Famous Inventions
This is a sweet, refreshing drink invented by Edwin Perkins.
What is Kool-Aid
This person started Arbor Day in Nebraska.
Who is J. Sterling Morton?
Terrorists took over airplanes and flew two of the planes into the World Trade Center Towers in New York City. Another plane flew into the Pentagon in Washington D.C. This was a scary day for the United States.
This landmark is near the Northwest corner of Nebraska and has unique rock formations that thousands of people visit each year. Most of it is in South Dakota, but some is in Nebraska.
What are the badlands?
A period of 100 years.
What is a century?
What is Flex-O-Glass?
This man was a civil rights leader born in Omaha. He changed his last name to a single letter to take the place of his ancestor's African name that slavery erased.
On December 7, 1941, Japan launched a surprise military strike on U.S. Naval Base in Hawaii. This event started World War II.
What is the attack on Pearl Harbor?
This unique museum spans over interstate 80 near Kearney that showcases American westward expansion during the time of the Oregon Trail.
What is the Archway Museum?
The basic rights of every citizen in the United States.
What are civil rights?
Was first called "horseless carriage" and allowed people to travel more efficiently.
What is the car?
This man is a famous Nebraska football coach who led the huskers to three national championships. Nebraska's football field is named after him!
Who is Tom Osborne?
Period of time in the 1930s in which severe droughts and high winds occurred in the Midwest. This was a hard time for farmers.
What is the Dust Bowl?
This landmark is near Scottsbluff, Nebraska that is over 300 feet tall and formed due to intense erosion.
What is Chimney Rock?
People who have fought in wars or served in the military.
What are veterans?
Harold Edgerton invented this, which could capture things that people normally can't see, such as the final moments of a popping balloon.
What is a high-speed camera? What is an underwater camera?
This woman was a writer from Red Cloud, Nebraska. She wrote the books One of Ours, My Antonia, and O Pioneers!
Who is Willa Cather?
Occurred in the 1930's when the entire world was in an economic downturn, which happened after the U.S. stock market crash in 1929.
What is the Great Depression?
This is the world's largest zoo located in Omaha, Nebraska!
What is the Henry Doorly Zoo?
When black people lived and worked separately from white people.
What is segregation?
George Norris led to the invention of this, which would allow people in the countryside to have electricity.
What are power lines/electric poles?
This man is a very rich businessman who currently lives in Omaha. He is the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, and he lives a modest life and can be seen out-and-about in Omaha today!
Who is Warren Buffet?
This war happened as a result of Japan bombing Pearl Harbor.
What is World War II?
People who come to America from other countries that are no longer safe to live in.
What are refugees?