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George Washington 15 Cuba 14 Andrew Jackson 12 the Maine 11 Oklahoma 10 Alaska 10 Thomas Jefferson 10 Philadelphia 9 the War of 1812 9 the Mississippi 9 John Marshall 9 Texas 8 New York 8 Jamestown 8 Hawaii 8 California 8 the Louisiana Purchase 8 the Declaration of Independence 8 Andrew Johnson 8 Benjamin Franklin 8 the Civil War 8

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Andrew Jackson 12x 25.0% stumper $1,092 avg J:4 DJ:8

J $400 1992 When this general died in 1863, Robert E. Lee wrote, "I know not how to replace him"

DJ $800 1996 In 1818 this general ordered 2 traders arrested & executed for inciting the Seminole Indians

J $900 DD 1998 In 1832 this president declared, "The bank, Mr. Van Buren, is trying to kill me; but I will kill it"

Oklahoma 10x 20.0% stumper $380 avg J:5 DJ:5

DJ $200 1991 At noon on April 22, 1889, about 50,000 rushed into this territory to establish homesteads

J $500 DD 2000 Geronimo was buried in this state in 1909, 2 years after statehood

DJ $1,000 1993 In the early 1900s, part of what is now this state asked to become the separate state of Sequoyah

Alaska 10x 10.0% stumper $450 avg J:4 DJ:6

J $100 1991 Ironically, Horace Greeley disapproved of this 1867 purchase

DJ $600 1991 The 1844 slogan "Fifty-four forty or fight" referred to the southern boundary of this Russian territory

DJ $2,000 2006 Americans began to occupy this even before we could send Russia the $7.2 million we paid for it

the War of 1812 9x 12.5% stumper $475 avg J:3 DJ:5 FJ:1

J $200 1996 Shawnee Indian chief Tecumseh died while fighting on the side of the British during this 19th c. war

DJ $2,000 DD 1989 Andrew Jackson acquired his nickname, "Old Hickory", during this war

FJ 1993 Albert Gallatin played the leading role in the negotiations that ended this war

the Mississippi 9x 22.2% stumper $700 avg J:5 DJ:4

J $200 2022 The 1783 Treaty of Paris set the western boundary of the new United States in the middle of this river

J $500 1996 In Pinckney's Treaty of 1795, Spain granted the U.S. the right to navigate this river

J $1,000 DD 1996 The Keokuk Dam, then the world's largest, opened in 1913 across this river

Texas 8x $362 avg J:5 DJ:3

J $100 1999 In 1833 this area asked to separate from Coahuila to become its own Mexican state

DJ $600 1988 In 1843, Mexico said annexation of this as a U.S. state would be equal to a declaration of war

J $100 1993 Under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Mexico relinquished all claims to this state above the Rio Grande

Hawaii 8x $312 avg J:2 DJ:6

J $100 1995 In 1886 the pineapple industry began in this future state with plants imported from Jamaica

DJ $600 1988 In 1893, Sanford B. Dole became president of this area he declared a new U.S. protectorate

J $200 2000 In 1900 Sanford B. Dole became the first governor of this U.S. territory

California 8x 12.5% stumper $475 avg J:4 DJ:4

J $200 1993 In 1769 Father Junipero Serra founded San Diego de Alcala, the 1st Franciscan mission in what's now this state

J $500 1998 This state's constitution of 1849 let married women retain control of their own property

DJ $1,000 1989 Western state which entered the Union as a result of the Compromise of 1850

the Louisiana Purchase 8x $229 avg J:4 DJ:3 FJ:1

J $200 2017 The U.S. put down $11.25 million for this 1803 land deal, though the treaty didn't clearly describe the boundaries

FJ 2007 It was the main cause of the 1803 jump in the national debt to $86.4 million

DJ $200 1996 Concerning this 1803 land acquisition, Thomas Jefferson said he had gone "beyond the Constitution"

Andrew Johnson 8x $350 avg J:2 DJ:4 FJ:2

J $100 1999 Radical Republicans impeached & tried to remove this president in 1868

DJ $600 1995 Sen. Edmund Ross never won office again after casting the deciding vote to acquit this president

FJ 2017 Only 4 men have been both VP & president & served in both houses of Congress; 2 of them shared this last name

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Sam Houston 7x $283 avg J:4 DJ:2 FJ:1

J $100 1996 In 1861 this Texas governor refused to support the Confederacy & was forced from office

DJ $600 1987 "Remember the Alamo" became the vengeful battle cry of this leader who finally captured Santa Anna

FJ 1984 He served as congressman from 1 state, senator from another, governor of both & president of Texas

Puerto Rico 7x 14.3% stumper $371 avg J:4 DJ:3

J $100 1996 In 1953, this island's first year as a U.S. commonwealth, 75,000 residents moved to the mainland

J $500 DD 1999 In 1952 Congress approved this commonwealth's new constitution

J $200 2019 The 1917 Jones-Shafroth Act made residents of this Caribbean island American citizens

Chicago 7x 14.3% stumper $1,086 avg J:1 DJ:6

J $400 1993 This city's 1886 Haymarket Riot left 7 policemen dead & more than 60 injured

DJ $800 1989 An 1886 labor rally in this city's Haymarket Square turned into a riot

DJ $1,000 1994 In February 1933 gunman Joseph Zangara missed FDR but killed Anton J. Cermak, this city's mayor

prohibition 6x $483 avg J:3 DJ:3

J $200 2022 During this period that began in 1920, keg parties weren't for drinking but for thedumpingof liquor

DJ $600 1985 The camel was appropriate 1920 symbol for the party pushing for this

DJ $1,200 2020 The first state to ratify the 18th Amendment, Mississippi didn't repeal this statewide until 1966

poverty 6x $1,083 avg J:4 DJ:2

J $100 1989 In his 1964 State of the Union Address, Pres. Johnson declared "war" on this in the U.S.

J $600 2003 The "War on" this, approved by Congress in August of 1964, included VISTA, Volunteers in Service to America

DJ $4,000 DD 2017 In his 1964 State of the Union address, Lyndon Johnson declared an "unconditional war on" this "in America"

Daniel Boone 6x 16.7% stumper $483 avg J:4 DJ:2

J $100 1990 This trailblazer was born to a Quaker family in Berks County, Pennsylvania, not Kentucky

DJ $800 1989 In 1775 he led a group of men cutting the Wilderness Trail through the Cumberland Gap

J $1,000 2015 In 1778 Ohio Shawnee held this frontiersman captive for 5 months

Alexander Hamilton 6x $380 avg J:2 DJ:3 FJ:1

J $100 1999 In 1791 this Treasury Secretary issued his "Report On Manufactures", a critique of American industry

DJ $600 1993 On January 31, 1795, this man resigned as Secretary of the Treasury & was succeeded by Oliver Wolcott

FJ 2020 After statesman & banker Robert Morris turned down a job offer from George Washington, this man took the job

Aaron Burr 6x $600 avg J:5 DJ:1

J $300 1998 In 1807 this former VP was tried & acquitted on a charge of treason

J $600 2021 In 1791 this man beat Philip Schuyler, Alexander Hamilton's father-in-law, for a New York Senate seat

J $1,000 DD 2019 Alexander Hamilton Jr. got justice for his dad when Eliza Jumel hired him to handle her divorce from this man

Theodore Roosevelt 6x $400 avg J:4 DJ:2

J $100 1997 In 1912 this "Bull Moose" spoke for about 50 minutes with a would-be-assassin's bullet lodged in his chest

DJ $800 1985 Ex-President who, as 3rd party candidate, outpolled Pres. Taft in 1912

J $100 1984 Some 30 years before his cousin's New Deal, he gave us a "Square Deal"

the Whigs 6x 16.7% stumper $667 avg J:2 DJ:4

J $400 1989 In 1834 this new party got off to a good start with Henry Clay's support

DJ $800 1998 In 1834, a new political party adopted this name after they "flipped" over its use in a Henry Clay speech

DJ $1,000 DD 2014 In 1851 The New York Times was founded to represent the views of this party that didn't last much longer

William Jennings Bryan 5x 40.0% stumper $940 avg J:1 DJ:4

J $500 1989 Youngest major presidential candidate at 36, his famous "Cross of Gold" speech led to his nomination

DJ $1,000 1998 His golden-voiced speech at the 1896 Democratic Convention clinched his nomination

DJ $800 1991 In 1896 the Democratic, Populist & National Silver parties all nominated him for president

Susan B. Anthony 5x 20.0% stumper $460 avg J:1 DJ:4

DJ $400 1991 She was 80 when she retired as president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association in 1900

J $500 1992 From 1856-1861 this suffragette was an agent for the American Anti-Slavery Society

DJ $400 1990 This Quaker abolitionist & suffragist was burned in effigy by a New York City mob in the 1850s

Huey Long 5x $640 avg J:2 DJ:3

J $400 1997 Though elected to the Senate in 1930, this Louisiana governor didn't take his seat until 1932

DJ $600 1989 The presidential candidacy of this "Kingfish" threatened to split the Democrats in 1935

DJ $1,000 1985 "Every man a king" was slogan of this Louisiana populist politician

gold 5x 20.0% stumper $420 avg J:3 DJ:2

J $100 1997 Francisco Lopez found this precious metal in California in 1842, before the rush

DJ $1,200 2024 In 1974 the U.S. repealed a Depression-era ban on private ownership of this that had been meant to prevent hoarding

DJ $200 1993 Though it was discovered in Calif. as early as 1842, it wasn't until 1848 that there was a "rush"

George Wallace 5x $740 avg J:2 DJ:3

J $300 1989 A 1972 assassination attempt on this presidential candidate left him disabled

DJ $600 1990 Arthur Bremer shot 4 people May 15, 1972 including this governor

DJ $1,000 1987 On May 15, 1972, he was shot in a Laurel, Maryland shopping center

Florida 5x 20.0% stumper $400 avg J:4 DJ:1

J $200 1996 In 1834 the U.S. government ordered the Seminoles to leave this state under an 1832 treaty

DJ $800 1989 Last Southeastern state to join the Union, it didn't enter until 1845

J $300 1992 It had had a permanent European settlement since 1565, but didn't become a state until 1845

China 5x $380 avg J:3 DJ:2

J $300 1995 In 1899 Secretary of State John Hay proposed an "open door policy" of trade with this country

DJ $600 1985 In 1900, America instituted an "Open Door policy" with this country

J $300 1991 On December 12, 1937 the Japanese sank the U.S. gunboat Panay while it was in this country

Boss Tweed 5x $340 avg J:2 DJ:3

J $100 1998 The political ring led by this man stole as much as $200 million from NYC before it was ousted in 1871

DJ $600 1991 At his peak in 1868, he had contractors in NYC pad their bills 85%, the proceeds going to his gang

DJ $200 1985 19th c. Tammany boss & head of corrupt New York political "ring"

John Wilkes Booth 5x $467 avg DJ:3 FJ:2

DJ $400 1994 On April 20, 1865 the War Dept. issued a poster offering $50,000 for the capture of this man

DJ $600 1996 It wasn't good luck when this actor broke his leg the night of April 14, 1865

FJ 2021 While performing in Philadelphia, the future father of this man sent a letter threatening to slit Andrew Jackson's throat

James Gadsden 5x $1,200 avg J:1 DJ:2 FJ:2

J $500 1988 U.S. minister to Mexico who arranged the purchase of a strip of borderland in 1853

DJ $1,100 DD 1991 In 1853 he was sent to buy land south of the Rio Grande but came back with a different purchase

FJ 1999 As minister to Mexico, he was authorized by President Pierce to buy border land for the railroads

Grant 5x $640 avg J:2 DJ:3

DJ $400 2024 On April 9, 1865 this general told his men, "The war is over--the Rebels are our countrymen again"

J $500 1992 Van Buren was president during the Panic of 1837, & he led the country during the Panic of 1873

DJ $1,000 1990 Victoria Woodhull, the first woman to run for president, lost to him in 1872

vice president 4x $675 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $100 1987 National office held by Aaron Burr when he shot Alexander Hamilton

DJ $2,000 2019 Suffering from tuberculosis, William Rufus DeVane King died in April 1853 before ever performing his duties in this post

J $200 1987 This national elective office has been unoccupied for a combined total of about 38 years

Vermont 4x 25.0% stumper $400 avg J:2 DJ:2

DJ $200 1996 For a brief time in 1777, this "Green Mountain State" was known as New Connecticut

J $500 1990 After the original 13 colonies, this was the first state to enter the Union

J $300 1996 In 1609 Champlain reached the lake now named for him on the border of New York & this state

the United Mine Workers 4x 50.0% stumper $1,050 avg DJ:4

DJ $800 1993 In March 1937 U.S. Steel recognized this union headed by John L. Lewis

DJ $1,000 1995 John L. Lewis headed this union from 1920 to 1960

DJ $800 1988 On January 25, 1946, the AFL voted to readmit this union led by John L. Lewis

the Supreme Court 4x 25.0% stumper $450 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $200 2000 In 1937 FDR's opponents accused him of trying to "pack" this

J $600 2023 The only signer of both the Declaration & Constitution to sit on this body, James Wilson, took his oaths on October 5, 1789

DJ $400 2010 By 1942 FDR had appointed 7 new men to this body: it took a while, but he got the packing he had wanted

the Pony Express 4x $675 avg J:1 DJ:3

J $300 1985 In 1861, it carried Lincoln's inaugural address from Missouri to Nevada in its best time ever

DJ $800 2014 (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents the clue.) With Missouri as its starting point, the Great Plains, the Rockies & the present state capitals of Salt Lake City, Carson City & Sacramento were on the route of this 19th century service

DJ $1,200 2021 Nevada has a monument to this 1860s mail service, near the site where horses & riders fueled up before heading further west

the Alamo 4x $1,175 avg J:1 DJ:3

J $100 1994 Several noncombatants survived the 12-day siege of this Texas mission in 1836

DJ $4,000 DD 2010 "Our flag still waves proudly from the walls", William B. Travis said of it, "I shall never surrender or retreat"

DJ $200 1990 In March 1836 Santa Ana captured this fortified mission

Tennessee 4x 100.0% stumper $1,067 avg DJ:3 FJ:1

DJ $1,000 DD 2018 In 1925 John T. Scopes was put on trial, convicted & fined for teaching evolution in this Southern state

FJ 1995 John Sevier, the only gov. of the self-proclaimed state of Franklin, later became the 1st gov. of this state

DJ $1,000 1993 Sam Houston's first wife, Eliza Allen, left him while he was governor of this southeast central state

Spain 4x $425 avg J:3 DJ:1

DJ $200 1995 The 1795 Treaty of San Lorenzo with this country gave the U.S. free navigation of the Mississippi

J $500 1992 In 1742 James Oglethorpe won the Battle of Bloody Marsh & virtually ended this country's threat to Georgia

J $400 2016 Without the knowledge of Congress, James Madison took possession of West Florida from this country

Shays' Rebellion 4x $975 avg J:1 DJ:3

J $500 1995 During this 1786-87 rebellion by debt-ridden Massachusetts farmers, about 40 men were killed

DJ $1,000 1991 This rebellion of 1786-87 was an effort to stop foreclosures in Western Massachusetts

DJ $1,000 1987 When the 1786-87 rebellion led by & named for him broke out in Mass., Congress made no effort to put it down

Pocahontas 4x $450 avg J:1 DJ:3

J $200 2016 This Native American princess married an English colonist & visited England in 1616, meeting King James I

DJ $800 1989 In 1616 she went to England with her husband, John, & her infant son

DJ $400 1993 Several of Chief Powhatan's daughters were known by this nickname which means "playful one"

North Carolina 4x $400 avg J:3 FJ:1

J $300 1992 In 1870 William Holden of this Tar Heel State became the 1st governor to be impeached

J $500 1997 In 1960 black sit-ins at segregated lunch counters started in Greensboro in this state

FJ 2026 Amelia Earhart was among the guests at a 25th anniversary ceremony held December 17, 1928 in this state

New York City 4x $425 avg J:1 DJ:3

J $100 1996 During a 1977 blackout, 9 million people in this city & its suburbs were plunged into darkness

DJ $600 1998 At noon April 30, 1789 George Washington was sworn in as president in this city

DJ $400 1991 The Triangle Shirtwaist Co. fire in 1911 in this city led to demands for improved working conditions

Nat Turner 4x $1,267 avg DJ:3 FJ:1

DJ $800 1986 Slave & preacher who led a famous slave uprising in August 1831

DJ $1,000 1991 This leader of a slave rebellion was hanged November 11, 1831

FJ 2025 He recalled that before an 1831 revolt, he had a vision of "white spirits & black spirits engaged in battle"

Mexico 4x 25.0% stumper $1,500 avg J:1 DJ:3

DJ $400 2018 From 1821 until 1848 this country controlled what is today California

DJ $600 1996 In 1834 Stephen Austin was held in prison for 8 months in this country

J $4,400 DD 2003 Rather than pay a tax to support a war with this country, Henry David Thoreau went to jail

Dolley Madison 4x $725 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $300 2000 Fleeing the capital on August 24, 1814, she took a Gilbert Stuart portrait of Washington with her

J $600 2008 Fleeing the capital on August 24, 1814, she took a Gilbert Stuart portrait of Washington with her

DJ $1,200 2019 When this beloved first lady died in Washington in 1849, the "ladies of Virginia" were urged to wear a black bow or ribbon in tribute

Delaware 4x $1,300 avg J:1 DJ:3

DJ $400 1994 In 1802 Eleuthere Irenee du Pont established a gunpowder mill in this state

DJ $1,200 2006 Victor Marie du Pont served as a captain of this state's volunteers in the War of 1812

J $400 1990 In 1655 Dutch colonists conquered New Sweden, an area now part of this state

Canada 4x 25.0% stumper $250 avg J:4

J $200 2019 In July 1812 U.S. general William Hull launched an invasion of this country & was ignominiously repulsed

J $200 2004 Escaped slaves in the 1850s & draft dodgers in the 1960s mainly headed to this country

J $200 1998 In 1813 the U.S. defeated the British in the Battle of the Thames River in what is now this country

Arizona & New Mexico 4x 25.0% stumper $1,175 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $300 1990 The territory acquired by the 1853 Gadsden Purchase is now part of these 2 states

J $700 DD 1996 1853's Gadsden Purchase contained the southern portion of what became these 2 states

DJ $1,200 2022 In 1912, the U.S. flag gained its 47th & 48th stars after these two neighbors, highlighted here, joined the Union

Teapot Dome 4x 25.0% stumper $700 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $300 1996 This oil scandal led to the 1923 resignation of Interior Secretary Albert Fall

J $500 1990 On April 7, 1922 the Mammoth Oil Company was granted a lease on these naval oil reserves

DJ $1,600 2018 Interior Secretary Albert Bacon Fallwas convicted of bribery in leasing out oil reserves in Elk Hills, Buena Vista & this site

(William) Seward 4x $575 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $400 2015 His "Icebox" & his "Folly" were nicknames for the purchase of Alaska

J $500 1999 This Secretary of State retired in 1869, 2 years after his "folly"

J $1,000 2019 In 1861 this Secretary of State suggested the U.S. provoke a foreign war to distract from civil discord at home

William Howard Taft 4x 25.0% stumper $850 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $400 1995 In 1921 President Harding appointed this former president chief justice of the United States

DJ $800 1991 He followed Theodore Roosevelt's "Gunboat Diplomacy" with "Dollar Diplomacy"

DJ $1,000 1994 This U.S. president garnered just 8 electoral votes when defeated by Woodrow Wilson in 1912

the Panama Canal 4x $450 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $200 2010 On Nov. 9, 1906 Teddy Roosevelt left the U.S. to personally see the progress on this engineering project

DJ $800 1990 The 1901 Hay-Paunceforte Treaty with Britain permitted the U.S. to build this

DJ $400 2015 The Hay-Pauncefote Treaty of 1901 gave the U.S. sole right to construct & control this engineering project

the Battle of New Orleans 4x $375 avg J:1 DJ:3

DJ $200 1994 For helping in the 1814 battle of this city, Jean Laffite was pardoned by President James Madison

DJ $700 DD 1985 Thisbattle mistakenly fought after the War of 1812 was over made Andrew Jackson a hero:"Yeah, they ran through the briars / And they ran through the brambles / And they ran through the bushes / Where the rabbit couldn't go / They ran so fast / That t...

DJ $200 1998 British commander Sir Edward Pakenham was killed in this battle fought 2 weeks after the War of 1812

Standard Oil 4x $375 avg J:2 DJ:2

DJ $200 1995 On Aug. 28, 1859 this natural resource was struck 69 feet below Titusville, Pennsylvania

J $500 1989 By 1879 this company controlled over 90% of the oil refined in the U.S.

J $200 1985 Exploitation of this natural resource led to the Teapot Dome scandal

J. Edgar Hoover 4x $500 avg J:1 DJ:3

J $200 1988 He became F.B.I. director way back in 1924 & held the post for 48 years

DJ $600 1995 In 1968 his power led Congress to rule that FBI directors must be Senate-approved & have 10-year terms

DJ $600 1993 In 1928 this Republican campaigned for president promising "a chicken in every pot"

George Dewey 4x 25.0% stumper $875 avg J:2 DJ:2

DJ $200 1992 On Nov. 3, 1948 the Chicago Tribune erroneously reported that he defeated Truman

J $500 2000 Hostilities in the Spanish-American War ended when Manila surrendered to General Merritt & this admiral

DJ $2,000 DD 1993 In 1935 this future GOP presidential candidate was appointed a special prosecutor in N.Y.

Worth Knowing (144)

Watergate 3 Washington, D.C. 3 Thomas Paine 3 the Whiskey Rebellion 3 the Spanish-American War 3 the Missouri Compromise 3 the Mexican-American War 3 the Homestead Act 3 the gold standard 3 the Federalist Party 3 the Confederacy 3 Telstar 3 St. Augustine 3 South Carolina 3 slaves 3 Slavery 3 Secretary of State 3 San Francisco 3 Sacco & Vanzetti 3 Richard Nixon 3 Republican 3 New Orleans 3 Missouri 3 Lindbergh 3 Kissinger 3 John Mitchell 3 John Glenn 3 John Adams 3 income tax 3 income 3 Havana 3 Colorado 3 CIA 3 Bunker Hill 3 Brigham Young 3 Boston 3 alcohol 3 Alcatraz 3 Alan Shepard 3 Abraham Lincoln 3 the Bill of Rights 3 the U.S. Senate 3 Wisconsin 2 Winfield Scott 2 Wall Street 2 voting 2 vote 2 Utah 2 Truman 2 Thomas Eagleton 2 the Volstead Act 2 the Treaty of Ghent 2 the Teapot Dome scandal 2 the Secret Service 2 the Scopes trial 2 the Santa Fe Trail 2 the Rough Riders 2 the Pure Food and Drug Act 2 the Oregon Trail 2 the Old North Church 2 the Nez Perce 2 The Molly Maguires 2 the Mason-Dixon Line 2 the KKK 2 the Kansas-Nebraska Act 2 The Johnstown Flood 2 the Great Depression 2 the Grange 2 The French and Indian War 2 the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) 2 the Dixiecrats 2 the Coast Guard 2 the Chisholm Trail 2 swine flu 2 Sutter 2 Stephen Decatur 2 steam 2 Springfield 2 Sojourner Truth 2 Socialist party 2 Socialist 2 Sally Ride 2 Salem 2 Rutherford B. Hayes 2 Peter Stuyvesant 2 Peter Minuit 2 Omar Bradley 2 Oliver Hazard Perry 2 Nicaragua 2 New Mexico 2 Napoleon 2 Montgomery, Alabama 2 Michigan 2 Mason & Dixon 2 Martin Luther King, Jr. 2 Margaret Sanger 2 Manifest Destiny 2 Louisiana 2 Little Big Horn 2 Lewis & Clark 2 Johnstown 2 John Tyler 2 John Quincy Adams 2 John Dillinger 2 John Calhoun 2 Japan 2 Indians 2 Horace Mann 2 Horace Greeley 2 Haymarket 2 Harpers Ferry 2 Greensboro 2 Good Feelings 2 Geronimo 2 Gerald Ford 2 Franklin D. Roosevelt 2 El Paso 2 Earl Warren 2 Dumbarton Oaks 2 Devils Tower 2 Denmark 2 Davy Crockett 2 Crazy Horse 2 copper 2 Clara Barton 2 Chief Joseph 2 blue 2 Black Hawk 2 Ben Franklin 2 Australia 2 Attica 2 Arizona 2 Amelia Earhart 2 Alger Hiss 2 Alf Landon 2 Air Force 2 abolitionists 2 18 2 (Robert) Fulton 2 (Leland) Stanford 2 (Eugene) Debs 2 the man who shot William McKinley 2 the Tom Thumb 2 the Union Pacific 2

Revolutionary Era

28 answers | 129 clues

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George Washington 15x 6.7% stumper $420 avg J:7 DJ:8

J $100 1998 During his first term as president, the Bill of Rights became law

J $500 2001 Bushrod, the favorite nephew of this president, became a Supreme Court justice in 1798

DJ $1,200 2019 In 1976, more than 175 years after his death, this man was promoted by Congress to general of the armies of the United States

Cuba 14x 28.6% stumper $721 avg J:6 DJ:8

J $100 1984 Planned under Eisenhower, invasion of this Caribbean island failed under Kennedy

DJ $600 1992 It became a U.S. protectorate in 1901 when Congress passed the Platt Amendment

J $1,000 DD 2014 In July 1960 the U.S. stopped imports of sugar from this country that was cozying up to the USSR

Thomas Jefferson 10x $420 avg J:4 DJ:6

J $400 1994 When he became president in 1801, it was the first transfer of executive power between rival parties

DJ $600 1999 In 1804 Justice Samuel Chase was impeached for comments critical of this president's administration

J $400 1985 President who served as architect for much of the University of Virginia

John Marshall 9x 11.1% stumper $489 avg J:6 DJ:3

J $200 1998 John Adams appointed this John chief justice

J $500 1984 Many consider his appointment as Chief Justice in 1801 most important appointment in U.S. history

J $1,000 DD 2024 During his tenure as chief justice of the United States, he swore in 5 presidents, including Andrew Jackson

New York 8x $475 avg J:3 DJ:5

J $100 1997 On July 9, 1776 this state's legislature met in White Plains & ratified the Declaration of Independence

DJ $800 1995 The 1777 Battle of Bennington did not occur in Vermont, but several miles west in this state

J $1,000 DD 1994 In 1795 John Jay resigned as chief justice to become governor of this state

the Declaration of Independence 8x $250 avg J:4 DJ:4

DJ $200 1989 The Philadelphia Centennial Exposition celebrated the 100th anniversary of this document

J $500 1989 Robt. Livingston, Roger Sherman, Ben Franklin & John Adams were members of the committee of 5 that drafted it

DJ $200 1988 Thomas McKean of Delaware signed it sometime between 1776 & 1781, but no one knows when

Should-Know (6)

the Constitution 6x $283 avg J:3 DJ:3

J $100 1997 Edmund Randolph's Virginia Plan was used as the basis for this important American document of 1787

J $200 1997 At age 26 Jonathan Dayton of New Jersey was the youngest signer of this 1787 document

J $200 1995 On Oct. 21, 1797 this frigate was launched at Boston

World War I 5x $420 avg J:3 DJ:2

J $200 2004 On Nov. 11, 1918, Pvt. Henry Gunther became the last American casualty in this war

J $500 1997 The first major engagement for U.S. troops in this 20th century war was the Battle of Belleau Wood

J $400 1990 The Marquis de Lafayette served in the American Revolution, the Lafayette Escadrille in this war

John Jay 5x $580 avg J:1 DJ:4

DJ $400 1997 He served as the first chief justice of New York before he became first chief justice of the U.S.

J $500 1991 In 1794 this Chief Justice negotiated a treaty with Britain covering commerce & frontier posts

DJ $400 1993 Before becoming chief justice in 1789, he was Sec'y of Foreign Affairs in the Continental Congress

Daniel Webster 5x 40.0% stumper $500 avg J:2 DJ:3

DJ $200 1990 He was called "Black Dan" due to his swarthy complexion & "Godlike Daniel" from his imposing style

DJ $800 1999 His 1830 "Liberty and Union" speech to the Senate was spread over 2 days

DJ $900 DD 1994 In August 1826 this famed orator eulogized Thomas Jefferson & John Adams, who'd died a month earlier

Patrick Henry 4x $475 avg J:2 DJ:2

DJ $200 1989 This orator became governor of Virginia in 1776

DJ $1,000 1996 On May 29, 1765 in the House of Burgesses, he said, "If this be treason, make the most of it"

J $300 1992 In 1799 this orator was elected to VA.'s legislature but died before he could take his seat

John Paul Jones 4x $400 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $300 1997 When asked in 1779 "Have you lowered your flag?" he reportedly said, "I have not yet begun to fight"

J $500 1994 During a 6-week period in 1776, he captured 8 British ships & destroyed 8 others

DJ $400 1994 After the capture of the Serapis in 1779, his damaged ship the Bonhomme Richard was left to sink

Worth Knowing (16)

the Mississippi River 3 the Articles of Confederation 3 "Common Sense" 3 Statue of Liberty 3 West Point 2 the Stamp Act 2 the Liberty Bell 2 the Continental Congress 2 the Constitutional Convention 2 the Boston Massacre 2 the Battle of Lexington 2 Paris 2 Monmouth 2 John Hancock 2 Harvard 2 the House of Burgesses 2

Colonial / Exploration

20 answers | 81 clues

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the Maine 11x 27.3% stumper $582 avg J:3 DJ:8

J $200 1997 Founded in 1607, the Popham colony on the Kennebec River was this state's first English settlement

DJ $800 1992 In 1820 it separated from Massachusetts to become the 23rd state

DJ $1,000 2000 The Webster-Ashburton Treaty set parts of the St. Francis & St. John rivers as the border for this state & Canada

Philadelphia 9x 33.3% stumper $778 avg J:6 DJ:3

DJ $200 1994 In the mid-1700s this Pennsylvania city was the busiest Colonial port

J $600 DD 1995 The Centennial Exposition, the 1st successful World's Fair in the U.S., took place in this city in 1876

DJ $2,000 DD 1994 Due to the Erie Canal, New York replaced this city as the nation's top port by the late 1840s

Jamestown 8x $412 avg J:3 DJ:5

DJ $200 1997 Captain John Smith became president of this Virginia colony's council in September 1608

J $800 2015 In 2015, scientists displayedremainsof four leaders of this Virginia colony, buried under America's first Protestant church

J $1,000 2003 John Smith was among the early members on the Council of Seven that governed this Virginia colony

Benjamin Franklin 8x 37.5% stumper $500 avg J:5 DJ:3

J $100 1984 This colonial inventor suggested Daylight Saving Time

J $500 1988 John Paul Jones' flagship the Bonhomme Richard, was named for this patriot

DJ $1,100 DD 2000 His funeral on April 21, 1790 drew 20,000 mourners in Philadelphia, the largest U.S. public gathering to that time

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Rhode Island 6x $383 avg J:1 DJ:5

J $100 1995 In 1732 Benjamin Franklin's brother James founded this colony's first newspaper in Newport

DJ $600 1994 In 1790 one of America's first cotton mills was established in Pawtucket in this state

DJ $200 1995 In May 1790 this smallest state became the last of the 13 colonies to ratify the Constitution

the Mayflower Compact 4x $1,250 avg J:1 DJ:3

DJ $400 1997 41 male passengers signed this document in Provincetown Harbor, November 11, 1620

J $600 2016 It was signed in 1620 to get the Pilgrims to pull together

DJ $2,000 2023 On November 21, 1620 41 male passengers signed this document while anchored at a Massachusetts harbor

Maryland 4x $500 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $400 2019 Mariana, the first name Charles I picked for this colony, was nixed as Juan de Mariana was an anti-royalist writer

J $600 2024 1649's Toleration Act passed by this colony's assembly was designed to ensure Catholics & Protestants could freely worship there

DJ $400 1990 In 1634 the first English settlers in this colony founded the city of St. Mary's

Georgia 4x $350 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $200 2020 At the First Continental Congress, all the original colonies were represented except for this southernmost one

DJ $800 1992 On January 10, 1966, this state's House of Representatives voted not to seat Representative-elect Julian Bond

J $200 2008 This state's been "on my mind" since it entered the Union 3 times, in 1788, 1868 & 1870

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Plymouth Colony 3 Pennsylvania 3 Pancho Villa 3 William Penn 2 the Spaniards 2 Roger Williams 2 Plymouth 2 Massachusetts 2 George Rogers Clark 2 France 2 Cotton Mather 2 the Wampanoag 2

Civil War

16 answers | 60 clues

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the Civil War 8x 12.5% stumper $400 avg J:4 DJ:4

J $200 1988 On Christmas Day, 1868, Andrew Johnson offered amnesty to all who had taken part in this

DJ $800 2000 It's the war that was opposed by some Copperheads

J $100 1993 In 1959 Walter Williams, said to be the last surviving veteran of this war, died at age 117

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Dred Scott 7x 16.7% stumper $1,317 avg J:4 DJ:2 FJ:1

J $300 1997 The Supreme Court's 7-2 decision in this slavery case helped bring on the Civil War

J $800 2017 The Supreme Court reached a low with its 1857 decision on this slave's case: African Americans were not & could not be U.S. citizens

DJ $5,600 DD 2014 In May 1857, 2 months after his famous Supreme Court decision, he was freed by Taylor Blow of St. Louis

John Brown 6x $340 avg J:3 DJ:2 FJ:1

J $100 2001 After his 1859 hanging, Civil War troops sang of this abolitionist's body "mouldering in the grave"

DJ $600 1989 On Dec. 2, 1859 Stonewall Jackson commanded the VMI cadets at the hanging of this abolitionist

FJ 1990 He was born in Connecticut in 1800 & hanged for treason in Virginia in 1859

Jefferson Davis 6x $350 avg J:2 DJ:2 FJ:2

J $100 1996 In 1853 this future Confederate president became secretary of war in Franklin Pierce's cabinet

DJ $800 1988 Horace Greeley was among those who guaranteed $100,000 bail for this ex-president May 13, 1867

FJ 1992 Ironically, U.S. Grant's 1854 resignation from the Army was accepted by this Secretary of War

John Sherman 5x $275 avg J:2 DJ:2 FJ:1

DJ $200 1998 In 1890 this senator's Anti-Trust Act was passed

FJ 2019 One a Civil War hero & one a U.S. Senator, brothers with this last name were both considered for the 1884 Republican presidential nomination

J $200 1997 In 1890 this GOP senator from Ohio sponsored an antitrust act & the Silver Purchase Act

Kansas 4x $725 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $300 1995 In 1827 Army Colonel Henry Leavenworth established the first U.S. outpost in this future state

J $1,000 2020 In the 1850s this state was "Bleeding" as pro- & anti-slavery forces met up in a preview of the Civil War

J $400 1991 Between 1854 & 1858 this territory was referred to as "Bleeding"

Henry Clay 4x 25.0% stumper $625 avg J:2 DJ:2

DJ $400 1989 Because of his work on the Mo. Compromise, this Kentuckian became known as "The Great Pacificator"

J $500 1987 Some speculate the election of this "Great Compromiser" as President could have prevented civil war

DJ $1,000 1987 While serving as Speaker of the House in 1820, he promoted the Missouri Compromise

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the Gettysburg Address 3 Reconstruction 3 the Emancipation Proclamation 2 Robert E. Lee 2 Mobile Bay 2 Mathew Brady 2 Arlington 2 Arkansas 2 Antietam 2

Cold War

6 answers | 20 clues

Should-Know (2)

Dwight Eisenhower 6x $383 avg J:4 DJ:2

J $300 1996 In December 1952, this president-elect visited the front lines during the Korean War

J $500 DD 1995 The Bay of Pigs invasion plans were first drawn up under this president

DJ $400 1991 In 1948, he turned over command of the U.S. Army and became president of Columbia University

Vietnam 4x $200 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $100 1989 On December 20, 1967, 2% of the American population was stationed in this country

J $100 1985 By 1969, we had well over half a million troops over there

DJ $200 1993 On January 21, 1977 Jimmy Carter pardoned most draft evaders of this war

Worth Knowing (4)

Spiro Agnew 3 Soviet Union 3 Robert McNamara 2 Cambodia 2

World War I

5 answers | 19 clues

Should-Know (3)

Woodrow Wilson 7x 14.3% stumper $486 avg J:2 DJ:5

DJ $200 1993 The first of his Fourteen Points called for "open covenants of peace openly arrived at"

DJ $800 1996 In 1920 this president sent 500 federal troops to quell a West Virginia mining dispute

DJ $1,000 1986 This 20th century president is the only president buried in Washington, D.C. proper

the League of Nations 4x $400 avg J:4

J $200 1991 Idaho Sen. William Borah led the fight against Wilson to keep us from joining this & the world court

J $800 2003 The U.S., though not a member, still sent delegates to this organization's disarmament conference in 1932

J $300 1990 In 1919 the Senate rejected the Versailles Treaty and membership in this organization

Douglas MacArthur 4x $500 avg J:3 DJ:1

DJ $400 1987 No, he didn't just fade away, but died at age 84 in Walter Reed Hospital April 5, 1964

J $500 1998 This general addressed a joint session of Congress April 19, 1951

J $300 1988 Following WWII he was in charge of the Allied administration of Japan

Worth Knowing (2)

World War II 2 Harding 2

Medieval

4 answers | 12 clues

Should-Know (1)

Paul Revere 4x $275 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $100 2000 On April 18, 1775 he was captured by the British but released; he had to walk back to Lexington

DJ $800 1988 He made the copper sheathing for the bottom of Old Ironsides

J $100 1995 During the Revolutionary War, this silversmith commanded Castle William, a Boston fortress

Worth Knowing (3)

New Jersey 3 Ellis Island 3 the Knights of Labor 2

Ancient

1 answers | 7 clues

Should-Know (1)

Virginia 7x 80.0% stumper $1,000 avg J:2 DJ:3 FJ:2

J $200 1992 After he led 2 Indian uprisings in this colony, Opechancanough was killed in Jamestown in 1644

DJ $800 1994 The Constitution originally assigned this state the most members in the House with 10

DJ $1,600 2024 In 1625 it became the first royal colony, with Sir Francis Wyatt the first crown-appointed governor

Modern (post-1990)

2 answers | 5 clues

Worth Knowing (2)

the Erie Canal 3 Afghanistan 2

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