withdrew as McGovern's running mate because of earlier psychiatric care |
Thomas Eagleton |
500 |
March 29, 2000 |
On April 18, 1775 he was captured by the British but released; he had to walk back to Lexington |
Paul Revere |
100 |
February 21, 2000 |
On September 8, 1974, he was granted "A full, free and absolute pardon" |
Richard Nixon |
200 |
February 21, 2000 |
FDR's statement "The United States of America was...deliberately attacked by...Japan" was made on this date |
December 8, 1941 |
300 |
February 21, 2000 |
In 1824 Andrew Jackson received more popular & electoral votes, but the House declared this man president |
John Quincy Adams |
400 |
February 21, 2000 |
Hostilities in the Spanish-American War ended when Manila surrendered to General Merritt & this admiral |
George Dewey |
500 |
February 21, 2000 |
In May 1692 this village's jails were filled with witchcraft suspects, eventually totaling 150 |
Salem, Massachusetts |
100 |
February 3, 2000 |
In 1900 Sanford B. Dole became the first governor of this U.S. territory |
Hawaii |
200 |
February 3, 2000 |
During the naval battle for this Alabama bay, David Farragut uttered, "Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!" |
Mobile Bay |
300 |
February 3, 2000 |
In 1888 he won the presidency using the campaign song "Grandfather's Hat Fits Ben" |
Benjamin Harrison |
400 |
February 3, 2000 |
During the War of 1812, he had command of 3 brigs, 5 schooners & a sloop on Lake Erie |
Oliver Hazard Perry |
500 |
February 3, 2000 |
The Continental Congress approved this "game" to raise money for the army; it never hit $250 million (dollars) |
Lottery |
100 |
December 9, 1999 |
After 3 previous acquittals, this reputed crime family boss was finally convicted in New York City on April 2, 1992 |
John Gotti |
200 |
December 9, 1999 |
He shook up society in the 1960s & later published "Revolution for the Hell of It" & "Steal This Book" |
Abbie Hoffman |
400 |
December 9, 1999 |
This Spanish explorer, not Ponce de Leon, claimed Florida for Spain in June of 1539 |
Hernando de Soto |
500 |
December 9, 1999 |
Due to expansive pork processing facilities, this city on the Ohio River was once known as "Porkopolis" |
Cincinnati |
|
December 9, 1999 |
In 1787-88 the Anti-Federalists opposed the ratification of this document |
the Constitution |
100 |
November 11, 1999 |
After a defeat in 1835 for reelection to Congress from Tennessee, this frontiersman moved to Texas |
Davy Crockett |
200 |
November 11, 1999 |
A Ute legend says the Great Spirit created all life on this peak discovered in 1806 |
Pikes Peak |
300 |
November 11, 1999 |
Nickname given in the 1930s to the area seen here in a famous Arthur Rothstein photo |
"Dust Bowl" |
400 |
November 11, 1999 |
When he began his Progressive Party, Teddy Roosevelt said he felt as fit as one of these animals |
Bull moose |
500 |
November 11, 1999 |
In 1791 this Treasury Secretary issued his "Report On Manufactures", a critique of American industry |
Alexander Hamilton |
100 |
September 27, 1999 |
When West Virginia became a state in 1863, Wheeling was its capital; this city became the permanent capital in 1885 |
Charleston |
200 |
September 27, 1999 |
In 1698, after an absence of 15 years, he returned to the colony named for his father |
William Penn |
300 |
September 27, 1999 |
On Aug. 2, 1826 at Boston's Faneuil Hall, this great orator delivered a eulogy on Jefferson & Adams |
Daniel Webster |
400 |
September 27, 1999 |
Completed in 1856, California's first railroad ran 22 miles between Sacramento & this prison city |
Folsom |
500 |
September 27, 1999 |
Because of the potato famine, more than a million emigrated from this country to the U.S. in the mid-1800s |
Ireland |
100 |
July 2, 1999 |
This 1803 land acquisition included area in what is now 13 of the 50 states |
the Louisiana Purchase |
200 |
July 2, 1999 |
After winning the disputed 1876 election, he was inaugurated to cries of "Rutherfraud" |
Rutherford B. Hayes |
300 |
July 2, 1999 |
Famous for his debates with Lincoln, he served as a U.S. senator from Illinois from 1847 to 1861 |
Stephen Douglas |
500 |
July 2, 1999 |
In 1730 he assumed full ownership of the Pennsylvania Gazette |
Benjamin Franklin |
|
July 2, 1999 |
In January 1935 she became the first woman to fly solo from Hawaii to the U.S. mainland |
Amelia Earhart |
100 |
June 16, 1999 |
His final regret was "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country" |
Nathan Hale |
200 |
June 16, 1999 |
On April 22, 1889 "Sooners" staked claims hours ahead of schedule in Guthrie City in this territory's land grab |
Oklahoma |
300 |
June 16, 1999 |
This 1,500-mile-long mountain system divided the Civil War into the eastern & western theaters |
Appalachians |
400 |
June 16, 1999 |
In 1910 Victor Berger of Wisconsin became the first of this party of Eugene Debs elected to Congress |
Socialist |
500 |
June 16, 1999 |
In 1833 this area asked to separate from Coahuila to become its own Mexican state |
Texas |
100 |
June 9, 1999 |
In 1901 Buffalo Bill founded this town in the Big Horn Basin of Wyoming |
Cody |
200 |
June 9, 1999 |
Frances Willard, a president of the WCTU, was the first woman honored in this Capitol building hall |
Statuary Hall |
300 |
June 9, 1999 |
In a March 1775 speech he also said, is "peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery?" |
Patrick Henry |
400 |
June 9, 1999 |
The change in the American flag on July 4, 1960 was its first change since July 4 of this year |
1959 |
500 |
June 9, 1999 |
In 1850 it became the first state on the Pacific coast admitted to the Union |
California |
100 |
February 19, 1999 |
The U.S. Marine Corps was first established to fight in this war |
The Revolutionary War |
200 |
February 19, 1999 |
On Oct. 2, 1967 he was sworn in as the first African-American Supreme Court justice |
Thurgood Marshall |
300 |
February 19, 1999 |
Jonathan Edwards was among the leaders of this "great" religious movement of the 1700s |
Great Awakening |
400 |
February 19, 1999 |
In 1893 3 men serving prison sentences for this riot were pardoned by the governor of Illinois |
Haymarket Riot |
500 |
February 19, 1999 |
During his first term as president, the Bill of Rights became law |
George Washington |
100 |
July 15, 1998 |
In 1813 the U.S. defeated the British in the Battle of the Thames River in what is now this country |
Canada |
200 |
July 15, 1998 |
In November 1689 Joseph Wadsworth hid this colony's charter from the British by placing it in an oak tree |
Connecticut |
400 |
July 15, 1998 |
He earned his captain's commission by burning the Philadelphia at Tripoli in 1804 |
Stephen Decatur |
500 |
July 15, 1998 |
In 1832 this president declared, "The bank, Mr. Van Buren, is trying to kill me; but I will kill it" |
Andrew Jackson |
|
July 15, 1998 |
Shrapnel from a 1916 munitions storage plant explosion in Jersey City, NJ damaged this famous statue |
Statue of Liberty |
100 |
November 18, 1997 |
Frances Perkins was trying to improve working conditions in these in the 1910s, Kathie Lee in the '90s |
Sweatshops |
200 |
November 18, 1997 |
The U.S. made this great buy from France in 1803 & would have been happy with just New Orleans |
Louisiana Purchase |
300 |
November 18, 1997 |
If this act hadn't passed July 14, 1798, we would have had just the Alien Acts |
Sedition Acts |
400 |
November 18, 1997 |
In 1844 John C. Fremont crossed the Sierra Nevada & this John C. became Secretary of State |
John C. Calhoun |
500 |
November 18, 1997 |
Francisco Lopez found this precious metal in California in 1842, before the rush |
gold |
100 |
October 20, 1997 |
In 1843 Congress allocated $30,000 to string one between Baltimore & Washington; it was completed in 1844 |
a telegraph wire |
200 |
October 20, 1997 |
In 1873 President Grant proclaimed this city the site of the Centennial Exposition of 1876 |
Philadelphia |
300 |
October 20, 1997 |
Before cotton became king, this plant that yields a violet dye was a popular southern crop |
indigo |
400 |
October 20, 1997 |
When Thomas Jefferson took office in March, 1801, this river formed the western U.S. boundary |
Mississippi |
100 |
September 8, 1997 |
In 1890 this GOP senator from Ohio sponsored an antitrust act & the Silver Purchase Act |
John Sherman |
200 |
September 8, 1997 |
In 1997 this U.N. secy.-general became the first international guest of President Clinton's second term |
Kofi Annan |
300 |
September 8, 1997 |
On Sept. 30, 1953, Pres. Eisenhower named this California governor as Chief Justice of the U.S. |
Earl Warren |
400 |
September 8, 1997 |
Signed February 2, 1848, this treaty ended the Mexican War |
the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo |
500 |
September 8, 1997 |
While in the VA. legislature, this 3rd president introduced his religious freedom statute |
Thomas Jefferson |
100 |
July 8, 1997 |
Founded in 1607, the Popham colony on the Kennebec River was this state's first English settlement |
Maine |
200 |
July 8, 1997 |
In 1952 composer Stuart Hamblen was the presidential candidate of this anti-liquor party |
Prohibition |
300 |
July 8, 1997 |
This soldier & frontiersman won important victories over the British in the Northwest Territory |
George Rogers Clark |
500 |
July 8, 1997 |
On Dec. 23, 1921 President Harding pardoned this Socialist so that he could have Christmas dinner with his wife |
Eugene Victor Debs |
|
July 8, 1997 |
This amendment was 3 states short of ratification when its deadline elapsed June 30, 1982 |
the ERA (Equal Rights Amendment) |
100 |
June 27, 1997 |
In October 1867 Gen. Rousseau took formal possession of this territory that the U.S. had bought in March |
Alaska |
200 |
June 27, 1997 |
In 1907 Charles N. Haskell of Muskogee became this new state's first governor |
Oklahoma |
300 |
June 27, 1997 |
Because of his deist beliefs, this "Age of Reason" author died a social outcast in New York City in 1809 |
Thomas Paine |
400 |
June 27, 1997 |
He was promoted to captain for burning the captured U.S. frigate Philadelphia in Tripoli Harbor |
Stephen Decatur |
500 |
June 27, 1997 |
In 1912 this "Bull Moose" spoke for about 50 minutes with a would-be-assassin's bullet lodged in his chest |
Theodore Roosevelt |
100 |
May 30, 1997 |
The siege of the Alamo gave this Texas general time to prepare for the Battle of San Jacinto |
Sam Houston |
200 |
May 30, 1997 |
This Public Enemy No. 1 robbed Midwestern banks until 1934 when he was done in by the Woman in Red |
John Dillinger |
300 |
May 30, 1997 |
Lawrence, Kansas was founded by people opposed to this practice |
Slavery |
400 |
May 30, 1997 |
In 1960 black sit-ins at segregated lunch counters started in Greensboro in this state |
North Carolina |
500 |
May 30, 1997 |
On July 9, 1776 this state's legislature met in White Plains & ratified the Declaration of Independence |
New York |
100 |
April 9, 1997 |
On April 4, 1949, the U.S., Canada, Great Britain, France & 8 other nations signed this mutual defense pact |
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) |
200 |
April 9, 1997 |
8 Americans were killed April 24, 1980 in a failed attempt to rescue American hostages held in this city |
Tehran |
300 |
April 9, 1997 |
After answering a NASA newspaper notice in the '70s, she became America's first woman in space |
Sally Ride |
400 |
April 9, 1997 |
In 1919 this future pres. mobilized the Mass. Militia to restore order in the Boston police strike |
Calvin Coolidge |
500 |
April 9, 1997 |
Though this president chose the general site for the executive mansion, he never lived there |
George Washington |
100 |
April 4, 1997 |
In 1836 this republic asked to be annexed to the U.S. |
Texas |
200 |
April 4, 1997 |
When asked in 1779 "Have you lowered your flag?" he reportedly said, "I have not yet begun to fight" |
John Paul Jones |
300 |
April 4, 1997 |
A compromise allowed Maine's admission to the union in 1820 as a free state & this as a slave state in 1821 |
Missouri |
400 |
April 4, 1997 |
The Kentucky & Virginia Resolutions were passed in opposition to these 1798 acts |
Alien & Sedition Acts |
500 |
April 4, 1997 |
For their part in this 1770 Massachusetts riot, 2 soldiers were branded on the thumb |
Boston Massacre |
100 |
January 10, 1997 |
This monument with a 19-foot seated statue was dedicated by President Harding May 30, 1922 |
Lincoln Memorial |
200 |
January 10, 1997 |
The Supreme Court's 7-2 decision in this slavery case helped bring on the Civil War |
<i>Dred Scott</i> |
300 |
January 10, 1997 |
Though elected to the senate in 1930, this Louisiana governor didn't take his seat until 1932 |
Huey Long |
400 |
January 10, 1997 |
In September, 1971, 43 peole were killed during a 4-day riot at this New York prison |
Attica |
500 |
January 10, 1997 |
Nickname given the WWII backyard vegetable patches |
"Victory Gardens" |
100 |
November 18, 1996 |
In May of 1780, Gen. Benjamin Lincoln was forced to surrender this South Carolina port to the British |
Charleston |
200 |
November 18, 1996 |
More than 200 U.S. Marines were killed in 1983 by a truck bomb at their barracks in this Mideast capital |
Beirut |
300 |
November 18, 1996 |
He related the story of Pocahontas in his "General History of Virginia" in 1624 |
John Smith |
400 |
November 18, 1996 |
The Battle of Palo Alto, fought May 8, 1846, was the first battle of this war |
Mexican-American War |
500 |
November 18, 1996 |
In 1953, this island's first year as a U.S. commonwealth, 75,000 residents moved to the mainland |
Puerto Rico |
100 |
October 7, 1996 |
This president collapsed September 25, 1919 & one week later suffered a stroke |
Woodrow Wilson |
200 |
October 7, 1996 |
In 1609 Champlain reached the lake now named for him on the border of New York & this state |
Vermont |
300 |
October 7, 1996 |
In 1903 this "Badger State" became the first to adopt direct primary elections |
Wisconsin |
400 |
October 7, 1996 |
On December 2, 1863, ground was broken in Omaha for the construction of this railroad |
the Union-Pacific Railroad |
500 |
October 7, 1996 |
In 1853 this future Confederate president became secretary of war in Franklin Pierce's cabinet |
Jefferson Davis |
100 |
May 22, 1996 |
On Nov. 19, 1863 Abraham Lincoln gave this short speech after Edward Everett spoke for 2 hours |
the Gettysburg Address |
200 |
May 22, 1996 |
On Lady Bird Johnson's urging, Congress voted funds in 1965 to beautify these |
highways |
300 |
May 22, 1996 |
On March 23, 1965 a 2-man craft in this program became the first piloted spacecraft to change its orbit |
Gemini |
400 |
May 22, 1996 |
In 1943 the U.S. built a nuclear energy center, the Hanford Works, in this state |
Washington |
500 |
May 22, 1996 |
On August 29, 1877, this leader of the Mormon Church died |
Brigham Young |
100 |
January 17, 1996 |
After aiding the U.S. in the Battle of New Orleans, this pirate was pardoned |
Jean Lafitte |
200 |
January 17, 1996 |
In December 1952, this president-elect visited the front lines during the Korean War |
Dwight Eisenhower |
300 |
January 17, 1996 |
After this waterway opened in 1825, freight rates between Buffalo & NYC were cut by more than 90% |
Erie Canal |
400 |
January 17, 1996 |
This man who bought Manhattan from the Indians later served as governor of New Sweden |
Peter Minuit |
500 |
January 17, 1996 |
On October 20, 1803, the senate ratified the treaty for this land acquisition |
Louisiana Purchase |
100 |
November 23, 1995 |
Benedict Arnold & this man's Green Mountain Boys captured Ticonderoga, May 10, 1775 |
Ethan Allen |
200 |
November 23, 1995 |
In 1866 he became general of the U.S. Army; the first officer so designated |
Ulysses S. Grant |
300 |
November 23, 1995 |
The name of this anti-Jackson party was introduced to the senate by Henry Clay, April 14, 1834 |
Whigs |
400 |
November 23, 1995 |
In 1843 Daniel Webster resigned as this president's Secretary of State |
John Tyler |
500 |
November 23, 1995 |
He organized the corps of men who photographed the Civil War; poor eyesight limited his work |
Mathew Brady |
100 |
September 4, 1995 |
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, a founder of the ACLU, was expelled in 1940 for being a member of this party |
Communist Party |
200 |
September 4, 1995 |
Over half the value of U.S. exports from 1815-1860 came from this crop |
cotton |
300 |
September 4, 1995 |
In 1930 Charles Evans Hughes left the World Court to take this position in the U.S. |
Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court |
500 |
September 4, 1995 |
The Bay of Pigs invasion plans were first drawn up under this president |
Eisenhower |
|
September 4, 1995 |
On May 22, 1906 they received a patent for an improved model of their airplane |
the Wright brothers |
100 |
December 28, 1994 |
Samuel Adams referred to this April 19, 1775 battle when he said, "What a glorious morning for America!" |
Lexington, Concord |
200 |
December 28, 1994 |
Prior to his election to the Tennessee legislature in 1821, this frontiersman was a Justice of the Peace |
Davy Crockett |
300 |
December 28, 1994 |
1 of 4 freedoms FDR termed essential in a January 6, 1941 address to Congress |
1 of (want, speech, religion, or fear) |
400 |
December 28, 1994 |
Of the 3 writers of the Federalist papers, 2 were New Yorkers & he was a Virginian |
(James) Madison |
500 |
December 28, 1994 |
This traitor took a cut in rank from major general in the U.S. Army to brigadier general in the British Army |
Benedict Arnold |
100 |
November 16, 1994 |
In 1765 Dr. James Baker opened his first factory in Massachusetts to make this - how sweet! |
Chocolate |
200 |
November 16, 1994 |
Mormons say divine intervention sent these birds to stop a cricket infestation in 1848 |
Seagulls |
300 |
November 16, 1994 |
In 1949 the Senate ratified this treaty that joined the U.S. with 11 others in a mutual defense pact |
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) |
400 |
November 16, 1994 |
After losing his Senate seat to John F. Kennedy, he was made U.S. representative at the United Nations |
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. |
|
November 16, 1994 |
In 1777 Vermont became the first state to abolish this completely |
slavery |
100 |
November 12, 1993 |
It's the date on which America celebrated its bicentennial |
July 4, 1976 |
200 |
November 12, 1993 |
This American general who turned traitor during the revolution got over £6,000 for his efforts |
Benedict Arnold |
300 |
November 12, 1993 |
At a 1954 hearing, this senator accused the Army of "coddling Communists" |
Joseph McCarthey |
500 |
November 12, 1993 |
From 1680 to 1755, the colony of Pennsylvania was governed by members of this religious group |
the Quakers |
|
November 12, 1993 |
Under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Mexico relinquished all claims to this state above the Rio Grande |
Texas |
100 |
July 7, 1993 |
This company was founded in 1852 to provide banking & mail delivery to the gold camps of California |
Wells Fargo |
200 |
July 7, 1993 |
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 repealed this compromise of 1820 |
the Missouri Compromise |
300 |
July 7, 1993 |
In 1859 this vein of silver was discovered on the eastern slope of Mount Davidson in Nevada |
the Comstock Lode |
400 |
July 7, 1993 |
This 1777 document said, "The stile of this confederacy shall be 'The United States of America'" |
Articles of Confederation |
500 |
July 7, 1993 |
This statue got a new torch in 1986; the old one was 100 years old |
the Statue of Liberty |
100 |
October 30, 1992 |
Term for the women of the 1920s who wore bobbed hair, short dresses & long strings of beads |
flappers |
200 |
October 30, 1992 |
This Sunshine State once had east & west portions; the western part now belongs to Ala., Miss. & La. |
Florida |
300 |
October 30, 1992 |
3 months after Congress authorized the Department of Foreign Affairs, it changed its name to this |
Department of State |
100 |
May 4, 1990 |
He died in 1804 the day after his duel with Aaron Burr |
Alexander Hamilton |
200 |
May 4, 1990 |
In 1945-46 the number of these government employees dropped from 12 million to less than 3 million |
Armed Forces/Servicemen & women |
300 |
May 4, 1990 |
In 1932 Hattie Caraway of Arkansas became the first woman elected to this body |
U.S. Senate |
400 |
May 4, 1990 |
After the original 13 colonies, this was the first state to enter the Union |
Vermont |
500 |
May 4, 1990 |
In 1943 Georgia became the 1st state to lower the voting age to this |
18 |
100 |
February 27, 1990 |
Black Friday, September 24, 1869, resulted from Gould & Fisk's attempt to corner the U.S. supply of this |
Gold |
200 |
February 27, 1990 |
He was the last Dutch governor of New York, which was New Netherland at the time |
Peter Stuyvessant |
300 |
February 27, 1990 |
At the Battle of San Jacinto, Sam Houston took this Mexican leader prisoner |
Santa Anna |
400 |
February 27, 1990 |
Swedish-born John Ericsson designed this 1st of the ironclads with a revolving turret |
Monitor |
500 |
February 27, 1990 |
In 1787 Delaware became the 1st state in the Union; in 1860 this became the 1st state to secede |
South Carolina |
100 |
January 10, 1990 |
In 1952 this territory adopted its own constitution & became a commonwealth |
Puerto Rico |
200 |
January 10, 1990 |
In 1926 Lindbergh had to parachute out of planes 4 times while employed to do this |
flying the mail |
300 |
January 10, 1990 |
Wilson, Harding, Coolidge & Hoover refused to recognize this country's government, but FDR did |
Soviet Union |
400 |
January 10, 1990 |
This New Deal agency was symbolized by a blue eagle & used the motto, "We do our part" |
NRA (National Recovery Administration) |
500 |
January 10, 1990 |