The Space Race
What is the name of the astronaut who set foot on the Moon?
Neil Armstrong
What was the name of the first successful colony?
Jamestown
Was the Boston Massacre really a massacre?
No. The British killed five people.
Who was arrested for arranging the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Rosa Parks
Which country joined forces with the colonists?
France
Which Apollo mission failed?
Apollo 13
Which was the first English colony?
Roanoke
What caused the Great Depression?
The stock market crash
Which little girl made history by going to an integrated school at 6?
Ruby Bridges
What is the name of the person who rode through the night to Lexington and Concord?
Paul Revere
Which US president said the US would take a man to the moon and bring him back alive?
President John F. Kennedy
Where did the Pilgrims set up a town?
Plymouth
Which president resigned before he could be impeached?
Richard Nixon
When did MLK give his I Have A Dream speech?
During the March on Washington
Who supposedly made the first US flag?
Betsy Ross
What was the name of the US's first satellite?
Explorer 1
Why did Jamestown almost fail?
The settlers did not prepare for the winter.
Who was the guide for the Lewis and Clark expedition?
Sacagewea
What was the name that the nine students who integrated into a high school be known as?
The Little Rock Nine
When did Washington's troops cross the Delaware?
On Christmas Day
What is the name of the cosmonaut (Soviet Union) who circled the Earth first?
Yuri Gagarin
What was written on a tree at the Roanoke site?
Croatoan
When did WW2 start?
1939, not 1941.
Which Latin American founded the National Farm Workers Association?
Cesar Chavez
What was the Continental Army mostly made up of at the start?
Farmers, shopkeepers, and free and enslaved Africans.