Colonial and Revolution
This number of colonies made up the United States.
What are 13?
We purchased this territory from France in 1803, what a deal!
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This side, not the direction, won the Civil War in 1865.
What is the Union?
These women represented newfound freedom and independence in the 1920s.
Who is Neil Armstrong?
This act placed a tax on paper goods in the colonies.
What is the Stamp Act?
This compromise named after this state triggered fierce debate about slavery across the United States.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
This state was the first state to declare its intent to leave the Union.
Who is South Carolina?
Known as the “Trial of the Century,” this 1925 court case tested the legality of teaching evolution in schools, pitting modern science against religious fundamentalism.
What was the Scopes Trial?
This dystopian novel by Ray Bradbury envisions a future where books are outlawed and "firemen" are tasked with burning them, the temperature is not measured in Celsius.
What is Fahrenheit 451?
Without the help of this nation, the colonies may have lost the Revolutionary War.
Who is France?
This indigenous group created its own nation and laws modeled on the U.S. Constitution, but Andrew Jackson still forcibly removed them in the 1830s in a process known as "The Trail of Tears."
Who are the Cherokee?
This speech, issued on January 1, 1863, changed the Civil War’s focus from preserving the Union to ending slavery.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This Constitutional amendment made the sale, production, and transport of alcohol illegal—at least on paper.
What was the Eighteenth Amendment?
In Greek mythology, she was the goddess of victory. Swoosh!
Who is Nike?
In this year, the colonies formally declared their independence. Fireworks indeed!
What is 1776?
The presence of slavery in this state triggered a war with Mexico.
What is Texas?
This amendment made it illegal to discriminate along lines of race when casting a vote, gender was another matter.
What is the Fifteenth Amendment?
This country bid World War One "do svidaniya" in 1917.
What is Russia?
In French, the name of this U.S. state capital means "Red Stick."
What is Bato Rouge?
Prior to the Constitution, this set of laws ruled the early United States and formed its first government.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
This grueling 2,000-mile route was used by thousands of pioneers seeking new opportunities in the West, but many never made it to the end, many dying of Dysentery.
What is The Oregon Trail?
The Ku Klux Klan was founded in this "Volunteer" state.
What is Tennessee?
His presidential campaign promised to keep the U.S. out of World War One, but he failed to do so.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
This movie, could also be described through these emojis:
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What is The Breakfast Club?