People
This city is named after this person.
George Washington
This place used to include football, soccer, and a few baseball games in its history. It will eventually be replaced...
RFK Stadium
This famous event occurred throughout D.C. and ended at the Lincoln Memorial on August 28, 1963.
March on Washington
The status of being a state in the U.S.
Statehood
This act granted residents of Washington, D.C., the right to elect their mayor and city council.
D.C. Home Rule Act of 1973
This European explorer stumbled upon the natives of Anacostia.
John Smith
This place was home to the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.
Ford's Theater
This war occurred in the year of 1812.
The War of 1812.
The act of depriving a person of the rights or privileges of a citizen, especially the right to vote.
Disenfranchisement
This put the nation's capital in Washington to satisfy/win over pro-slavery states who feared a northern capital.
The Residents Act of 1790 (Compromise)
This Civil Rights Activist gave his famous speech at the Lincoln Memorial.
Martin Luther King Jr.
This place is named after James Smithson.
The Smithsonian Institute/Castle
In 1800, this city relocated the federal government to Washington, D.C.
Philadelphia
Refers to a village, town, or city that's usually governed by a mayor and council.
Municipal
The 1963 March on Washington was intended to pass what bills?
Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Acts of 1965.
During the fires of 1814, this person was President.
James Madison
This memorial includes the quote: "I never forget that I live in a house owned by all of the American people and that I have been given their trust"
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
In 1846 this event changed the geographical landscape of Washington D.C. as we know it.
Virginia retroceded Arlington and the City of Alexandria
The government of a colony, dependent country, or region by its own citizens.
Home Rule
This act abolished slavery in the District of Columbia, compensating slave owners for their losses.
D.C. Compensated Emancipation Act of 1862
These three people were a part of the Dinner Table Bargain (1790).
This memorial includes the quote: "Out of the Mountain of despair, a stone of hope."
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial
The British invaded and burned down the White House, Capitol, and other buildings in this year.
1814
D.C. residents pay federal taxes but lack full voting representation in the U.S. Congress.
Taxation without representation
This act reorganized the local government of Washington, D.C., consolidating the governments of Washington City, Georgetown, and Washington County into a single entity.
D.C. Organic Act of 1871.