New Deal
When founded in 1934, this agency regulated interstate radio, telephone & telegraph service
The FCC
The city's planner, Pierre L' Enfant, called this hill "A pedestal waiting for a monument"
In 1838 Congress granted mail carrier status to this new form of transportation
railroad
Major Robert Anderson was in command of this S.C. fort when it was attacked in April 1861
Fort Sumter
In 1777 this land, later a state, was named in honor of the Green Mountain Boys
Vermont
This federal corporation provides flood control & navigable waterways for 7 southern states
The TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority)
This little park, named for a French nobleman, faces the White House across Pennsylvania Ave.
America's first successful world exposition was held in 1876 in this Pennsylvania city
Philadelphia
Congress revived the rank of lieutenant general & made him the first one in March 1864
Ulysses S. Grant
Term for the American colonists who supported the Redcoats during the revolution
Tories / Loyalists
Since 1934 it has administered & enforced laws governing the purchase & sale of stocks & bonds
The SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission)
The National Zoological park is a unit of this
Smithsonian Institute
The territory acquired by the 1853 Gadsden Purchase is now part of these 2 states
Arizona and New Mexico
On Nov. 9, 1863 Lincoln went to the theater & saw "The Marble Heart" starring this man
John Wilkes Booth
In 1776, with a membership of 5 students, it became the 1st social fraternity at a U.S. college
Phi Beta Kappa
It was created in 1933 to insure the money in the accounts of approved banks
The FDIC
The basement of this building at 511 10th St. NW houses a museum of Lincoln memorabilia
Ford's Theater
The Marquis de Lafayette served in the American Revolution, the Lafayette Escadrille in this war
World War I
In this 1863 battle the Union forces were on Cemetery Ridge
Gettysburg
Year in which Thomas Jefferson wrote to James Madison, "France will be quiet this year"
1789
This agency hired unemployed young men to perform such activities as planting trees & building dams
The CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps)
The basement of this building at 511 10th St. NW houses a museum of Lincoln memorabilia
Embassies
This last president from the Whig Party rode Lincoln's funeral train from Batavia, N.Y. to Buffalo
Millard Fillmore
After this general took his own sweet time to cross the Potomac, Lincoln replaced him with Burnside
Gen. George McClellan
Known for their simple furniture, this sect came to the U.S. from England in 1774, led by "Mother Ann" Lee
Shakers