Historical Dates
What year did the United States enter World War I?
1917
Who was the first man on the moon?
Neil Armstrong.
What was the name of the Pilgrims' ship?
The Mayflower.
What city was the first capital of the United States?
New York City.
This University is the oldest institute of higher education in the United States and was founded in 1636.
Harvard.
When did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor?
Dec. 7, 1941.
Who refused to give up her bus seat, sparking national civil rights protests?
Rosa Parks.
What was the first governing document of the newly created United States, later replaced by the U.S. Constitution?
The Articles of Confederation.
What was the first American state?
Delaware.
When was the first American currency created?
1775, After the revolutionary War began
When was the Declaration of Independence signed?
August 2, 1776 (The final draft was completed July 4, but it wasn't actually signed until nearly a month later).
Who was the first United States president to appear on television?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
What country gifted the United States with the Statue of Liberty?
France.
Where was the Constitutional Convention held?
Philadelphia.
When was the first U.S. dollar printed?
1862.
What was the date of the Boston Tea Party?
On Dec. 16, 1773, colonists dumped a shipment of tea into the Boston Harbor.
Which four presidents have been assassinated while in office?
Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, William McKinley and John F. Kennedy.
What year did the United States enter World War I?
1917.
What was the last state to be admitted into the union?
Hawaii.
Not all states agreed to the constitution, however, they did vote it in on the condition that they could amend it soon after. These 10 amendments are known as what?
The Bill of Rights
Which law ended the application of Jim Crow laws and reversed the Supreme Court's "separate but equal" decision made in Plessy v. Ferguson?
The Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Who was the first Black president?
Barack Obama.
Two sets of fathers and sons have served as presidents. What are their names?
John Adams and John Quincy Adams, and George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush.
What is the oldest European-founded city in the United States?
St. Augustine, Florida, founded in 1565 by Don Pedro Menendez de Aviles of Spain.
During the 1790's, the construction of what famous house began?
The White House