U.S. History by Letter- S

Name these historical people, places and things starting with the letter S.

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Last updated: September 4, 2016

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Hint	Answer
Lewis & Clark's Shoshone guide	Sacajawea
Utah Mormon destination	Salt Lake City
1854 Supreme Court case that stated a Negro couldn't be a citizen	Dred Scott
First American in space	Alan Shepard
Civil War general known for "scorched earth" tactics	William T. Sherman
Turning point of Revolution	Saratoga
Created a Cherokee syllabary	Sequoyah
Mail-order company founded in 1886	Sears & Roebuck
Charles Lindbergh's plane	Spirit of St. Louis
Lakota leader present at Little Bighorn	Sitting Bull

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Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin	Harriet Beecher Stowe
Founder of Mormon Church	Joseph Smith
Tenant farmer who gives crop as rent	Sharecropper
Alternate name of Quakers	Society of Friends
Puritan witch trial town	Salem
Early Civil War battle in west Tennessee	Shiloh
His book The Jungle exposed the meat packing industry	Upton Sinclair
Explorer & leader of Jamestown colony	John Smith
Unpopular act of Parliament, 1756	Stamp Act
Preacher and baseball player	Billy Sunday

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Level 95

Sep 3, 2016

This is a nice series of quizzes. In this one, I'd suggest you allow surnames only for correct answers (e.g. Sherman), and also allow the variant spellings of Sacagawea (and others).

Level 68

Sep 3, 2016

Thank you.. the changes will be made.

Level 68

Sep 3, 2016

Oh, noooo!!! I released all eight at once, and this is the one I forgot the surnames on.

Level 95

Sep 4, 2016

I hope you've got the rest of the alphabet coming? I really enjoyed these.

Level 68

Sep 4, 2016

Having trouble rounding up answers... but at least a few more are coming next week. Thanks.