#8594, aired 2022-03-10 | U.S. MILITARY BRANCHES $600: Dating back to the start of the 1800s, the U.S. Military Academy at this site was also essentially America's 1st school of engineering West Point |
#8304, aired 2020-12-17 | 1800s AMERICA $400: President Lincoln said, "If my name ever goes into history, it will be for" this edict, issued January 1, 1863 the Emancipation Proclamation |
#8304, aired 2020-12-17 | 1800s AMERICA $800: In 1869, the first all-professional baseball team to take the field wasn't the Red Sox, but the Cincinnati these Stockings |
#8304, aired 2020-12-17 | 1800s AMERICA $1600: Pictured here, he briefly served as the first Whig president William Henry Harrison |
#8304, aired 2020-12-17 | 1800s AMERICA $2000: A fight between strikers & strikebreakers on May 3, 1886 in Chicago led to this deadly riot the following day the Haymarket Riot |
#8304, aired 2020-12-17 | 1800s AMERICA $3,000 (Daily Double): In 1830 the first 13 miles of this railroad opened for service, all within Maryland the B&O Railroad (Baltimore & Ohio) |
#8088, aired 2019-11-06 | SCIENCE & EXPLORATION $4,000 (Daily Double): In the early 1800s this German studied the ocean currents of South America; one off South America's West Coast is named for him Humboldt |
#7842, aired 2018-10-16 | IF 1800s AMERICA HAD TODAY'S TECHNOLOGY $400: Sure, you could send a letter using this horseback service; let's see--200 miles a day for 2,000 miles...or maybe just email Pony Express |
#7842, aired 2018-10-16 | IF 1800s AMERICA HAD TODAY'S TECHNOLOGY $800: Instagram @timothyosullivan is a downer with shots like "A harvest of death" from this July 1863 battlefield Gettysburg |
#7842, aired 2018-10-16 | IF 1800s AMERICA HAD TODAY'S TECHNOLOGY $1200: From Louisa May Alcott's blog in 1871: "This aptly titled 1st sequel--done! Jo runs a school for boys! Now...party time!" Little Men |
#7842, aired 2018-10-16 | IF 1800s AMERICA HAD TODAY'S TECHNOLOGY $1600: This president is on Twitter again--"People are saying I'm ill. Tippecanoe is fine--no cold! Best month ever, that I can tell you" William Henry Harrison |
#7842, aired 2018-10-16 | IF 1800s AMERICA HAD TODAY'S TECHNOLOGY $2000: MapQuest really helped Lewis & Clark when they set out from this Midwest city on the Mississippi on May 14, 1804 St. Louis |
#7085, aired 2015-06-05 | WHERE THE BUFFALO ROAM $3,000 (Daily Double): (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an illustration and a map on the monitor.) In the 1800s, the giant bison herds that roamed North America were hunted almost to extinction; fortunately, in 1902, the U.S. Army brought 21 buffalo to this national park where they now number in the thousands Yellowstone National Park |
#6553, aired 2013-02-27 | GOLD RUSH $1000: Widely used in America until the 1800s, this gold Spanish coin was worth 2 pistoles doubloon |
#5561, aired 2008-11-10 | AMERICA IN THE 1800s $400: A military academy was founded at this site on March 16, 1802 West Point |
#5561, aired 2008-11-10 | AMERICA IN THE 1800s $800: Edward Doherty commanded the cavalry unit that captured this assassin in 1865 John Wilkes Booth |
#5561, aired 2008-11-10 | AMERICA IN THE 1800s $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew points to a map of the American Northwest on the monitor.) From the hoped-for northern boundary of the Oregon territory, which was later set at the 49th parallel, came the rallying cry of Democrats in 1844: this "or fight!" Fifty-Four Forty |
#5561, aired 2008-11-10 | AMERICA IN THE 1800s $1600: (Jon of the Clue Crew shows a map.) Oklahoma has a panhandle because Texas couldn't have land north of 36°30' north or it would have had to free its slaves under this 1820 deal the Missouri Compromise |
#5561, aired 2008-11-10 | AMERICA IN THE 1800s $2000: This abolitionist began publishing The Liberator, his anti-slavery newspaper, in 1831 (William Lloyd) Garrison |
#5520, aired 2008-09-12 | THE 1800s $2000: This 1830s work is included in the Library of America though it was written by a Frenchman, de Tocqueville Democracy in America |
#3443, aired 1999-07-21 | HISTORIC AMERICA $400: Thousands of pioneers followed this "stately" trail through Nebraska to the northwest in the mid-1800s the Oregon Trail |
#2936, aired 1997-05-12 | AMERICANA $100: During the 1800s, this Louisiana city was known as the "Paris of America" New Orleans |
#2918, aired 1997-04-16 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $600: When farmers of the 1800s learned this color absorbed sunlight well, it became quite popular for barns red |
#2730, aired 1996-06-14 | BLACK AMERICA $100: York, an expert hunter, accompanied this pair on their 1800s expedition Lewis and Clark |
#2545, aired 1995-09-29 | RODENTS $400: World Book says these rodents "were probably the most hunted animals in North America" through the 1800s the beaver |
#2428, aired 1995-03-08 | BIRDS $200: The ring-necked type of this game bird was introduced to North America in the 1800s the pheasant |
#2109, aired 1993-11-04 | "ISM"s $400: It was the movement, especially during the 1800s, to end slavery in America abolitionism |
#2011, aired 1993-05-10 | BLACK AMERICA $100: In New England during the 1800s, Lewis Temple helped improve this industry by inventing a toggle harpoon whaling |
#1948, aired 1993-02-10 | HORSES $100: This Scottish pony was brought to America in the 1800s Shetland pony |
#1909, aired 1992-12-17 | NEW ENGLAND $400: In the early 1800s he founded one of America's first copper-rolling mills in Canton, Mass. Paul Revere |
#1665, aired 1991-11-22 | CORPORATE AMERICA $100: The root beer this pharmacist created in the mid-1800s originally had a low alcohol content Hires |
#1063, aired 1989-03-29 | 19th C. AMERICA $200: In the early 1800s these runaways took refuge in Seminole territory escaped slaves |
#611, aired 1987-04-13 | MONEY $100: From the Latin "duplus", meaning double, this Spanish coin was used in America until the 1800s doubloon |