Foundational Americans
First president of the USA
George Washington
This city served as the first U.S. capital under the Constitution.
New York City
The war (1775–1783) in which the American colonies fought for independence from Britain.
Revolutionary War
Finish this famous phrase from the Declaration of Independence: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created _____."
Equal
We lost an icon this summer. Leaving us with hits such as " Jolene" and " I will always love you"
Dolly Parton
This president issued the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, doubling U.S. territory.
Thomas Jefferson
Site of the colonial protest where colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor in 1773.
Boston
War fought between the North and South (1861–1865)
Civil War
Who said, "I have a dream," during a 1963 civil rights march in Washington, D.C.?
Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.
What month of 2026 was the hottest month ever recorded in the contiguous United States?
July, 2026
Name the influential pamphlet that urged American independence, written by Thomas Paine in 1776.
Common Sense
The battlefield where British General Cornwallis surrendered to end major fighting in the Revolutionary War.
Yorktown, Virginia.
Conflict fought from 1812 to 1815 often called a "second war of independence" against Britain.
The War of 1812
"Give me liberty, or give me death!" was said by this Virginia patriot.
Patrick Henry
Trump signed an executive order renaming this great lake to.
The acronym is no longer HOMES but rather SHAME
Lake Ontario to Lake America
This early American scientist and statesman signed the Declaration of Independence, helped negotiate the Treaty of Paris, and served as ambassador to France.
Benjamin Franklin
This 1804–1806 expedition mapped the Louisiana Purchase and reached the Pacific; name the river they followed out of St. Louis.
Missouri River
This 20th-century war (1917–1918 involvement) was called "the war to end all wars" at the time.
WWI
Name the author of the phrase "government of the people, by the people, for the people."
Abraham Lincoln - Gettysburg Address
The USA hosted the World Cup this summer. Which nation won?
Spain
This man is often called the "Father of the Constitution" and presided over the Constitutional Convention of 1787.
James Madison
This trail, starting in Independence, Missouri, carried thousands of American settlers west to in the mid-1800s.
The Oregon Trail.
The largest air, sea and land invasion occurred on this day titled "____" during WWII?
D-Day
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself" was said by which U.S. president during the Great Depression?
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
There has never been a better excuse not to eat your veggies because of this bacteria.
Cyclospora