U.S. History
He was the second president of the United States.
Who is John Adams?
This war was fought between the Union and Confederacy from 1861 to 1865.
What is the American Civil War?
This British prime minister led the United Kingdom through most of World War II.
Who is Winston Churchill?
She refused to surrender her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955.
Who is Rosa Parks?
This English king famously had six wives.
Who is Henry VIII?
This document declared the American colonies independent from Great Britain in 1776.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This December 7, 1941 attack brought the United States into World War II.
What is Pearl Harbor?
This French military leader crowned himself emperor in 1804.
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
This 1964 law outlawed discrimination in many public places and employment.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
In medieval Europe, these animals were sometimes put on trial for crimes.
This 1803 purchase roughly doubled the size of the United States.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
his June 6, 1944 Allied invasion opened a major Western Front in Europe.
What is D-Day?
This South African leader spent 27 years in prison before becoming president.
Who is Nelson Mandela?
This Supreme Court case ruled that segregated public schools were unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This 1518 event in Strasbourg involved people dancing uncontrollably for days.
What is the Dancing Plague?
This battle convinced France to openly support the Americans during the Revolution.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
Napoleon suffered his final defeat at this 1815 battle.
What is the Battle of Waterloo?
This Russian ruler was known as “the Great” and worked to westernize Russia.
Who is Peter the Great?
This 1965 law protected voting rights and targeted discriminatory voting practices.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
In the 1800s, this condiment was once marketed as a medicine.
What is ketchup?
This 1803 Supreme Court case established judicial review.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
This 1066 battle ended Anglo-Saxon rule in England and led to William the Conqueror becoming king.
What is the Battle of Hastings?
This Chinese communist leader founded the People’s Republic of China in 1949.
Who is Mao Zedong?
This civil rights leader founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and advocated nonviolent protest.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
This famous physicist was once offered the presidency of Israel but declined.
Who is Albert Einstein?