Colonial & Revolution
In what year did the U.S. declare independence?
1776
What land deal doubled the size of the U.S.?
Louisiana Purchase
Who was president during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
Who was president during the Great Depression and WWII?
Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR)
Who was the youngest elected U.S. president?
John F. Kennedy
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
What trail did pioneers use to move west?
Oregon Trail
What battle is called the turning point of the Civil War?
Gettysburg
What attack brought the U.S. into WWII?
Pearl Harbor
What year did people first walk on the moon?
1969
Which event was called “the shot heard ’round the world”?
Lexington & Concord
Who invented the cotton gin?
Eli Whitney
What amendment ended slavery?
13th Amendment
What court case ended school segregation?
Brown v. Board of Education
Which president quit before he could be impeached?
Richard Nixon
Where did Washington’s army almost starve in the winter of 1777–78?
Valley Forge
Who was the first president to live in the White House?
John Adams
What year was Lincoln killed?
1865
What music made the 1920s “roaring”?
Jazz
What year did the 9/11 attacks happen?
2001
What treaty ended the Revolutionary War?
Treaty of Paris (1783)
What U.S. policy told Europe to stay out of the Americas?
Monroe Doctrine
Who was a famous Black leader who fought to end slavery and advised presidents?
Frederick Douglass
Who was the first Black woman to refuse giving up her bus seat, sparking a movement?
Rosa Parks
Who was the first Black U.S. president?
Barack Obama