1600's
This was the name of the Pilgrims' ship
The Mayflower
This was the first capital of the United States
New York City
This was the person who issued the Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln
This was the Amendment that gave women the right to vote
This was the first colony established in America
The Jamestown Colony
This was how many original British colonies existed in America
13
This was ONE war fought by the United States in the 1800's
War of 1812, Civil War, Spanish-American war, Mexican-American war
This was the last state to be admitted into the Union
Hawaii
This was how long the first Thanksgiving was celebrated
3 days
This is the year the declaration of Independence was signed
1776
This was the territory the US bought from France in 1803
This was the case that overturned Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board of education
This is why the Pilgrims came to America
To start their own religious community
This was the treaty that ended the Revolutionary war
Treaty of Versailles or Treaty of Paris
Guam and Puerto Rico became U.S. territories after this war
The Spanish-American War
These are examples of what was critized about the Great Society
Southern Dems don’t like Civil Rights and Voting rights, Republicans, More socialism (more federal spending); dependency and lower initiative, Too much federal power
This is the year the first African Americans were brought to American colonies
1619
This is what the colonists were protesting with the Boston Tea Party, and describe it
The Stamp Act, a British tax on print materials such as stamps and newspapers.
This is how many states were created from the Louisiana Purchase
15
This is what happened during the Iranian Hostage Crisis and how it ended.
Iranian students seized and detained more than 50 Americans and held them for more than a year. Jimmy Carter had them released because of threat of dropping a bomb