american history
What document set the colonies free as their own country from Britain in 1776?
The Declaration of Independence
Who was the first US president?
George Washington
What state is known as the sunshine state?
Florida
What holiday is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November with a big turkey?
Thanksgiving
What is America’s national bird?
The bald eagle
What war between the north and south lasted from 1861 to 1865?
The civil war
Who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and later became the third US president
Thomas Jefferson
What state is the Grand Canyon located in?
Arizona
What sport is known as America’s pastime?
Baseball
What do the colors red and white (not the stripes) represent?
Blood and sacrifice
What purchase from France nearly doubled the size of the USA in 1803
The Louisiana purchase
Which inventor, diplomat, and publisher helped gain French support in the revolutionary war?
Benjamin Franklin
What river forms most of the border between Texas and Mexico?
The Rio Grande
What golden statue is presented in Hollywood for amazing filmmaking
An oscar
What is the originally brown statues came as a gift from the French called?
The statue of liberty
What speech was recited in 1863 by Martin Luther King jr.?
“I have a Dream”
Often called the “father of the constitution” who was the fourth US president?
James Madison
What was America’s first national park, famous for old faithful?
Yellowstone national park
What fast food chain restaurant is the most known as a stereotype in America?
McDonalds
What This quote on US currency means out of many, one. What is it?
E pluribus unum
What was the name of the meeting in Philadelphia that produced the U.S. constitution?
The constitutional convention?
Who was the first US treasury secretary and created the US financial system?
Alexander Hamilton
What city is known for independence hall and the liberty bell?
Philadelphia
What city in Tennessee is most known as the “home of country music”
Nashville
Which flag-inspired song is also the official national march of the United States.
“The Stars and Stripes Forever"