Founding America
First U.S. President
Who is George Washington?
War fought for independence
What is the Revolutionary War?
Purchase that doubled the size of the United States
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
How does this phrase end:
"Four score..."
What is "... and seven years ago"?
He said, "I have a Dream"
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.
Year the Declaration of Independence was signed
What is 1776?
The country the colonists were fighting for independence from
What is England?
Explorers sent west, joined by Sacajawea as as an interpreter
Who are Lewis and Clark?
President during the war
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic?
Who is Amelia Earhart?
Main author of the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Midnight rider who warned that the British were coming before being captured in Lincoln, Massachusetts
Who is Paul Revere?
The belief that the United States was destined to control all of the land from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean
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This document freed enslaved people
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
The 2nd President of the United States
Who is John Adams?
The document that starts "We the People"
What is the Constitution?
First battle of the Revolutionary War
What is the Battle of Lexington and Concord?
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2,170- mile wagon route from Independence Missouri to Oregon City, Oregon
What is the Oregon Trail?
Name of the Northern Army
What is the Union?
The first person to walk on the moon
Who is Neil Armstrong?
The city where the Declaration was signed?
What is Philadelphia?
General who led the Continental Army
Who is George Washington?
Gold was discovered in this state in 1849
What is California?
The Amendment that ended slavery
What is the 13th Amendment?
America's most notorious traitor called a "turncoat"
Who is Benedict Arnold?