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Home Single #1 – Which
industry depended most on
slave labor?
*tobacco farming*
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*coal mining*
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Home Single #2 – The fishing
industry would be important in
which region of Virginia?
*ridge and valley*
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*coastal plain*
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Home Single #3 – Which of
these was a result of the
French and Indian War?
*Parliament decided that the
colonists would pay for part of
the war cost*
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*The fur trade stopped*
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Home Single #4 – Who was the
author of the Declaration of
Independence?
*Thomas Jefferson*
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*Patrick Henry*
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Home Single #5 – Which is
true about indentured
servants?
*They were mostly criminals and
remained the property of their
masters*
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*They worked for their masters
long enough to pay for their
passage to America*
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Home Single #6 – This battle
was the turning point in the
Revolutionary War?
*Battle of Saratoga*
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*Battle of San Juan Hill*
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Home Single #7 – The Magna
Carta was part of English law
and gave rights to whom?
*Englishmen*
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*The King*
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Home Single #8 – The
Legislative Branch of the
government does what?
*decided if laws are fair*
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*makes the laws*
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Home Single #9 – The
Legislative Branch consists of
whom?
*The House of Representatives
and The Senate*
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*The Supreme Court and
Executive Leaders*
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Home Single #10 – The
Louisiana Purchase did
what?
*Gave the land back to the Native
Americans*
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*doubled the size of the United
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Home Single #11 – The
Judicial Branch of the
Government does what?
*Decides if laws are fair*
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*carries out the laws*
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Home Single #12 – The
Judicial Branch consists of
whom?
*The Court systems*
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*The Senate and House of
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Home Single #13 – The
Executive Branch of the
government consists of
whom?
*The President, Vice President
and Cabinet Members*
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*The Supreme Court and Federal
Court system*
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Home Single #14 – The
Executive Branch of the
government does what?
*Decides if the laws are fair*
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*Carries out the laws*
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Home Single #15 – Which
describes the Southern
states before the Civil War?
*They were primarily a farming
region and believed in States’
Rights*
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*They were a manufacturing
region with large towns and
cities*
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Visitor Single #1 – Textiles
are…?
*fabrics made by knitting or
weaving*
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*parts of buildings*
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Visitor Single #2 – Economy is
the use of resources, money
and ________ to meet peoples'
wants and needs.?
*computers*
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*goods*
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Visitor Single #3 – Agriculture
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*farming*
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*the study of animals*
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Visitor Single #4 – What is
Tennessee’s state bird?
*bluebird*
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*mockingbird*
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Visitor Single #5 – What is
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*Iris*
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*rose*
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Visitor Single #6 – Which state
does NOT border Tennessee?
*Georgia*
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*West Virginia*
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Visitor Single #7 – What is
Tennessee’s Nickname?
*Tennessee looks good to me!*
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*The Volunteer State*
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Visitor Single #8 – Who was
Tennessee’s very first
congressman?
*Andrew Jackson*
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*Andrew Johnson*
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Visitor Single #9 – Who was
the first governor of
Tennessee?
*Andrew Jackson*
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*John Sevier*
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Visitor Single #10 – In June
of 1861, what did Tennessee
join?
*The Confederacy*
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*The Union*
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Visitor Single #11 – What
Tennessee General said that
he would only accept
“Unconditional Surrender?
*Robert E. Lee*
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*Ulysses S. Grant*
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Visitor Single #12 – What US
President from Tennessee
was the first President to
ever be impeached?
*Bill Clinton*
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*Andrew Johnson*
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Visitor Single #13 – What
citrus soft drink that was
invented in Tennessee
derived its name from
moonshine?
*Sprite*
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*Mountain Dew*
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Visitor Single #14 – What is
the current capital of
Tennessee?
*Knoxville*
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*Nashville*
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Visitor Single #15 – People
who wanted to end slavery
were called?
*abolitionists*
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*carpet baggers*
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Fly Ball! It’s Caught!
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It’s a Hit! Base Run Single!
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Double #1 – Abraham Lincoln
wanted to end?
*slavery*
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*equal rights*
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Double #2 – The capital of the
Confederacy was?
*Washington DC*
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*Richmond*
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Double #3 – The Underground
Railroad helped slaves escape
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*hiding them on their way north*
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*supplying them with weapons*
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Double #4 – Robert E. Lee
surrendered to Grant at
_____________in Virginia?
*Appomattox*
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*Yorktown*
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Double #5 – Who was the
father of the Constitution?
*Thomas Jefferson*
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*James Madison*
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Double #6 – This lists the
basic rights granted to all
Americans by the
U.S. Constitution?
*The Articles of Confederation*
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*The Bill of Rights*
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Double #7 – Our Nation’s first
Constitution was called?
*The Articles of Confederation*
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*The Mayflower Compact*
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Double #8 – Who was the
Commander in Chief of the
Continental Army?
*Benjamin Franklin*
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*George Washington*
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Double #9 – The first Capital of
Tennessee was?
*Knoxville*
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*Chattanooga*
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Double #10 – Another city that
was once capital of Tennessee
was?
*Atlanta*
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*Kingston*
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Double #11 –Who was an
abolitionist who led an attack
on Harper's Ferry?
*John Brown*
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*Paul Revere*
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Double #12 – Who won the
Presidential election of 1860?
*Abraham Lincoln*
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*George Washington*
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Double #13 – What was the
first state to secede from the
Union?
*Tennessee*
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*South Carolina*
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Double #14 – Which
Confederate state was the first
to rejoin the Union?
*South Carolina*
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*Tennessee*
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Double #15 – What city lies in
the very center of Tennessee?
*Murfreesboro*
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*Knoxville*
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It’s a Hit! Base Run Double!
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Triple #1 – The rights that all
Americans should have are?
*Civil Rights*
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*The Bill of Rights*
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Triple #2 – This amendment
guarantees freedom of
speech?
*1st*
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*5th*
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Triple #3 – This amendment
protects you from
incriminating yourself?
*1st*
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*5th*
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Triple #4 – This amendment
guarantees you a trial by your
peers?
*5th*
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*7th*
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Triple #5 – This amendment
gives you the right to own a
gun?
*2nd*
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*1st*
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Triple #6 – This amendment
guarantees freedom of
religion?
*1st*
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*2nd*
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Triple #7 – The introduction to
the Constitution is called the?
*Bill of Rights*
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*Preamble*
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Triple #8 – This document was
a letter addressed to the King
of England stating that the
colonies wanted to be free?
*The Declaration of
Independence*
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*The Constitution*
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Triple #9 – Which of the
following is an example of
economic independence?
*people growing their own food*
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*importing goods from other
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Triple #10 – Which of the
following contributed to the
Stock Market crash of 1929?
*people investing in the stock
market*
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*banks buying and selling bank
stocks*
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Triple #11 – During the Great
Depression…?
*many people had jobs*
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*many people lost their jobs*
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Triple #12 – Hoovervilles were
during which time period?
*The Great Depression*
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*World War I*
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Triple #13 – What war did the
bombing of Pearl Harbor get
American involved in?
*World War I*
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*World War II*
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Triple #14 – Which port did
most immigrants from Europe
come through?
*Ellis Island*
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*Angel Island*
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Triple #15 – Someone who
buys stock in a company is?
*a consumer*
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*an investor*
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Homer #1 – Someone who
buys goods is a?
*consumer*
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*producer*
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Homer #2 – How can a bill that
passed in Congress NOT
become a law?
*the states veto it*
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*the President vetoes it*
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Homer #3 – Ghost towns were
formed when?
*mines ran out of gold and silver*
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*Native Americans attacked the
settlers*
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Homer #4 – The vertical lines
on a map are called?
*longitude*
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*latitude*
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Homer #5 – Why is democracy
referred to as selfgovernment?
*the government runs itself*
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*people elect representatives to
make decisions for them*
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Homer #6 – Why did President
Hoover drop atomic bombs on
Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
*as revenge for Pearl Harbor and
to win votes in the election*
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*to save the lives of American
soldiers by ending the war*
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Homer #7 – What is
economics?
*The study of the production and
distribution of goods and
services*
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*The study of past events and the
impact they’ve had on people*
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Homer #8 – The 15th
amendment, which was
passed after the Civil War,
gave the right to vote to
whom?
*women*
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*black americans*
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Homer #9 – The 19th
amendment granted the right
to vote to whom?
*women*
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*non citizens*
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Homer #10 – The government
can NEVER take your rights
way.
*false*
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*true*
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Homer #11 – Because of our
system of checks and
balances, Congress can
override which of the
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*a Presidential veto*
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*a Supreme Court decision*
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Homer #12 – What was the
cause of the Korean War?
*South Korea attacked North
Korea to stop communism*
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*North Korea attacked South
Korea to spread communism*
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Homer #13 – Which of the
following did the Cold War
involve?
*an arms race*
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*a battle in Germany*
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Homer #14 – Why was there
fighting in Vietnam?
*North Vietnam wanted to make
South Vietnam a colony*
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*North Vietnam wanted to make
South Vietnam communist*
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Homer #15 – Which was first
used for warfare during World
War II?
*poison gas*
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*the airplane*
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Fly Ball! It’s Caught!
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Out of the Ball Park!
Home Run!
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