Second Quarter C.L.Test 1-25 Flashcards
(50 cards)
What is Auschwitz?
A famous concentration camp established by nazis in Poland.
What was one of the three major locations where ethnic groups were killed?
A concentration camp
What is Bastille?
A prison in paris where many political prisoners and other offenders were held and tortured until the French Revolution.
What year did the prison get attacked?
July 14th, 1789
Who is DAVY CROCKETT?
A true American legend
Where is the Appomattox courthouse?
Virginia
When did General Robert E. Lee Surender to Ulysses S. Grant?
April of 1895
Who got killed in the Boston Massacre?
A black sailor
What was purported?
He was among the first Americans to die in the struggle for liberty.
Who is Benjamin Banker?
An African American scientist
What did Banker teach himself ?
CALCULUS
What is an Alamo?
A fort once a chapel in San Antonio, Texas.
What is the bill of rights?
The first 10 amendments to the constitution of the United States.
When was the new constitution submitted to the United States?
1787
What is the blue and gray?
The respective nicknames assigned to the union and confederate armies in the civil war.
What does the union army represent?
The north.
Who is Daniel Boone?
An American frontier settler of the late 18th century.
Where did he settle?
Kentucky.
Who is John Wilkes Booth?
The assassin of Abraham Lincoln.
Where did he kill Lincoln?
In a movie theater.
What is the Boston massacre?
A clash between British troops and towns people in Boston.
What happened before the Revolutionary War?
The Boston Massacre
What is the Boston Tea party?
An act of defiance toward the British government.
Who dressed up as Native American Indians?
A group of merchants.
