Wars
The war where Americans fought to win independence from Britain.
What is the American Revolution?
This person is the “Father of Our Country”, First president of the United States, General of the Continental Army, and President of the Constitutional Convention.
Who is George Washington?
This person fought for civil rights, Worked for equality for all Americans, and to ensure that people would "not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character"
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
Major event in the United States where hijacked commercial airplanes crashed into the World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon.
What is 9/11?
Territory the United States bought from France in 1803.
What is the Louisiana Territory?
The U.S. war between the Northern states and the Southern states.
What is the Civil War?
This person freed the slaves with the Emancipation Proclamation, led the United States during the Civil War, was the 16th president of the United States, and delivered a famous speech called the Gettysburg Address.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This person was the writer of the Declaration of Independence, third president of the United States, the first Secretary of State, and doubled the size of the United States with the Louisiana Purchase.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Surprise attack that forced the United States to enter World War II.
What is the bombing of Pearl Harbor?
Major Native American tribe in North Dakota.
What is the Sioux Tribe?
The war where the U.S. joined to support the Allies and to fight the Central Powers because Germany was sinking civilian ships.
What is World War One?
This person was 32nd president of the United States, was president during the Great Depression, and led the United States through most of World War Two.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
This person was the first Postmaster General of the United States, helped write the Declaration of Independence, was an inventor, and U.S. diplomat
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
Period of geopolitical tension (Drama) between the Soviet Union and the United State.
What is the Cold War?
Movement that gave women the right to vote in elections.
What is the Women's Suffrage Movement?
The war that the U.S. joined after the bombing of Pearl Harbor in support of the Allied Powers and opposing the Axis Powers.
What is World War Two?
This person was a general during World War II, President during the Korean War, 34th president of the United States, and signed the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 (Created the Interstate System).
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
This person was the first Secretary of the Treasury, one of the writers of the Federalist Papers, helped establish the First Bank of the United States, aide to General George Washington, and was a member of the Continental Congress
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
Longest economic recession in modern history following the stock market crash of 1929.
What is the Great Depression?
Technical term for the draft that all men age 18 through 25 must register for.
What is Selective Service?
The war that was caused by a series of economic sanctions (commercial and financial penalties) by the British against the US as well as by British practice of impressment.
What is the War of 1812?
This person is the “Father of the Constitution”, was the fourth president of the United States, was president during the War of 1812, and one of the writers of the Federalist Papers.
Who is James Madison?
This person was a famous leader of the women’s rights movement in the 1800s and fought for equal pay for equal work and women's right to vote.
Who is Susan B. Anthony?
Proclamation issued by Abraham Lincoln that freed slaves in the southern states.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
Famous bilingual Native American tribe whose young men were specially recruited during World War II by the US Marines to be code talkers.
Who are the Navajo?