Founding Fathers & Revolution
True or False:
George Washington was the first President of the United States.
What is TRUE?
The Civil War began in ____
What is 1861?
The First War of U.S. vs Great Britian
What is the American Revolution?
Harriet Tubman refused to give up her seat in 1955.
Who Is Rosa Parks?
He was the 44th President of the United States.
A. BILL CLINTON
B. BARAK OBAMA
C. GEORGE W. BUSH
D. JOE BIDEN
WHO IS B. BARAK OBAMA?
True or False:
The Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4, 1776.
What is False? (It was adopted then but signed later.)
The ______ Amendment abolished slavery
What is The 13th Amendment?
The U.S. dropped the atomic bomb on Japan during this war.
What is World War II?
Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “Birmingham Jail” speech in Washington, D.C.
What is his “I Have a Dream” speech in Washington, D.C.?
The 9/11 attacks occurred in
A. 2001
B. 2011
C. 2101
D. 2010
What is A. 2001?
True or False:
The Boston Tea Party was a protest against the Stamp Act.
What is False? - (It was against the Tea Act)
______________ended in 1877
What is Reconstruction?
This War ended in 1975.
What is The Vietnam War?
The Civil Rights Act was passed in 1968.
What is 1964?
This Amendment to the Constitution took 200 years, 7 months and 10 days to ratify.
A. 10th
B. 25th
C. 27th
D. 50th
What is C. 27th?
True or False:
The Revolutionary War ended in 1783.
What is True?
Ulysses S. Grant was a general for the _________Army.
What is the Union Army?
A direct military conflict between the U.S. and USSR.
What Is the Cold War?
African Americans gained the right to vote in 1920.
Who are Women?
Operations Desert Shield and Storm were the two phases of this armed conflict between Iraq and a 42-country coalition led by the United States.
A. Korean War
B. Cold War
C. Afghanistan conflict
D. Gulf War
What is D. Gulf War?
True or False:
Thomas Jefferson wrote the Constitution.
What is False? - (He wrote the Declaration of Independence.)
________ issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 18__.
Who is Abraham Lincoln in 1863?
A German U-boat torpedoed the British-owned steamship Lusitania, killing 1,195 people including 128 Americans, on May 7, 1915. The disaster set off a chain of events that led to the U.S. entering this war.
What is World War I?
The Equal Rights Amendment was ratified in 1972
What is passed, not ratified?
She was the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court and retired from the court in 1986.
A. Ruth Bader Ginsburg
B. Sonia Sotomayor
C. Sandra Day O’Connor
D. Ketanji Brown Jackson
Who is C. Sandra Day O’Connor?