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Archives, Spring 2002

Martin Luther King Jr.
Jan. 7, 2002: got mlk?
Jan. 8, 2002: Who was in mlk's posse?
Jan. 9, 2002: When does King rap from jail?
Jan. 10, 2002: What was M.L. King's dream?
Jan. 11, 2002: When did violence overtake MLK?

Tea Parties
Jan. 14, 2002: Why were colonists sweet on tea?
Jan. 15, 2002: Who paid for the French & Indian War?
Jan. 16, 2002: Who had a monopoly on tea?
Jan. 17, 2002: When was the Boston Tea Party?
Jan. 18, 2002: Did more colonies throw tea parties?

Blacks in the American Revolution
Jan. 21, 2002: What was the Boston Massacre?
Jan. 22, 2002: Were black colonists at Breed's Hill?
Jan. 23, 2002: Which royal governor freed slaves?
Jan. 24, 2002: How many blacks served in the army?
Jan. 25, 2002: Who spied the British in Yorktown?

George Washington
Jan. 28, 2002: Why did America need a president?
Jan. 29, 2002: Where was Washington's inauguration?
Jan. 30, 2002: What is in Washington's first term?
Jan. 31, 2002: How did Washington view the world?
Feb. 1, 2002: Who ended the Whiskey Rebellion?

James Monroe
Feb. 4, 2002: Where was James Monroe born?
Feb. 5, 2002: Did Monroe help purchase Louisiana?
Feb. 6, 2002: Was Monroe successful in Britain?
Feb. 7, 2002: What kind of president was Monroe?
Feb. 8, 2002: Who does the Monroe Doctrine warn?

The Erie Canal
Feb. 11, 2002: Where was the Erie Canal built?
Feb. 12, 2002: How did they clear trees for a canal?
Feb. 13, 2002: What does an aqueduct carry?
Feb. 14, 2002: How do you lower a canal boat?
Feb. 15, 2002: What pulled boats on the Erie Canal?

Mexican cessation
Feb. 18, 2002: Who remembers Mexico's Alamo?
Feb. 19, 2002: Who annexes Texas?
Feb. 20, 2002: Who starts the Mexican War?
Feb. 21, 2002: How did America invade Mexico?
Feb. 22, 2002: What land did Mexico give the U.S.?

The Constellation
Feb. 25, 2002: When was the Constellation built?
Feb. 26, 2002: Did the old Navy have black sailors?
Feb. 27, 2002: How did slaves go to America?
Feb. 28, 2002: What was the Navy's African squad?
March 1, 2002: Who blocked Confederate ports?

The Monitor and the Merrimack
March 4, 2002: Which Civil War Navy was bigger?
March 5, 2002: How did the South make the Virginia?
March 6, 2002: Who built the North's ironclad?
March 7, 2002: What ships did the Virginia sink?
March 8, 2002: Who won the battle of the ironclads?

Harriet Tubman
March 11, 2002: Where did Harriet Tubman grow up?
March 12, 2002: Did spells stop Harriet Tubman?
March 13, 2002: Where does Tubman find freedom?
March 14, 2002: What was Harriet Tubman's reward?
March 15, 2002: What did Tubman do in the war?

Robert E. Lee
March 18, 2002: Who was Robert E. Lee?
March 19, 2002: Why did Lee go in the Mexican War?
March 20, 2002: Did Lee choose the North or South?
March 21, 2002: Who won the Battle of Gettysburg?
March 22, 2002: How does the Civil War end?

Reconstruction
March 25, 2002: When was America's "Reconstruction?"
March 26, 2002: What was "The Freedmen's Bureau?
March 27, 2002: How free were the freed men?
March 28, 2002: What amendments helped ex-slaves?
March 29, 2002: How does Reconstruction end?

The Battle of Little Bighorn
April 1, 2002: How did the Plains Indians live?
April 2, 2002: How did settlers cross the Plains?
April 3, 2002: Who led the Plains Indians to war?
April 4, 2002: Where was the Battle of Little Bighorn?
April 5, 2002: Who won the battle of Little Bighorn?

The Dogwood tree
April 8, 2002: What is Virginia's state flower?
April 9, 2002: How hard is dogwood wood?
April 10, 2002: Why are leaves important to trees?
April 11, 2002: Who pollinates dogwood trees?
April 12, 2002: How do dogwood seeds travel?

The Panama Canal
April 15, 2002: Which European claimed the Pacific?
April 16, 2002: Why build a Central American canal?
April 17, 2002: Who started the Panama Canal?
April 18, 2002: When did the U.S. dig into Panama?
April 19, 2002: How does the Panama Canal work?

Playground Science
April 22, 2002: How bouncy is playground science?
April 23, 2002: How do you speed down a slide?
April 24, 2002: Where is a playground's fulcrum?
April 25, 2002: How do you spin out of control?
April 26, 2002: What is a playground pendulum?

Women in the Revolution
April 29, 2002: Who were our Revolutionary women?
April 30, 2002: Who defended the colonial homefront?
May 1, 2002: What girl took a midnight ride?
May 2, 2002: Did colonial women go undercover?
May 3, 2002: Who fed and fired on the battlefields?

Gallon Guy
May 6, 2002: How do you measure volume?|
May 7, 2002: How many quarts in a gallon?
May 8, 2002: How many pints are in a quart?
May 9, 2002: How big are cups and ounces?
May 10, 2002: How does metric measure volume?

Berlin Airlift
May 13, 2002: Who was in Berlin after World War II?
May 14, 2002: Why did the West and East get colder?
May 15, 2002: When did the Berlin airlift begin?
May 16, 2002: How did U.S. planes carry coal?
May 17, 2002: Did the Berlin airlift succeed?

Phillis Wheatley
May 20, 2002: How did Phillis Wheatley get to Boston?
May 21, 2002: What did Wheatley write about?
May 22, 2002: Why did Wheatley sail to Britain?
May 23, 2002: How did Wheatley meet Washington?
May 24, 2002: Did Wheatley write another book?

Transportation
May 27, 2002: How far can a person walk in a day?
May 28, 2002: How far can horses travel in a day?
May 29, 2002: What did the Baltimore boats carry?
May 30, 2002: How fast were trains in 1902?
May 31, 2002: Who was the 1st president in a car?

The Wright brothers
June 3, 2002: How did people fly in the 1800s?
June 4, 2002: How can wings lift things?
June 5, 2002: How did the Wright's control flight?
June 6, 2002: Where did the Wrights test their ideas?
June 7, 2002: How long was the 1st Wright flight?

Endangered animals
June 10, 2002: How do animals get endangered?
June 11, 2002: Who's afraid of the big gray wolf?
June 12, 2002: Ssshould sssnakes be sssaved?
June 13, 2002: Which fliers might be bye bye birdy?
June 14, 2002: How can YOU prevent extinction?

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