Founding Documents
Old Glory
Mr. President
Wars & Turning Points
Scouting in America
200
Signed in 1776, this document said the 13 colonies were free from Great Britain. We celebrate it every Fourth of July.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
200
This is the number of stars on the U.S. flag today.
What is 50?
200
Called the "Father of His Country," he was the first president of the United States.
Who is George Washington?
200
The colonists fought this war against Great Britain to win their independence.
What is the American Revolution (Revolutionary War)?
200
This is the two-word Scout motto.
What is "Be Prepared"?
400
These are the first three words of the U.S. Constitution.
What is "We the People"?
400
The flag's 13 stripes stand for these.
What are the original 13 colonies?
400
This president, whose face is on the penny, led the country during the Civil War.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
400
This war between the North and the South lasted from 1861 to 1865.
What is the Civil War?
400
This is the highest rank a Scout can earn.
What is Eagle Scout?
600
This is the name for the first 10 amendments to the Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
600
This Philadelphia seamstress is traditionally credited with sewing the first American flag.
Who is Betsy Ross?
600
The teddy bear is named after this outdoorsy president.
Who is Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt?
600
The surprise attack on this Hawaiian naval base on December 7, 1941, brought the U.S. into World War II.
What is Pearl Harbor?
600
This is the year the Boy Scouts of America was founded: 1900, 1910, or 1950.
What is 1910?
800
This Founding Father, who later became the third president, wrote most of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
800
When Scouts fold the American flag the proper way, it ends up in this shape.
What is a triangle?
800
This president led the U.S. through the Great Depression and World War II and was elected four times.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
800
This is the nickname for June 6, 1944, when Allied soldiers landed on the beaches of France.
What is D-Day?
800
This British army officer started the worldwide Scouting movement.
Who is Robert Baden-Powell?
1000
The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were both signed in this Pennsylvania city.
What is Philadelphia?
1000
A flag that is too worn out to fly should be retired with respect, usually by this method in a ceremony.
What is burning?
1000
In 1961 this president challenged America to land a person on the Moon before the decade was over.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
1000
During the Revolutionary War, George Washington's army spent a cold, hard winter at this Pennsylvania camp.
What is Valley Forge?
1000
This Eagle Scout was the first person to walk on the Moon, in 1969.
Who is Neil Armstrong?
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