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  1. questionnaire. Since the first census in 1790, the U.S. Census Bureau has collected data using a census "schedule," also formally called a "questionnaire" or popularly called a "form". Between 1790 and 1820, U.S. Marshals conducting the census were responsible for supplying paper and writing-in headings related to the questions asked (i.e ...

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    How long ago do historians estimate the first settlers arrived on what is now American soil?More than 12,000 years ago.
    How did Indigenous tribes get here?Scholars believe they walked over a land bridge between Asia and Alaska.
    When did Christopher Columbus land in what would later become the United States?He didn't. Most historians agree he landed in parts of Central and South America, as well as some Caribbean islands.
    What is the oldest European-founded city in the United States?St. Augustine, Florida, founded in 1565 by Don Pedro Menendez de Aviles of Spain.
    How do historians refer to the time period in the 1730s and 1740s when colonists began embracing secular rationalism over religion?The Great Awakening.
    With the Proclamation Line of 1763, the British forbid American colonists from settling west of which natural barrier?The Appalachian Mountains.
    How many people were killed in the Boston Massacre? Five people were killed after British soldiers fired on a mob that was harassing them.
    What was the date of the Boston Tea Party?On Dec. 16, 1773, colonists dumped a shipment of tea into the Boston Harbor.
    What started the great Chicago fire?It's unknown, although rumors at the time involved a cow knocking over a lantern in a barn.
    Who led the first land expedition to the Pacific Coast?Meriwether Lewis and William Clark.
    Who was the first president to declare war?James Madison.
    What war did this declaration begin? The War of 1812 against Great Britain.
    What was the first United States national monument?Devil's Tower in Wyoming.
    When did Henry Ford's Model T hit the market?1908. But he wasn't actually the first person to invent the automobile — German Karl Benz patented the first automobile in 1886.
    Who was captain of the Titanic when it sank on April 15, 1912?Edward Smith.
    What young women's organization did Juliette Gordon Low establish in 1912?Girl Scouts of the USA.
    What's the call sign of the president's helicopter?Marine One.
    What state's electoral votes ultimately decided the 2000 presidential election?Florida.
    What person and organization are widely believed to be behind the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001? Osama Bin Laden and al Qaeda.
    What year did Apple Computer introduce the first iPod?2001.
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  2. The history of the lands that became the United States began with the arrival of the first people in the Americas around 15,000 BC. Numerous indigenous cultures formed, and many saw transformations in the 16th century away from more densely populated lifestyles and towards reorganized polities elsewhere.

  3. Religious groups, witchcraft trials, ivy league universities, and assembly lines are a few things that have drawn the colorful history of the United States. Sort out the facts, and test your knowledge of the U.S.A. Take the quiz.

  4. 24 de ago. de 2022 · ABSTRACT. This introduction to the following five articles discusses concepts, practices and debates before and after the adoption of the term “questionnaire” in the late nineteenth century. Information gathering by way of itemized questions was established in the early modern period (c. 1500–1700).

  5. In 1715, after the Calvert family had renounced Catholicism and embraced Anglicanism, the colony reverted back to a proprietary form of government. United States - Colonization, Revolution, Constitution: When Columbus arrived, he found the New World inhabited by peoples who in all likelihood had originally come from the continent of Asia.

  6. 7 de ene. de 2016 · The text provides a balanced approach to U.S. history, considering the people, events, and ideas that have shaped the United States from both the top down (politics, economics, diplomacy) and bottom up (eyewitness accounts, lived experience).