Name of the "National Anthem"
Bonus: Who wrote it
What is the "Star Spangled Banner"
Francis Scott Key
Two states that border Mexico
What are Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, or California
Where were the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights stored during World War II?
What is Fort Knox
Women were allowed to compete in all events that men could in
What is 2012. The London Olympic games was also the first ever Olympic event where all the participating countries’ teams had female participants
The supreme law of the land.
What is the Constitution?
Reason for celebrating the 4th of July
What is America's independence from Great Britain
Name one of the U.S. territories.
What is Puerto Rico; U.S. Virgin Islands; American Samoa; Northern Mariana Islands; Guam?
In 1775, George Washington became commander of this army
What is the Continental Army
The first professional women’s sports league in the United States was
What is the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
The branch of government that interprets the meaning of laws.
What is the judicial branch?
This holiday was originally called Armistice Day and is celebrated each year on November 11.
Veteran's Day
Which two U.S. states don’t observe Daylight Saving Time?
What is Arizona and Hawaii
First permanent English settlement in North America, established in 1607.
What is Jamestown?
The first Olympic games where female athletes were every introduced and the first ever female sport introduced there
What is the 1900 Olympic games and tennis.
These are the three branches of the U.S. federal (national) government.
What is Executive, Legislative, and Judicial?
The stripes on the flag represent
What are the 13 original colonies?
Two largest rivers in the United States.
What is the:
1. Missouri River
2. Mississippi River
This was the belief that it was the United States of America's God-given right to expand westward across North America.
What is Manifest Destiny?
In 1948 Alice Coachman is the first African American woman to ever win a gold medal; she won for placing first in this event
What is high-jump
this court case addressed the idea of "reverse discrimination" in admissions at UC Davis Medical School
What is Bakke v UC
13 Original Colonies
New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Delaware, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Mass, Penn, Conn
The slow but steady movement of these caused the rivers, canyons and valleys to form tens of thousands of years ago.
What are glaciers?
The first southern state to succeed from the union
What is South Caroline?
Who watches women's sports
Everyone watches women's sports
First constitution of the U.S., created a weak and ineffective central government, couldn't acquire tax revenue, no president or Supreme Court. All power was held by the States.
What is the Articles of Confederation?