Events
Name the war between the Colonies and Great Britain that lasted between (1775-1783)
The Revolutionary War
Atlanta was a Civil War battleground city in this state.
Georgia
The US Virgin Islands and this territory are both located in the Caribbean Sea.
Puerto Rico
Name the state with the biggest national parks, with the largest being over 13 million acres.
Alaska
Name the famous highway that runs more than 2,000 miles long and crosses Illinois to California. You can get your kicks on this Route.
Route 66
James Marshall in 1848 is the first to discover gold in this far west state.
California
The capital city in this state changed two times before President Abraham Lincoln made Springfield it’s official capital city.
Illinois
American Samoa, Guam and Northern Marianas are located in this ocean, also home to the state of Hawaii.
Pacific Ocean
Name one of the species of trees that stands in the Giant Forest National Park in California.
Giant Sequoia (others are white firs and sugar pines)
This statue is a symbol for freedom and equality and is visible to travelers crossing the New York Harbor. This “Lady” has 377 steps to climb.
Statue of Liberty
Name the 14th state to join the union in 1791 after the original 13 original states declared independence from Great Britain. (hint: famous for maple syrup
Vermont
By far the richest state capital is in this state where 3.6 billion dollars' worth of gold has been mined.
Montana
Name the US territory that has the largest number of islands including St. Croix, St. John, and St. Thomas and 50 smaller islands.
The US Virgin Islands
Name the state that has 26 active glaciers located in Glacier National Park.
Montana
This building is where the laws of our country are created by the U.S. Congress.
U.S. Capitol Building
The Cherokee nation was forced to give up its homeland and move out west to Oklahoma in 1838. What is the name of the trail on which they traveled?
Trail of Tears
The city of Raleigh in this state was named after famous English explorer Sir Walter Raleigh.
North Carolina
Name the country that the US fought against in the Spanish-American War in 1898, when the US took over the territory of Guam.
Spain
Name the state that has a Shark Valley in Everglades National Park.
Florida
Name the state bird of North Carolina.
Cardinal
In 1929 Wall Street crashed sending the US in a “Great” one of these.
The Great Depression
The capital city of Olympia in this state celebrates nature on Earth Day by hosting a “Procession of Species” parade.
Washington
Name this four-letter American territory island in the western Pacific that was captured by the Japanese in 1941 then liberated in 1944, during WW2.
Guam
The Great Smoky Mountains are known as the Salamander Capital of the World, where salamanders often outnumber visitors. How does a Salamander breath?
Through their skin.
On the US Flag, what do the stars represent.
The 50 states.