Monuments
This gift from France arrived in 1886
What is the Statue of Liberty?
The largest mountain system in North America
What is the Rocky Mountains?
Bought for roughly $15 million, it doubled the size of the US
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
The undisputed King of Rock n Roll
The City where Congress first sat in 1789
What is New York City?
This 555 foot tall obelisk has a viewing room
What is the Washington Monument?
It starts in Lake Itasca and travels 2552 miles to its mouth in the Gulf of Mexico
What is the Mississippi River?
While slavery was one of the primary issues, states rights was also central to this conflict
What is the Civil War?
The King of Pop
Who is Michael Jackson?
The first official capital of the US, in 1776
What is Philidelphia?
Carved into the side of a mountain, each face of the four presidents is 60 feet high
What is Mount Rushmore?
The Largest of the Great Lakes
What is Lake Superior?
Following the discovery at Sutter's Mill, this movement accelerated statehood
What is the California Gold Rush?
She created the sounds in her famous song "9 to 5" using her fingernails
Who is Dolly Parton?
When the British closed in on Philadelphia, the delegates fled to this city, temporarily making it the capital of the US
What is Baltimore?
This 630 foot stainless steel monuments had zero casualties during its contruction
Located in Alaska, this mountain was renamed to an assassinated president after being changed back
What is Mount Denali?
This may be the world's most famous executive order
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
Her most famous song, "I will always love you", was first written and performed by another woman singer
Who is Whitney Houston?
In late 1777, again fleeing the British, the Continental Congress met in this Amish Country City
Located in Millennium Park, the official name is Could Gate
What is the Chicago Bean?
This place is home to many active volcanoes, including Kilauea
What is Hawaii?
The year Congress first sat
What is 1789?
The real Slim Shady
Who is Eminem?
Meeting under a leaky dome of the still unfinished State House, this is where Congress met in 1783
What is Annapolis?