The Commander in Chief of Continental Army.
Who is George Washington?
Three states within the Great Plains.
What is Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico?
The three branches of Government.
What is Legislative, Judicial, and Executive?
America's first major industry.
What is agriculture?
Lake Mead, the largest man made lake in America was created by the construction of this dam, which is one of America's Seven Modern Engineering Wonders.
What is Hoover Dam?
General Washington and his troops famously crossed the Delaware on this night to defeat the Hessians at Trenton, New Jersey on this night.
What is Christmas night? 1776
The phrase Amber Waves of Grain comes from this song?
What is America the Beautiful?
In 1803, The United States government bought 500,000,000 acres of land from Napoleon that was claimed by France. This acquisition nearly doubled the size of the United States.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This automobile inventor is credited with starting the first assembly line factory making his Model T to be affordable for more consumers. This company still produces cars today.
Who is Henry Ford or Ford Motor Company/
This New York landmark was the tallest building in New York from 1931 until 1971 when then first tower of the WQorld Trade Center was completed. This building has been featured in many movies. King Kong even climbed it.
What is the Empire State building?
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, an American poet famously penned these words, "Listen my children and you can hear of the midnight ride....... that described this man's story of spreading the news that the British were coming.
Who is Paul Revere?
The Great Plains are between what mountain range to the west and what river to the east.
What is the Rocky Mountains and Mississippi River?
Name two of the protections guaranteed by the 1st Amendment.
What is religion, speech, assembly, and petition?
The first factory in America produced this product.
What is textiles?
This was the top secret WWII governement program to develop the first atomic bombs.
What is the Manhattan Project?
Location of British surrender.
What is Yorktown?
A major crop in the mid-western United States. Great roasted, grilled, boiled, and popped. Used as a feed for animals and even to make fuel.
What is corn?
The belief that the United States was destined to expand across the continent.
What is Manifest Destiny ?
A period of scientific and technological development in the 18th century that transformed largely rural, agrarian societies—especially in Europe and North America—into industrialized, urban ones.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
This suspension bridge originally built in 1940, nicknamed "Galloping Gertie" connects Tacoma, Wa to the Kitsap Peninsula.
What is the Narrows Bridge?
This Officer in the Continental Army who rose to the rank of Major General before defecting to the British. His name is in infamously associated as a traitor.
Who is Benedict Arnold?
The Great Plains and the Mid-West are known as the breadbasket of the US because of this main crop.
What is Wheat?
This Executive order issued by President Lincoln on Jan 1, 1963 declared the freedom for all persons held as slaves.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
The leading cause of death for workers and populations near factories during the Industrial Revolution.
What are minimal safety regulations and laws?
This was the tallest building in the world when completed in 1884. It towers over the city that bears this man's name. It honors the Father of our Country,
What is the Washington Monument?