Name the president who
Taft
What led to the Americans entering WW2?
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
What purchase (and who made it and who was it from if Will is answering) effectively doubled the size of America in 1803?
Louisiana Purchase by TJ from the French for 15 million
What was the first permanent settlement in USA
Jamestown
This civil rights leader was born in Atlanta and assassinated in Memphis
MLK Jr
Enacted the "New Deal" to help American suffering from the great depression
FDR
Who were the main generals for the Union and Confederacy during the Civil War?
Robert E Lee
Ulysses S Grant
Who are the 4 presidents on Mount Rushmore?
Washington
Jefferson
Lincoln
Teddy
What was the name of the scandal that caused Nixon to resign?
Watergate
What is the name of the 2 brothers who made the first successful flight and what state was it in?
Orville and Wilbur Wright in NC
Was elected due to being an amazing general during WW2
Eisenhower
The original white house was burned down during this war
War of 1812
Who led the first expedition to the Pacific Ocean?
Lewis and Clark
Who was the first European to land in America?
Leif Eriksen
This abolitionist escaped slavery and became a leading speaker and writer for emancipation.
Frederick Douglass
Was assassinated (all 4 if it's Will)
Lincoln
Garfield
McKinley
JFK
This conflict in 1898 led to the USA acquiring the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico
Spanish American War
What were the 2 capitals of USA before DC?
NYC & Philly
What discovery sparked a huge immigration out west and specifically to California in 1848
Gold
This author wrote the Great Gatsby
F Scott Fitzgerald
Signed the Indian Removal Act in 1830 which resulted in the creation of the Trail of Tears and the death of thousands of Cherokee natives
Andrew Jackson
This battle won the Revolutionary War for the Americans
Battle of Yorktown
Name the 13 Original Colonies
NH
Mass
RI
VT
NY
NJ
PA
DE
MA
VA
NC
SC
GA
What was the first document that governed the USA?
Articles of Confederation
Name me the 3 robber barons during the gilded age based on these clues
Standard Oil
(his last name) Steel Company
Has a famous university in the south named after him
Rockefeller
Carnegie
Vanderbilt