Pre-1700s
Q: Who Found America?
Christopher Columbus
What Day did the USA gain independence?
July 4th
Q: Who led the first expedition to the Pacific Coast?
Lewis and Clark
Q: When did American women gain the right to vote?
1920
Who is the current USA President?
Donald Trump
Q: What is the oldest European-founded state in the United States?
Florida
Q: How many original colonies were there?
13
Q: Who was the first president to be impeached?
Andrew Johnson, in 1868.
Q: Who was the first woman to hold federal executive office in the United States?
Kamala Harris 2020
Q: What was the first food eaten in space by an American?
A: Applesauce, eaten by astronaut John Glenn during his 1962 orbital mission.
Q: Why did the Pilgrims come to America?
A: To start their own religious community after becoming dissatisfied with the Protestant Church in England.
Q: What was the first capital of the United States?
New York City
Q: What country gifted the Statue of Liberty to the United States?
France
Q: What year did the United States enter World War I?
1917
Q: Where did the mass shooting of December 14, 2012 take place?
A: Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.
Q: What was the name of the Pilgrims' ship?
The Mayflower
Q: Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
Who did John Wilkes Booth assassinate?
Abraham Lincoln
Why did the USA join WWll?
Pearl Harbor
Q: Which hurricane devastated New Orleans in 2005?
Hurricane Katrina
Q: What crop became the economic foundation of the Virginia colony?
Tobaco
Q: Who was the first president of the United States?
George Washington
What did the 13th amendment abolish in the USA?
Slavery
Who started the second world war?
Germany
Q: What severe worldwide economic crisis followed the U.S. housing collapse in 2007 and 2008?
A: The Great Recession.