America History part 1

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  1. 4. In 1919, the 18th Amendment enforced the prohibition of this substance but was later repealed by the 21st Amendment.
  2. 5. During an experiment in 1808, which fossil fuel was burned for the first time as fuel?
  3. 9. What was the name of the first English settlement in the New World that failed miserably?
  4. 11. What was the name of the Pilgrims' ship?
  5. 13. Who was the first woman to hold federal executive office in the United States? 2 words
  6. 16. What major holiday was banned in Boston between 1659-1681?
  7. 17. Which military academy opened on July 4, 1802, in New York? 2 words
  8. 19. nstead of being impeached for his part in the Watergate Scandal, this president resigned. 2 words
  9. 20. During the 1617-1619 time period, 90 percent of the Massachusetts Bay Indians died of which disease?
  10. 21. The Second Great ______ was a Protestant-led movement in the early 19th century in the U.S. that led millions of people to join churches, form new denominations, and promote reforms.
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  1. 1. In 1701, the Collegiate School at Saybrook was founded in Connecticut. It is better known as what university today?
  2. 2. John Campbell started the first regularly published newsletter in 1704 in what city?
  3. 3. What president became the first ever to have been impeached two times? 2 words
  4. 6. Because of the Americans' victory at Saratoga, this country changed the course of the Revolutionary War by forming an alliance with America.
  5. 7. Myspace was the most popular social networking site until June 2009 when it was overtaken by this entity
  6. 8. How many people were actually killed during the Salem Witch Trials?
  7. 10. Name the English colony that, in 1607, became the first permanent colony in the U.S.
  8. 12. In 2009, this man became the first black president in American history. 2 words
  9. 14. What was the name of the hurricane that devastated New Orleans in 2005?
  10. 15. Virginia's capital moved from Jamestown, which eventually became abandoned, to this town in 1699.
  11. 18. From 2000 to 2008, U.S. "golden" dollar coins were minted with an image of what Shoshone woman who guided the Lewis and Clark expedition?