Ronald Reagan, President of the United States by Lewis K. Parker

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Book: Ronald Reagan, President of the United States
Author: Lewis K. Parker
ISBN:
 978-0-02-202859-6 (Green Book)
978-0-02-202857-2 (Blue Book)
978-0-02-202858-9 (Purple Book)
978-0-02-202856-5 (Orange Book)


Chapter 1: A Real Hero
1. What was Ronald’s nickname?
2. He was a lifeguard at ___________________.
3. In which state is Lowell Park located?
4. In which city is Lowell Park located in?
5. How old was Reagan when he started working?
6. How much did he earn as a lifeguard?
7. How many hours did he work per week?
8. How many swimmers did Reagan save as a lifeguard?
9. Reagan became the _______________ president of the United States.

Chapter 1: High School and College Life
10. What year was Reagan born?
11. How many siblings did Reagan have?
12. What did Reagan’s father do for a living?
13. What team sports did Reagan play in college?
14. He was ___________________ of the student body.

Chapter 1: Radio Star
15. What type of job did Reagan get after college?
16. Where was the job located?
17. How much did he earn per month?
18. Who was the new owner of the radio station?
19. How many games did Reagan broadcast in four years?

Chapter 2: A New Life in Hollywood
1. In what year did Reagan come to California?
2. Who offered Reagan an acting job?

Chapter 2: “Win One for the Gipper”
3. How many movies did Reagan make his first year?
4. What role did he play in his first film?
5. What was the name of Reagan’s best film?
6. How many films did Reagan make in 20 years?

Chapter 2: War and Marriage
7. What act brought the United States into World War II?
8. What military division did Reagan join?
9. What did Reagan make for the Army Air Corps?
10. What is the Screen Actors Guild?
11. What year did Reagan get married?
12. How many children did they have?
13. What type of job did Reagan accept in 1954?
14. Did Reagan and his wife appear together in any films?

Chapter 3: Governor and President
1. Why did people urge Reagan to run for governor?
2. On what year did Reagan get elected governor?
3. What did Reagan cut as governor?
4. What did Reagan provide as governor?
5. In what year did Reagan win re-election?

Chapter 3: Elected President
6. In what year did Reagan get elected President?
7. How old was Reagan when he was elected president?
8. What was the name of the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court?

Chapter 3: A Second Term
9. In what year did Reagan get re-elected?
10. What was the name of the Soviet Union leader that Reagan met?

Chapter 4: Reagan’s Last Years
1. What was Reagan’s nickname?
2. How old was Reagan when he left the presidency?

Chapter 4: The Sunset of His Life
3. What was the name of the disease Reagan announce he had?
4. What does this disease do to you?
5. How old was Reagan when he died?
6. Where was Reagan buried?

John Sutter, California Settler by Jennifer Rose

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Book Title: John Sutter, California Settler
Author: Jennifer Rose
Orange Book: 978-0-02-202641-7
Blue Book: 978-0-02-202642-4
Green Book: 978-0-02-202644-8
Purple Book: 978-0-02-202643-1

Chapter 1: John Sutter’s Secret
1. What tool did John use to cut gold from the bottom of the stream?
2. What was the name of the river John discovered gold in?
3. What was the name of the valley this river was located in?
4. What were the workers in the sawmill discovering everyday?
5. Was everyone excited about discovering gold?
6. What did John ask from his workers?
7. What was John’s secret?
8. Was John’s discovery the first in California?

Chapter 2: California Dreams
1. What was on John’s mind in 1834?
2. In which country could you go to jail for owing money?
3. Was John married?
4. How many children did he have?
5. What are the things you could do to make a living?
6. Where did John work as a trader?
7. From where did Sutter sail from when he went to the Sandwich Islands?
8. Who did he meet at the Sandwich Islands? (A)
9. What did A loan Sutter?
10. Who helped Sutter begin his California community?
11. How many settlers did Sutter have?
12. What did Sutter hire?

Chapter 3: Captain Sutter’s Cannons
1. What two rivers met on the eighth afternoon?
2. The Maidu met Sutter on ______________ day.
3. Who lived in the Sacramento Valley when Sutter arrived?
4. What did Sutter do to say goodbye to the crew that sailed them up the river?
5. What howled in the woods?
6. Weapons were _______________________________________ items.
7. What did Sutter have by winter?
8. What was built on the river bank?
9. Were most of the workers Indians?

Chapter 4: Destination, Sutter’s Fort
1. How were Americans moving to California?
2. Trails were marked by _________________.
3. Sutter kept his fort well supplied with ______________  and ____________.
4. What were the names of the two Indian vaqueros that try to help the Donner party?
5. How many people survived from the Donner party?
6. What did the survivors say happened to Luis and Salvador?

Chapter 5: Gold!
1. Who did Sutter hire to supervise the construction of the sawmill?
2. What did Marshall pull out of his handkerchief?
3. Who owned the land around the sawmill?
4. Who told Sutter the Indians had no right to sell the land?
5. What spread among Sutter’s workers?
6. How many men remained in San Francisco by May of 1848?
7. How many miners were working in California by 1849?
8. Who put up tents on Sutter’s land?
9. Who ate Sutter’s cattle?
10. What year did John Sutter die?
11. What year did James Marshall die?

Chapter 6: Ruined, but Remembered
1. How would you remember John Sutter?