Pre-US
What was the name of the Pilgrims' ship?
The Mayflower
What is the name of the event where American colonists threw products in the Boston Harbor?
Boston Tea Party
Who was the President of the United States during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
True or False: Christopher Columbus was the first European to arrive in the Americas.
False. Leif Erickson around the 900s.
What document was completed on July 4, 1776?
Declaration of Independence
Who led the first land expedition to the Pacific Coast?
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
How did the first people get here?
Land bridge/Bering Strait
Where was the Constitutional Convention held?
Philadelphia
What is the name of the forcible movement of thousands of Native Americans from the Southeast?
Trail of Tears
What was the name of the first American (English) colony?
Jamestown
What was the first capital of the US?
New York City
Who were the main Union and Confederate generals during the Civil War?
Ulysses S. Grant - Union
Robert E. Lee - Confederacy
Name three of the countries that controlled the land that would become the United States.
Russia, Spain, France, England, the Netherlands
What was the first American state?
Delaware
How did the US get the Statue of Liberty?
As a gift from France