1600s
1700s
1800s
1900s-Present
US Geography
US Presidents
Final Jeopardy
100
The name of England’s monarch when the first permanent British colony in America was founded in 1607.
Who is King James I?
100
This founding father wrote the Declaration of Independence in 1776.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
100
The name of Abraham Lincoln’s famous speech in 1863 which began with “Four score and seven years ago.”
What is the Gettysburg Address?
100
The name of the American who was the first human on the moon in 1969.
Who is Neil Armstrong?
100
This is the tallest structure in the capital of the U.S.
What is the Washington Monument?
100
The oldest American to be sworn in as president.
Who is Donald Trump?
100
These are the presidents featured on Mount Rushmore. (Bonus points if what number president they were is included. For example, George W. Bush is the 43rd president.)
Who is George Washington the 1st, Thomas Jefferson the 3rd, Abraham Lincoln the 16th, and Theodore Roosevelt the 26th?
200
The town in Massachusetts which had infamous trials for witchcraft.
What is Salem?
200
George Washington famously crossed this river during the Revolutionary War for a surprise attack.
What is the Delaware River?
200
The leaders of the first land expedition to the Pacific Coast who were appointed by President Thomas Jefferson and guided by Sacagawea.
Who is Meriwether Lewis and William Clark?
200
In 1920, the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted ______.
What is the right of American women to vote?
200
This is the longest river in the U.S.
What is the Missouri River?
200
The teddy bear was invented in honor of this president and named after him.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
300
The year when the first enslaved Africans were brought to America.
What is 1619?
300
The Battles of Lexington and Concord marked the start of the American Revolutionary War on April 19, 1775 and is often referred to as _________.
What is “the shot heard round the world?”
300
This Native American tribe had 4,000 members die of cold, hunger or disease on the Trail of Tears from 1830-50.
What is the Cherokee tribe?
300
The law which ended the application of racist Jim Crow laws.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
300
The hottest place on earth and lowest point in the U.S. is at this location and state.
What is Death Valley, California?
300
He was the first president to appear on Television and the only to use a wheelchair.
Who is Franklin Delano Roosevelt?
400
The name of the Native American who helped the Pilgrims in Plymouth survive their first Winter.
Who is Squanto of the Wampanoag people?
400
Benjamin Franklin, the great American thinker, invented _____ and founded America’s first ______. (Several answers are possible for each blank. Name at least 1 per blank.)
What is the lightning rod/bifocals and volunteer fire department/public hospital?
400
The name of the decisive battle of the Civil War where Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant.
What is the Battle of Appomattox Court House?
400
The year when the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs Wade, which had previously legalized abortion in all 50 states.
What is 2022?
400
President Ulysses S. Grant made ______ the first National Park on March 1, 1872.
What is Yellowstone National Park?
400
They are the only presidents who had a father or son who was president too.
Who is John Adams (1797-1801) and John Quincy Adams (1825-1829) and George H.W. Bush (1989-1993) and George W. Bush (2001-2009)?
500
The first colony in present-day New York city was called New Amsterdam and founded by ______ in 1625.
Who are the Dutch?
500
The first two amendments to the U.S. Constitution in 1791 guarantee the rights to __________ and __________.
What is the freedom of religion/speech and the right to bear arms?
500
He was the first president to declare war, and it was against ____ in 1812.
Who is James Madison, and what is Great Britain?
500
These are the 5 wars the U.S. fought in throughout the 1900s. (Name at least 4.)
What is World War 1 (1917-1918), World War 2 (1941 –1945), the Korean War (1950-1953), the Vietnam War (1964-1975), and the Persian Gulf War (190-1991)?
500
In the U.S., this are the smallest state by land and this is the largest state by land.
What are the states of Rhode Island and Alaska?
500
This is the name of the heaviest president.
Who is William Howard Taft (1909-1913)?
