USA Emojis
The American Revolution
American Inventions
The Star-Spangled States
Presidents & First Ladies
Finale Jeopardy:
American Monuments
American Monuments
100
EVENT
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Boston Tea Party
100
This foundational document of the United States had its first public reading July 8, 1776.
Declaration of Independence
100
irst flown at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in 1903, the first powered, controlled, and sustained heavier-than-air airplane was invented by these two brothers.
Wright Brothers (Orville and Wilbur Wright)
100
Which of the original 13 American colonies was the first to grant their Continental Congress delegates permission to vote for independence from Great Britain?
North Carolina
100
This 19th-century president is famous for being the only U.S. president to be arrested for speeding while driving his horse-drawn carriage in Washington, D.C.
Ulysses S. Grant
200
EVENT
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4th of July
200
In 1775, this Founding Father delivered a speech at St. John's Church in Richmond, Virginia, urging support for the war effort and concluding with the famous phrase, "Give me liberty, or give me death!"
Patrick Henry
200
Co-invented by Edwin H. Land and first released in 1948, this type of camera allowed photographers to take and develop photos in a matter of minutes.
Polaroid camera (Land camera)
200
Fill in the blanks:
Say, can you see
By the dawn's early light
What so proudly we ________
At the twilight's last ________?
hailed, gleaming
200
Serving as the third U.S. President, this Founding Father purchased the Louisiana Territory in 1803 and was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Jefferson
300
PLACE
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Mount Rushmore
300
This name of the president of the Continental Congress from 1775 to 1777, has become synonymous with this object, now a slang term for a signature.
John Hancock
300
Named after a mythical Greek blacksmith, this handheld thermal device developed by Raytheon in the 1940s was the first to harness microwave energy to cook food.
Microwave Oven
300
Officially granted statehood in 1912, this "Grand Canyon State" was the last of the contiguous United States to be admitted to the Union.
Arizona
300
Until recently this first lady, serving from 1825 to 1829, holds the distinction of being the first first lady to be born outside of the United States.
Louisa Catherine Adams
400
EVENT
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Signing of the Declaration of Independence
400
This 1777-1778 winter encampment of the Continental Army, located about 18 miles northwest of Philadelphia, served as a crucial turning point where the troops were reorganized and trained.
Valley Forge
400
Developed in the 1970s at the Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) and popularized by Apple and Microsoft in the 1980s, this visual screen component was inspired by a real-life desktop rodent.
Computer Mouse
400
This U.S. state, nicknamed the "Land of 10,000 Lakes," joined the Union on May 11, 1858, as the 32nd state.
Minnesota
400
Despite having four sons with Mary Todd (Eddie, Willie, Tad, and Robert ), there are no living direct descendants of this president today.
Abraham Lincoln
500
PLACE
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The White House
500
Before the American Revolution, New Hampshire got its own governor in 1741 after being a part of this colony for several decades.
Massachusetts (Bay Colony)
500
Patented in 1876, this device converted sound waves into electrical impulses, famously allowing its inventor to call out to his assistant, "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you."
Telephone
500
Originally claimed by the Dutch as New Amsterdam, this Mid-Atlantic state is home to both the United States Military Academy at West Point and the capital of Albany.
New York
500
A Seawolf-class submarine is named for this president who graduated from Annapolis in 1946.
Jimmy Carter
600
EVENT
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Moon Landing
600
The American Revolution ended when, here in the Maryland State House, Congress ratified this peace treaty signed in Europe.
The Treaty of Paris
600
In 1908, Henry Ford revolutionized manufacturing and made automobiles affordable for the average American by introducing this continuous production method.
Moving Assembly Line
600
Fill in the blank:
Whose broad stripes and bright stars
Through the ______ fight
O'er the ramparts we watched
Were so gallantly, _________?
perilous, streaming
600
This former first lady had a major role in drafting the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Eleanor Roosevelt
700
PERSON
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Abe Lincoln
700
This French nobleman and military officer, a close friend of George Washington, became a major hero of the American Revolution after volunteering his services to the Continental Army.
Marquis de Lafayette
700
In 1969, originating as ARPANET—a Defense Department research project—this network laid the groundwork for the modern digital era.
The Internet
The World Wide Web became available to the general public, in 1991.
700
In 1931 "The Star-Spangled Banner" officially became the national anthem, more than a century after it was written during this conflict.
The War of 1812
700
Although this president's wife, Martha (Née Wayles), served as first lady of Virginia, she never served as U.S. first lady.
Thomas Jefferson
800
Originally intended to be just 100 feet tall, this monument in the nation's capital was eventually finished at 555 feet, 5 and 1/8 inches, with an aluminum tip that acted as a lightning rod.
The Washington Monument
It is celebrated for being the world's tallest stone structure and the world's tallest obelisk.
