1
The nickname for the 1849 Gold Rush prospectors.
Forty-Niners
Neil Armstrong's first words on the moon mentioned one giant leap for _______.
Mankind
The American Civil War ended in this year.
1865
Name the Apollo mission that was the 1969 moon landing.
Apollo 11
The Great Plains of North America are sometimes called the ______.
Breadbasket
Prohibition made it illegal to sell alcohol starting in this year.
1920
FDR's 'fireside chats' were broadcast on this.
Radio
The Louvre was originally built as this.
A fortress
This country built the world's first ice hotel in 1990.
Sweden
The Chesapeake Bay is shared by Virginia and this other state.
Maryland
This US president's home is called Monticello.
Thomas Jefferson
This explorer's ship was the first to circumnavigate the globe.
Magellan's
Abraham Lincoln's famous Gettysburg Address began with four score and ______ years ago.
Seven
This was the first city to have an underground railway system.
London
This river forms the border between Texas and Mexico.
Rio Grande
This snack was accidentally invented by a frustrated chef in 1853.
Potato chips
The Eiffel Tower was originally built as the entrance arch for this event.
1889 World's Fair
This explorer gave the Pacific Ocean its name.
Magellan
The first animal to orbit the earth.
A dog named Laika
The Continental Divide runs through this many US states.
5
Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico
This president created NASA in 1958.
Eisenhower
Dinosaurs first appeared in this geologic period.
Triassic
This gas lit up the streets of London in the early 1800s.
Coal gas
Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his 'I Have a Dream' speech in this city.
Washington D.C.
This U.S. state is home to the longest cave system in the world.
Kentucky
Mammoth Cave National Park