Rebel Yell
The Declaration of Independence was signed in this year.
1776
In 1803, the US bought this huge territory from France.
The Louisiana Purchase
The Civil War was fought between the North and this.
The South (the Confederacy)
The US entered World War I in this year.
1917
In 1692, this Massachusetts town held its infamous witch trials.
Salem
This 1773 Boston protest targeted a British tea tax.
The Boston Tea Party
These two explorers mapped the West from 1804 to 1806.
Lewis and Clark
Lincoln's 1863 order freed enslaved people in Confederate states.
The Emancipation Proclamation
This 1929 stock market crash kicked off the Great Depression.
Black Tuesday
This author's 1820 "Legend of Sleepy Hollow" gave us the Headless Horseman.
Washington Irving
He commanded the Continental Army, then became the first president.
George Washington
This 1849 event brought 300,000 fortune-seekers to California.
The Gold Rush
This 1863 battle was the war's bloodiest turning point.
Gettysburg
In 1969, this astronaut became the first person to walk on the moon.
Neil Armstrong
Irish immigrants brought this turnip-carving tradition to America, where pumpkins took over.
Jack-o'-lanterns
This 1787 document replaced the Articles of Confederation.
The Constitution
Completed in 1869, this linked the eastern and western US by rail.
The Transcontinental Railroad
He commanded the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.
Robert E. Lee
MLK delivered this famous speech at the 1963 March on Washington.
"I Have a Dream"
Detroit's October 30th arson tradition is called "Devil's" this.
Night
This midnight rider warned "the British are coming" in 1775.
Paul Revere
This 1830 law forced Native American tribes west of the Mississippi.
The Indian Removal Act
Lee surrendered to Grant in this Virginia town in 1865, ending the war.
Appomattox (Court House)
The Berlin Wall fell in this year.
1989
The largest Halloween parade in the US has marched through this NYC neighborhood since 1974.
Greenwich Village