US Presidents
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in this theater, by this man:
Ford's Theater, by John Wilkes Booth
During the American Civil War, the battles of Bull Run (both the First and Second), Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Appomattox Court House were all fought in what state?
The Treaty of Paris, 1783
"Minute-Men" were quickly deployed here, where the first shots of the Revolutionary War took place.
Lexington and Concord, MA
This man's 1908 wildly successful, cheap, and efficient vehicle product revolutionized the world of both individual liberation (especially among youth), and transportation.
Henry Ford (the automobile)
US Traitor during the Revolutionary War
Benedict Arnold
After a failed assassination attempt, this 67-year old President beat his unsuccessful attacker senselessly with his cane.
Andrew Jackson
What was the bloodiest single-day battle in American history?
The Battle of Antietam (Civil War)
The compromise of 1790 between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson agreed to pay off the national state debts and moved the US capital here:
Washington DC
This multi-year project, was completed in 1869 revolutionizing transportation and "connecting the nation".
The Trans-Continental Railroad
Spain was blamed for the internal destruction of this US Ship, essentially starting the Spanish-American War.
The Dawes act was passed under this US President, who was the 22nd President.
Grover Cleveland
The sinking of this ship headed from New York to England, sunk by German U-boats, was a leading factor in America's entry into the first World War.
The Lusitania
In what month and year was the Declaration of Independence signed by the founding fathers?
August of 1776
Arguably the most socialist economic policy of FDR's New Deal, which created federally owned industries in the area such as electricity.
The Tennessee Valley Act
This man, who was a highly influential chief justice of the US Supreme Court from 1801 to 1835?
John Marshall
What US president of the 1920s, a vice president who rose in position when his president died of a heart attack, was known to not talk at parties, and was given the nickname “Silent ______?”
Calvin Coolidge
The name of Franklin Roosevelt's non-interventionist policy starting in 1942, which hoped to portray America as a friend and not an occupier.
The Good Neighbor Policy
Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison published what set of documents in New York in 1787 and 1788?
The Federalist Papers
Andrew Carnegie's speech on his belief that the wealthy had a dutiful moral obligation to help those less fortunate.
Gospel of Wealth
President Theodore Roosevelt instituted his "Square Deal" during the progressive era in US history which included the three "C's". Name what these three "C's" stood for.
Conservationism (of the environment)
Corporate Regulation
Consumer Protection
George Washington famously never fathered any children. Name two of the four other U.S. Presidents that never fathered any children?
James Polk, Warren Harding, James Buchanan, and Andrew Jackson
Name one of the two major ships sunken in the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.
The Arizona and the Oklahoma
Name one of the two states which were partially acquired by the U.S. via the Gadsen Purchase of 1853.
New Mexico & Arizona
Monopolist John D. Rockefeller used ________ integration to create a successful business model in the oil industry, while Andrew Carnegie used ________ integration for his steel industry.
Horizontal; Vertical
In what year was the first US dollar printed?
1862