Kingwood College Library

U.S. HISTORY

Internet Quiz - Questions

1. Eduardo Peniche, from Kingwood College, has his Battle of Bastogne journals online. Under what circumstances did Ed write these journals?
 

3. Name ways in which life in Northern Georgia changed before and then during the Civil War?

4. Name this famous home. Find a URL which has a tour of this home. See every room - and the grounds.

5. Why were the original bicycles invented with that big front wheel?

7. Name at least three jazz pianists who made history in the early 20th century. Write the URL where you found this info.

8. I've just been to the Grand Canyon. The view was so awesome. I wonder what the first explorers thought of it! 

9. What did the leaders of the "Republic of Texas'" feel gave them justification for their independence?

10. Look at the Social Security Death Index , what year did President Lyndon Johnson die?

11. Fill in the blanks for this quotations by American Statesman Benjamin Franklin:

• Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, _________ and ___________.
• God helps those who ___________________.
• Little strokes fell great _______.

12. What were the resulting Intolerable Acts constituted by England after the Boston Tea Party?

13.

Go to the U.S. Army Chemical Corp Museum and identify this picture.