Colonial Times
This ship brought the Pilgrims to Plymouth Rock in 1620.
What is the Mayflower?
The angry protest where colonists dumped tea into the harbor to protest British taxes.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
He is the face on the $5 bill and the penny, known for wearing a tall stovepipe hat.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
She refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, sparking the Civil Rights movement.
Who is Rosa Parks?
This statue stands in New York Harbor and was a gift from France.
What is the Statue of Liberty?
This holiday was first celebrated by the Pilgrims and Wampanoag Native Americans to give thanks for the harvest.
What is Thanksgiving
The document signed on July 4, 1776, declaring freedom from Great Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
The house where the President of the United States lives and works.
What is the White House?
This civil rights leader gave the famous "I Have a Dream" speech.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
he capital city of the United States.
What is Washington, D.C.?
The number of original colonies that eventually became the first states.
What is 13?
He was the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army and later became the first President.
Who is George Washington?
He was the president during World War II and the only president elected to four terms.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR)?
She was a conductor on the Underground Railroad, helping enslaved people escape to freedom.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
This state is the largest by land area in the US.
What is Alaska?
This "Lost Colony" mysteriously disappeared, leaving only the word "CROATOAN" carved into a tree.
What is Roanoke?
This midnight rider warned the colonists that "The British are coming!"
Who is Paul Revere?
This president bought the Louisiana Territory from France, doubling the size of the U.S.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This inventor is famous for the lightbulb and the phonograph.
Who is Thomas Edison?
The longest river in the United States (by some measurements), which flows south to the Gulf of Mexico.
What is the Mississippi River?
He was the founder of Pennsylvania and wanted it to be a place of religious freedom for Quakers.
Who is William Penn?
The final major battle of the Revolutionary War where the British surrendered.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
He was the youngest person ever elected president and was famous for saying, "Ask not what your country can do for you..."
Who is John F. Kennedy (JFK)?
She was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean before mysteriously disappearing.
Who is Amelia Earhart?
This canyon in Arizona is one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World.
What is the Grand Canyon?