People
The third president of the United States
Thomas Jefferson
July 4th, 1776
What date did the colonists declare independence day from England?
Boston Tea Party
What did the colonists do to protest the new taxes on tea that the English Parliament voted?
Pearl Harbor sneak attacks with great loss of American life.
Why did the United States enter WWII?
Joseph Pulitzer
Who was the owner of the New York World newspaper and has a literary award named after him?
The commander of the Colonists' forces or army in the American Revolution.
Who is George Washington?
Friday, November 22nd, 1963
What day was President John F. Kennedy assassinated?
The North and the South fought each other in the USA
What was the Civil War?
Urbanization
What is the growth of large cities?
Sanford B. Dole
Who was the first governor of Hawaii who led a group of plantation owners to overthrow the Queen?
Inventor known for the telephone and the company that later becomes AT&T
Who is Alexander Bell?
1803
When was the Louisiana Purchase?
Pearl Harbor attacks.
What did the Japenese do to cause the USA to enter WWII?
Drought and poor farming practices
What were some of causes of the Dust Bowl and the loss of many farms in the 1930's?
Queen Liliuokalani
Who was the last queen of Hawaii?
Inventor best know for his invention of the electric light bulb
Who is Thomas Edison?
April 12, 1861-April 9th, 1865
When did the American Civil War begin and end?
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
What was a major cause of WWI?
WWII
What was the attempted genocide of the Jews otherwise known as the Holocaust?
Alvin York
Who was a Medal of Honor recipient for heroism in WWI?
The AFL or the American Federation Of Labor
Who was Samuel Gompers?
April 2, 1917
When did the United States enter WWI?
The New Deal
What was President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's plan for lifting the US out of the Great Depression?
Battle of Midway
What was a major turning point in the war in the Pacific, putting the Japanese on the defensive and the US on the offensife?
John Steinbeck
Who wrote about the suffering of migrant families in the "Grapes of Wrath"?