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He was the leader of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.
Who is George Washington?
These are the first ten amendments to the American Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This event caused the US to enter World War II.
What is the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor?
This is when a president refuses to sign a bill.
What is a veto?
This is the first, permanent English settlement in the Americas.
What is Jamestown?
This man invented the cotton gin.
Who is Eli Whitney?
This short speech of 272 words was given by Abraham Lincoln while dedicating a cemetery.
What is the Gettysburg Address?
This is the name of the mission that was "one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."
What is Apollo 11?
This term describes a person who wants to end slavery.
What is an abolitionist?
Gold was discovered in this state in 1849.
What is California?
He was the president of the Confederacy during the Civil War.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
This man was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence.
Who is John Hancock?
This event marked the beginning of the Great Depression.
What is the stock market crash?
This term describes power being shared between local, state, and federal governments.
What is Federalism?
The Louisiana Territory was purchased from this country.
What is France?
This person led a group of Rough Riders up San Juan Hill.
Who is Teddy Roosevelt?
This document was replaced the American Constitution.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
This event led directly to the Spanish-American War.
What is the sinking of the Maine?
This is a tax placed on goods brought into a country.
What is a tariff?
The surrender ending the Civil War was signed in this town.
What is Appomatox?
This person wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin, which stirred up anti-slavery feelings.
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe?
This document sent by a German diplomat suggested a military alliance with Mexico in 1917.
What is the Zimmermann Telegram?
This was the date and time that the cease-fire ending world war I began.
What is November 11 at 11:00 am? (The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month)
This term describes the idea that the United States should stretch from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
What is Manifest Destiny?
The United States gained this group of islands as a result of the Spanish-American War.
What are the Philippines?