Spain sponsored this explorer in 1492 to sail to the New World.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
100
This famous Virginia military man became our nation's first president.
Who is George Washington?
100
This revolution saw the 13 colonies break away from the British empire to form the United States.
What is the American Revolution or the Revolutionary War?
100
The preamble to this document starts off with, "We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union..."
What is the Constitution?
100
This statue in New York was given to us by the French.
What is the Statue of Liberty?
200
The Europeans who settled in the New World encountered these people when they arrived.
Who were the Native Americans?
200
He had the rominent role in writing the defining document of the American Revolution — the Declaration of Independence, later becoming the third president of the United States.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
200
This war pitted the North versus the South, with a key issue being slavery.
What is the Civil War?
200
The Constitution established that there will be three branches of government: The Legislative, Judicial and which other branch?
What is the Executive branch.
200
This monument located on the National Mall honors our 16th president.
What is the Lincoln Memorial?
300
This place was the first permanent English settlement of the New World.
What is Jamestown?
300
This 16th president led the Union through the Civil War and freed the slaves.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
300
After much turmoil, the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was the immediate trigger for this war.
What is World War I?
300
The first 10 amendments became known as this.
What is the Bill of Rights?
300
This memorial located at Pearl Harbor marks the resting place of 1,102 of the 1,177 sailors and marines killed during the attack on Pearl Harbor.
What is the Arizona Memorial?
400
The Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon landed on what is now known as this southern state.
What is Florida?
400
This president was fond of dueling and survived a botched assignation attempt, nearly beating his would-be assassin with his cane.
Who was Andrew Jackson?
400
This war resulted in the collapse of Germany's the Third Reich.
What is World War II?
400
There have been 27 of these ratified to the Constitution; the word means "changes."
What are amendments?
400
This obelisk located on the National Mall pays tribute to our first Commander in Chief of the early Continental Army.
What is the Washington Monument?
500
As Europeans settled in the south, this was the most successful crop they were able to grow.
What is tobacco?
500
This 26th president led the Rough Riders and their historic charge up San Juan Hill; he also had a black belt in jujitsu and was a championship boxer.
Who was Theodore Roosevelt?
500
Before the US broke away from the British they fought in this war against the French and their allies.
What is the French and Indian War?
500
This famous inventor was one of the Founding Fathers and at age 81 was the oldest person to sign the Constitution.
Who was Benjamin Franklin?
500
This memorial in South Dakota features the faces of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln.