The 50 Great States
You'll find Lookout Mountain and the Country Music Hall of Fame in this state.
What is Tennessee?
After 150 years, he's still the tallest president in US history.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The very first Independence Day celebration took place in this American City in 1777.
What is Philadelphia?
Several foods have become traditional 4th of July favorites. It's reported that Americans consume around 155 million of these each Indepence Day.
What are hot dogs?
These four former US Presidents are featured in the famous Mount Rushmore Monument in South Dakota.
Who are George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln?
There is a space shuttle above the trees on this state's quarter.
What is Florida?
This Republican president was the first and only president to resign from office on August 9, 1974.
Who was Richard Milhous Nixon?
What was the name of the world's first man-made satellite launched by the USSR in 1957?
What is Sputnik?
This unique American tradition also shares a name with a popular 1993 film starring Bill Murray.
What is Groundhog Day?
Which famous speech by President Abraham Lincoln is carved in the walls of the Lincoln Memorial?
Which famous speech by President Abraham Lincoln is carved in the walls of the Lincoln Memorial?
This "Beehive State" keeps busy with the USA's highest birth rate.
What is Utah?
Thomas Jefferson appointed this man, his personal secretary, to lead the expedition to find the N.W. passage
Who is Meriwether Lewis?
Of the 12 major wars in history where the US has been actively involved, these two had the highest number of US military fatalities.
What are the Civil War and World War II?
This two word phrase was added to the original Pledge of Allegiance to the American flag in 1954 at the height of anti-communist hysteria.
What is "Under God"?
The female figure represented by the Statue of Liberty is holding this in her left hand.
What is a tablet?
There were 13 states that made up the original colonies. Name 10 of them.
New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia
This Connecticut native was a general in both the American and the British armies during the Revolutionary War.
Who is Benedict Arnold?
The California Gold Rush peaked in this decade.
What is the 1850's?
This holiday, popularized by the U.S., originated from the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain and is celebrated on the same calendar date every year.
What is Halloween?
The Liberty Bell cast (formed into its shape) in this country.
What is England?
These 3 states are the only ones in the US that are completely bordered by straight lines.
What is Wyoming, Utah, and Colorado?
While the Declaration of Independence received approval and signatures from participants of the 2nd Continental Congress, a committee of only five men drafted the document. Name four of them.
Who are Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Roger Sherman and Robert Livingston?
This event is considered to have signaled the beginning of the Great Depression. Include the year.
What is the Stock Market Crash of 1929?
This tradition involving whichever US president is in office dates back to Abraham Lincoln and 1863, wasn't made official until 1989, by George H.W. Bush and is now televised every year.
What is the Thanksgiving Turkey Pardoning?
The Empire State Building was the world's tallest building unitil this building was erected in 1971.
What is the first World Trade Center building?