Set 1
The year the USA declared their independence from the British
1776
What is a powerful windstorm that forms over warm ocean water?
Hurricane
How many miles does the rocky mountains go up for?
3,000 miles
The year that Christopher Columbus discovered America.
1492
Which set of islands is 2,400 miles west of the USA?
Hawaii
What is the oldest mountain range in the USA?
The Appalachian Mountains
The west coast has what kind of climate?
Mediterranean
In 1963, this president was assassinated in Dallas while in his presidential vehicle.
JFK
The year the Constitution was adopted.
1787
The year the Civil Rights Act was passed.
1964
The British imposed this act in 1765 that taxed certain items.
Stamp Act
The year that slavery was outlawed.
1865
Resources formed in the earth by plant/animal remains.
Fossil Fuels
The year that Obama became anointed as the first black US president.
2009
The event that caused the US to invade Iraq in 2003.
9/11 Attacks
Landforms are caused by what two things in the USA?
Glaciers and Tectonic Plates
The 20th amendment gave women the right to vote in what year.
1920
In 1836, this historical battle takes place in modern day San Antonio.
The Alamo
The two states that have the largest fossil fuel reserves.
Alaska and Texas
The three kinds of fossil fuels we can find in the USA.
Coal, Petroleum, Gas
This president resigned in 1974 due to the Watergate Scandal.
The process of retrieving fossil fuel from the earth.
Fracking
The year that the United States entered World War 2.
1941
The size of the US is double in 1803 due to this event.
The Louisiana Purchase
This Supreme Court Case in 1954 decided racially integrate everybody, and schools could no longer separate people by races.
Brown V. Board of Education