Historical Trivia Questions - Page 3

rohirrim TR · 09-19-2005, 05:54 PM

the revoulutionary war U.S.A, i know lotesse already got it but i just would like to say to that is the kind of question i like(the ones i know the answer to)

I love that flag too i think i'll print it off and put it in my room, and later put it in EDDIE what?... you don't know who that is click here

Mercutio · 09-19-2005, 06:51 PM

*buzz*

Please try again

No one's gotten it yet, but brownjenkins was closest.

rohirrim TR · 09-21-2005, 02:51 PM

the french indian war?
P.S it still pretty awesome i have it in EDDIE now

Mercutio · 09-21-2005, 08:44 PM

Correct!

It first appeared at the Albany Congress, I believe, which preceeded the war (or was near the beginning). The idea was all the states had to join with GB against the French and the Iroquois.

rohirrim TR · 09-21-2005, 09:54 PM

in the american civil war what state first called for the recruiting of an african american troop?

Lotesse · 09-21-2005, 09:57 PM

This is pure conjecture, but... Virginia?

rohirrim TR · 09-21-2005, 10:00 PM

Mercutio · 09-21-2005, 10:20 PM

I know the Confederate army promised freedom to blacks who joined (or at least some of them). I'm not sure what the northern states/union army's policy was.

So...South Carolina?

I now see the following:

Quote:

April 1861 The free blacks of New Orleans, Louisiana, began organizing a Native Guard battalion with officers of their own race. The state government approved this action and commissioned the black officers. The commanding general of the white and black troops sent a telegram to Confederate authorities in November 1861 because he was "elated at the success of being first to place negroes in the field together with white troops…." Since their first duty was to defend New Orleans, the Native Guards refused to serve elsewhere for the Confederacy once Union forces captured the city. Many of the men later fought for the Union.

15 April 1861 President Abraham Lincoln declared a state of insurrection and called for 75,000 volunteers to serve for 3 months. At this time, the Union Army officially rejected black volunteers. Lincoln did not want to risk antagonizing the Border States or the Butternut Region; many northern whites did not think it appropriate for blacks to fight a "white man’s war;" and most whites (including the president) did not think blacks would be good soldiers. However, the Secretary of the Navy authorized the enlistment of escaped slaves.

June 1861 The Tennessee legislature authorized the governor "to receive into the military service of the State all male free persons of color, between the age of 15 and 50, who should receive $8 per month, clothing and rations." If an insufficient number of blacks joined voluntarily, provisions were also included allowing officials "to press such persons until the requisite number is obtained."

So Louisiana? or Tennessee?

Count Comfect · 09-21-2005, 10:28 PM

Massachusetts?

rohirrim TR · 09-22-2005, 04:30 PM

nope nobodys got it yet; it is a northern state that i'm looking for.

Lotesse · 09-22-2005, 04:36 PM

New Hampshire?

Hey, I wonder what happened to Lief - maybe a lot of new schoolwork. Lief - you around?

rohirrim TR · 09-22-2005, 04:47 PM

not new hampshire

Mercutio · 09-22-2005, 04:53 PM

Rhode Island?

Lotesse · 09-22-2005, 04:54 PM

rohirrim TR, are you QUITE sure it was not the state of Virginia who first recruited a Black regiment in the American Civil War?

rohirrim TR · 09-22-2005, 05:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mercutio

Rhode Island?

Rhode Island is the answer i am looking for

rohirrim TR · 09-22-2005, 05:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lotesse

rohirrim TR, are you QUITE sure it was not the state of Virginia who first recruited a Black regiment in the American Civil War?

my question was what state first called for the enlistment of a black troop

as to whether Rhode Island got the first troop or not i don't know and would have to research some more

Lotesse · 09-22-2005, 05:03 PM

Missouri?

Count Comfect · 09-22-2005, 05:07 PM

"Called for" is a very vague phrase. But, for the official US Army, the National Archives http://www.archives.gov/education/le...cks-civil-war/ says it was "in Boston" that a resolution was passed requesting that the Federal government allow black recruitment after Fort Sumter. Louisiana and Kansas were the first other states to provide black troops to the Union.

As for the South, I have no idea.

rohirrim TR · 09-22-2005, 05:07 PM

It is Mercutio's turn, for guessing Rhode Island

Mercutio · 09-22-2005, 09:22 PM

What terrorist group assassinated Archduke Ferdinand (Austro-Hungarian crown prince; this was a spark that helped to ignite WWI)?

Bonus: How was the assassination almost avoided, but not?

09-19-2005, 06:51 PM	#42
Mercutio Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Narnia Posts: 1,656	buzz Please try again No one's gotten it yet, but brownjenkins was closest. __________________ Mike nodded. A sombre nod. The nod Napoleon might have given if somebody had met him in 1812 and said, "So, you're back from Moscow, eh?". Interested in C.S. Lewis? Visit the forum dedicated to one of Tolkien's greatest contemporaries.

09-21-2005, 08:44 PM	#44
Mercutio Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Narnia Posts: 1,656	Correct! It first appeared at the Albany Congress, I believe, which preceeded the war (or was near the beginning). The idea was all the states had to join with GB against the French and the Iroquois. __________________ Mike nodded. A sombre nod. The nod Napoleon might have given if somebody had met him in 1812 and said, "So, you're back from Moscow, eh?". Interested in C.S. Lewis? Visit the forum dedicated to one of Tolkien's greatest contemporaries.

09-21-2005, 09:57 PM	#46
Lotesse of the House of Fëanor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,150	This is pure conjecture, but... Virginia? __________________ Few people have the imagination for reality. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

09-21-2005, 10:28 PM	#49
Count Comfect Word Santa Claus Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 2,922	Massachusetts? __________________ Sufficient to have stood, yet free to fall.

09-22-2005, 04:36 PM	#51
Lotesse of the House of Fëanor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,150	New Hampshire? Hey, I wonder what happened to Lief - maybe a lot of new schoolwork. Lief - you around? __________________ Few people have the imagination for reality. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

09-22-2005, 04:53 PM	#53
Mercutio Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Narnia Posts: 1,656	Rhode Island? __________________ Mike nodded. A sombre nod. The nod Napoleon might have given if somebody had met him in 1812 and said, "So, you're back from Moscow, eh?". Interested in C.S. Lewis? Visit the forum dedicated to one of Tolkien's greatest contemporaries.

09-22-2005, 04:54 PM	#54
Lotesse of the House of Fëanor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,150	rohirrim TR, are you QUITE sure it was not the state of Virginia who first recruited a Black regiment in the American Civil War? __________________ Few people have the imagination for reality. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

09-22-2005, 05:03 PM	#57
Lotesse of the House of Fëanor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,150	Missouri? __________________ Few people have the imagination for reality. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

09-22-2005, 05:07 PM	#58
Count Comfect Word Santa Claus Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 2,922	"Called for" is a very vague phrase. But, for the official US Army, the National Archives http://www.archives.gov/education/le...cks-civil-war/ says it was "in Boston" that a resolution was passed requesting that the Federal government allow black recruitment after Fort Sumter. Louisiana and Kansas were the first other states to provide black troops to the Union. As for the South, I have no idea. __________________ Sufficient to have stood, yet free to fall.

09-22-2005, 09:22 PM	#60
Mercutio Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Narnia Posts: 1,656	What terrorist group assassinated Archduke Ferdinand (Austro-Hungarian crown prince; this was a spark that helped to ignite WWI)? Bonus: How was the assassination almost avoided, but not? __________________ Mike nodded. A sombre nod. The nod Napoleon might have given if somebody had met him in 1812 and said, "So, you're back from Moscow, eh?". Interested in C.S. Lewis? Visit the forum dedicated to one of Tolkien's greatest contemporaries.

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