US. Final 1-51

32. Who built the Great Northern railroad?

35. Whom did the United States capture in Iraq in 2003?

34. Who was the first black-American Cabinet member?

40. In what country were sixty-three Americans taken hostage in 1979?

37. Who has aptly been called the first American?

27. Who was the U.S. president during World War I?

51. Wesleyan College became the first college for women only.

39. What American general was sent to fortify the Philippines against a Japanese invasion during World War II?

46. The best- known evangelist of the Second Great Awakening was Francis Asbury.

47. Jonathan Edwards preached “ Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.”

45. Samuel de Champlian was the Father of New France.

49. Captain John Smith saved Jamestown from destruction.

38. Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

20. Who agreed to surrender West Point to the British during the War for Independence, thus betraying his country?

43. Daniel Webster gave the famous Seventh of March Speech.

29. What battle was the turning point of the Civil War?

42. John Dewey promoted the idea of public primary schools for all children.

48. The MacArthur Plan extended credit to Europe to help with recovery after World War II.

33. What court decision legalized abortion in 1973?

21. Who wrote the Blue-Backed Speller?

44. The Eighteenth Amendment granted women the right to vote.

26. What group of Founding Fathers supported the Constitution without a Bill of Rights?

28. Who is remembered as the Father of American Missions?

50. The Quartering Act was the most hated part of Grenville’s program for the colonies.

19. What battle was the turning point in the American War for Independence?

31. What compromise temporarily settled the slavery issue in 1820?

30. After whom was the New World named?

36. Who was the first female justice to serve on the Supreme Court?