Name the Event
In 1776, representatives from the 13 colonies approved a document announcing that the colonies were separating from Great Britain.
The Declaration of Independence
This invention lets you light up a room with the flip of a switch and became practical for widespread use in the late 1800s.
The electric light bulb
He commanded the Continental Army during the American Revolution and became the first president of the United States.
George Washington
Located in New York Harbor, this giant green statue was a gift from France and holds a torch high above the city.
Statue of Liberty
In 1789, this man became the first president of the United States.
George Washington
In 1803, the United States purchased a huge amount of land from France, nearly doubling the size of the country.
The Louisiana Purchase
In 1903, the Wright brothers successfully tested this invention at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
The airplane
This inventor and Founding Father experimented with electricity and helped prove that lightning was electrical.
Benjamin Franklin
This South Dakota monument features the faces of four U.S. presidents carved into a mountain.
Mount Rushmore
In 1903, these two brothers made the first successful powered airplane flight.
Wright Brothers
From 1861 to 1865, the Union and Confederacy fought against each other in a war that resulted in more than 600,000 deaths.
The Civil War
Alexander Graham Bell received a U.S. patent in 1876 for technology that allowed people to talk to each other over long distances.
The telephone
This president issued the Emancipation Proclamation during the Civil War and is pictured on the penny.
Abraham Lincoln
This famous red-orange suspension bridge opened in 1937 and crosses the entrance to San Francisco Bay.
Golden Gate Bridge
Established in 1872, this became America's first national park
Yellowstone National Park
In 1969, millions watched as Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on its surface.
The Apollo 11 Moon Landing
Eli Whitney patented this machine in 1794. It quickly separated cotton fibers from their seeds.
The cotton gin
This civil rights leader delivered the famous “I Have a Dream” speech in Washington, D.C., in 1963.
Martin Luther King Jr.
This huge concrete dam was built on the Colorado River during the Great Depression and created Lake Mead.
Hoover Dam
In 1969, this American became the first person to walk on the Moon.
Neil Armstrong
In 1869, two railroad lines met at Promontory Summit, Utah, connecting the eastern and western United States by rail.
The Completion of the Transcontinental Railroad
Samuel Morse helped develop this communication system, which sent coded electrical signals over wires.
The telegraph
This American aviator became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
Amelia Earhart
Standing 630 feet tall in St. Louis, this stainless-steel monument represents America's westward expansion.
Gateway Arch
In 1927, this American became the first person to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean, traveling from New York to Paris.
Charles Lindbergh