Colonial America
What is Jamestown?
First permanent English settlement in America.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Main author of the Declaration of Independence and later to be the 3rd US President.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
President during the Civil War.
Who is Thomas Edison?
Inventor of the light bulb.
What is Pearl Harbor?
Event that brought the U.S. into World War II.
Who are the Pilgrims?
Group that sailed on the Mayflower.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
Famous protest in Boston involving tea.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
Executive order freeing enslaved people in Confederate states.
What is the assembly line?
Mass production method perfected by Henry Ford.
What is the New Deal?
Program created by Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Great Depression.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
Document signed on the Mayflower establishing self-government.
What are Lexington and Concord?
“Shot heard round the world” battles.
What is Antietam?
Bloodiest single-day battle of the Civil War.
Who are muckrakers?
Journalists who exposed corruption and unfair business practices.
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
Movement led by Martin Luther King Jr.
What is the French and Indian War?
War fought between Britain and France in North America before the Revolution.
Who is George Washington?
Commander of the Continental Army and later to be the 1st US President.
What is the 13th Amendment?
Amendment that abolished slavery.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
President known as the “Trust Buster”.
What is the Vietnam War?
Cold War conflict fought in Southeast Asia.
What is the Stamp Act?
British law that taxed printed materials in the colonies.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
1783 treaty that ended the Revolutionary War.
What is Reconstruction?
Period of rebuilding the South after the Civil War.
What is the 19th Amendment?
Amendment giving women the right to vote
What is 9/11?
Terrorist attack on September 11, 2001.