Revolution
This iconic painting by Emanuel Leutze depicts the Battle of Trenton, which devastated the British army in late 1776.
Washington crossing the Delaware
In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson acquired 530 million acres from the French. This was called what?
The Louisiana Purchase
This abolitionist made several successful escapes helping slaves flee across state lines into free states utilizing the Underground Railroad, as well as serving as an armed scout and spy for the Union army.
Harriet Tubman
This Union general became famous for his involvement in battles against Confederate General Robert E. Lee, such as the Overland Campaign and several sieges, which ran from 1864 to 1865, and ultimately at Appomattox. He then became the U.S. President in 1868.
Ulysses S. Grant
This highly energized president was involved in preserving massive amounts of land and continued his presidential re-election speech despite being shot during a failed assassination attempt.
Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt
About 25% of British land troops in the colonies came from a variety of different central European countries. What were these troops called?
The Hessians
This Pennsylvanian Quaker became famous in the 18th and 19th centuries for his journeys through the Appalachian Mountains, contacts with Native Americans, and his hunting prowess.
Daniel Boone
This federal holiday was established signifying the official end of slavery in America where Major General Gordon Granger ordered the enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation in Texas at the end of the American Civil War in 1865.
Juneteenth
Union Colonel Joshua Chamberlain and the 20th Maine used a textbook flanking maneuver on this specific location in Gettysburg, which was a key factor in protecting the Union forces and helped in achieving victory for the battle.
Little Round Top
This president was the only one born in Missouri, and the only president to use nuclear weapons against a target.
Harry S. Truman
This revolutionary in all of his written works was most famously attributed to the saying, “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!”
Patrick Henry
These groups of religious settlers moved west during the 19th century after fleeing the U.S. military from states such as Illinois and Missouri and settled in an area past the Rocky Mountains.
Mormons or Latter Day Saints
This abolitionist was a factor in triggering the American Civil War, who after his raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859, Frederick Douglass said of this Abolitionist “while he did not end the war that ended slavery, he started the war that ended slavery.”
John Brown
This Confederate general gained fame during the first battle of Bull Run in 1861, who held his men firm against the unrelenting forces of Union troops, and had a division known for their speed called the Foot Cavalry.
Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson
This president was the first to have been elected and inaugurated twice in different successions.
Grover Cleveland
Out of all of the treatises that Thomas Paine wrote, this one is his most famous in endorsing American independence from Britain.
Common Sense
This painting by John Gast illustrated the belief of Manifest Destiny, which aimed to entice the American people to expand westward. What is the title of this painting?
American Progress
This 1852 novel became a global sensation, depicting the life of a slave from the Midwest, where leaders such as President Abraham Lincoln, as well as notable authors including Charles Dickens and Leo Tolstoy, were moved.
Uncle Toms Cabin
This regiment became famous for being one of the first all-black regiments that engaged in battles such as their famed assault on Fort Wagner, which was depicted in the film Glory, and in Tecumseh Sherman's March to the Sea.
54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment
This president was originally a political speaker for a Republican Primary nominee, who, from his speech for his candidate alone, was elected the Republican nominee, which led him to win the Presidency.
James Garfield
After 8 years of fighting this piece of legislation officially ended the war for independence of the American Peoples from Great Britain.
Treaty of Paris
This mountain man, who journeyed with Lewis and Clark, became famous for his run-ins with the Blackfeet Indian tribe, such as being chased for many miles and hiding in a beaver dam to get away.
John Colter
The story of this emancipated slave from St. Charles became well known amongst the American People. He helped the Union with valuable information against the Confederates.
Archer Alexander
Daily Double
When Union troops captured this former Confederate politician in 1865, newspapers claimed he was disguised in a dress—though historians say he was only wearing his wife’s shawl against the cold.
Jefferson Davis
This president had the shortest presidential term of only 32 days, when he got sick and died from a fever after delivering his inauguration speech in cold and wet weather.
William Henry Harrison