Presidents
Who was the first president of the United States?
George Washington
What war was fought between the North and South in the United States?
The Civil War
Who gave the “I Have a Dream” speech?
Martin Luther King Jr.
What document declared independence from Britain?
The Declaration of Independence
What was the idea called that Americans were meant to expand westward?
Manifest Destiny
Which president wrote the Emancipation Proclamation?
Abraham Lincoln
What war was fought after the attack on Pearl Harbor?
World War II
What Supreme Court case ended school segregation?
Brown v. Board of Education
What is the first 10 amendments called?
The Bill of Rights
What discovery caused a large migration to California in 1849?
Gold
Who was president during the Great Depression and most of World War II?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Which war was fought between the United States and Britain from 1775–1783?
The American Revolution
Who refused to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama?
Rosa Parks
What document begins with “We the People”?
The Constitution
What railroad connected the East and West coasts in 1869?
The Transcontinental Railroad
Which president purchased the Louisiana Territory from France?
Thomas Jefferson
What was the main cause of the Cold War tension between the U.S. and Soviet Union?
The spread of communism
What amendment gave women the right to vote?
The 19th Amendment
What document freed enslaved people in Confederate states?
The Emancipation Proclamation
Who invented the telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
Who resigned from office because of the Watergate scandal?
Richard Nixon
What war involved the United States trying to stop communism in Southeast Asia?
The Vietnam War
Which law outlawed segregation in public places in 1964?
The Civil Rights Act
What agreement ended the American Revolution?
The Treaty of Paris
What industry was dominated by Andrew Carnegie?
The steel industry