Famous Figures
This person was an important leader in the Civil Rights Movement here in the US, and believed in the use of peaceful protest to bring about change.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
This event in 1969 ended the "space race" between the United States and the Soviet Union.
What is the moon landing?
Alexander Graham Bell forever changed how humans communicate when he invented this.
What is the telephone?
The United States got involved in this conflict that took place in an Asian country because they wanted to prevent the spread of communism.
What is the Vietnam War?
This economic crisis began in 1929 when the stock market crashed, on a day that would come to be known as "Black Tuesday".
What is The Great Depression?
This Indian man is known for bringing about change through the use of peaceful, non-violent protests.
Who is Mahatma Ghandi?
This year-long protest began when Rosa Parks peacefully declined to give up her seat on a public bus.
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
The Wright Brothers are credited with the invention of this that would forever change the way we travel, engage in combat, and see the world.
What is the airplane?
This conflict involved two groups of nations known as the Axis Powers and the Allied Powers.
What is World War II?
This ship was the largest that had ever been built when it embarked on its maiden voyage from Southampton, England to New York City in 1912.
What is the Titanic?
This inventor made important discoveries in the field of electricity, and is credited with developing the alternating current power system.
Who is Nikola Tesla?
The Women's Suffrage Movement eventually led to the ratification of the 19th amendment to the US constitution, earning women the right to do this.
What is vote?
This invention forever changed the way that people get from place to place, and is still the most common form of transportation in the world today.
What is the automobile?
This conflict, also known as The Great War, is known for making heavy use of "trench warfare", where opposing sides would fight from trenches dug in the ground.
What is World War I?
Henry Ford wasn't the first to invent the automobile, but he was the first to use this new method of manufacturing.
What is the assembly line?
President of the United States during the Civil War who became well-known for his choice of hat.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The completion of this was celebrated in Promontory Summit in Utah with the ceremonial driving of a golden spike.
What is the Transcontinental Railroad?
This invention, credited to Thomas Edison, really "brightened" things up.
What is the light bulb?
This war leader of the Lakota Tribe defended Lakota land and ways of life during a time of intense conflict with the United States.
Who is Crazy Horse?
These types of workers had an important job in the American west, driving cattle from Texas up to more northern cities.
What are cowboys?
Queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 until 1901.
Who is Queen Victoria?
This event took place in London in the year 1851, and featured a large glass and iron building called "The Crystal Palace".
What is the World's Fair?
This important invention made land travel easier, faster, and more comfortable within the United States.
What is the locomotive?
These two groups fought against each other in the American Civil War.
Who are the Union (Northern States) and the Confederacy (Southern States)?
This famous work of architecture was completed in 1889 and can still be seen in Paris today.
What is the Eiffel Tower?