Documents
This was signed on July 4, 1776
Declaration of Independence
Author of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
Happens in 1607, changes US history forever
Establishment of Jamestown
Highest selling American musical artist
Michael Jackson
Discovered by Ben Franklin using a kite
electricity
Signed by Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863
Emancipation Proclamation
Prominent Civil Rights leader who argued for Black empowerment and use of militant means to gain equality
Malcolm X
Under Jefferson's presidency, this doubled the size of the US
Louisiana Purchase
Place you could buy alcohol and dance with flappers in the 1920s
Speakeasies
Invented by Thomas Edison in 1880
Lightbulb
Sent by Germany to Mexico, but never made it. One of the major reasons for US involvement in World War I
Zimmermann Telegram
Founder of Standard Oil Company and one of the main causes for the Sherman Antitrust Act during the Gilded Age
John D Rockefeller
Took place from 1930-1936, impacting American population distribution and food supply
Dust Bowl
Highest grossing movie franchise in US history
Marvel Universe
This inventor originally wanted us to answer his invention with "Ahoy!" instead of "Hello"
Alexander Graham Bell
Officially known as the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, this bill supported World War II veterans and their families. It has been renewed multiple times, and is still in effect
GI Bill
He fathered the Constitution and wrote the Bill of Rights.
James Madison
Days long battle that serves as the turning point of the Civil War
Battle of Gettysburg
The development of this technology has influenced the music and tv industries
satellites
What are the first names of the Wright brothers who flew the first plane?
Orville & Wilbur
Written by President Woodrow Wilson in 1918 at the end of World War I. He presented this as a proposal at the Treaty of Versailles convention
14 Points
The author of Silent Spring was godmother to the environmental movement.
Rachel Carson
Turning point of World War II in the Pacific theater
Battle of Midway
In 1980 the US and President Carter boycotted this world event because it was hosted in Moscow?
The Olympics
Year the first iPhone was released
2007