VERY Early US History
The name of the ship that brought the Pilgrims to America in 1620.
What is the Mayflower?
This became the first state in December 1787.
What is Delaware?
The number of branches of the US government
What is 3?
Henry Ford founded Ford Motor Company and invented this which made cars more affordable.
What is the assembly line?
Landmark with the faces of four presidents carved into a mountainside.
What is Mount Rushmore?
The holiday that celebrates the Pilgrims' successful harvest and their feast with Native Americans in 1621.
What is Thanksgiving?
The smallest state by land area.
What is Rhode Island?
The phrase that is the official US motto and appears on money.
What is "In God We Trust"?
These brothers built and flew the first successful airplane.
Who are Orville and Wilbur Wright?
The official residence of the US President.
What is the White House?
He began his journey to find a new sea route to China and India, but ended up discovering America.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
This state became famous during the Gold Rush of 1849, drawing thousands of people seeking gold.
What is California?
What is the Electoral College?
The co-founder of this company and a key figure behind the iPhone, Pod and Mac computers.
Who is Steve Jobs?
Built in Seattle in 962 for the World's Fair.
What is the Space Needle?
The Nina, the Pinta and this ship were the three ships Christopher Columbus sailed during his voyage to America.
What is the Santa Maria?
The state where the Mississippi River begins.
What is Minnesota?
The senate has 2 members from each state, regardless of size. The House of Representatives has 435 members, with the size of each state's delegation based on this.
What is population?
Inventor of the telegraph and this code that revolutionized long-distance communication.
Who is Samuel Morse?
These powerful waterfalls are located in both New York and Canada.
What is Niagara Falls?
The reason the Pilgrims left England to come to America, so they wouldn't be persecuted for this.
What is religious freedom?
The flattest state, with its highest point only about 345 ft above sea level.
What is Florida?
The number of amendments to the constitution.
What is 27?
Inventor of the lightning rod and bifocal glasses.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
One of the seven wonders of the world carved by the Colorado River and is so big it can be seen from space.
What is the Grand Canyon?