1700’s
The signing of the Declaration of Independence
Where is Philadelphia?
Abraham Lincoln’s famous speech at the Battle of Gettysburg during the Civil War.
What is the Gettysburg Address?
The main cause of the U.S. entry into WW2
What is the bombing of Pearl Harbor?
This president served for 4 long terms
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt??
This civil rights leader fought for black nationalism and black inequality
Who is Malcolm X?
Battle where American and French soldiers trapped British soldiers, and forced their surrender, and was led by George Washington
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
The company that John D Rockefeller founded that made him rich during the Gilded Age
What is the Standard Oil Company?
African Americans rose culturally with music, poetry, and art in the 1920’s
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
The 4 Presidents who were assassinated.
Who are Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield, William McKinley, and John F. Kennedy?
This Supreme Court case established the term “Separate but equal”
What is Plessy V. Ferguson
This significant event led to the phrase “Taxation without Representation”
What is the Stamp Act?
This treaty ended the Mexican-American War in 1848
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
The 3 leaders who were present at the Yalta Conference in 1945
The Civil War General, and later the 18th president
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
Protesters who rode public transportation as a way to fight back against segregation
Who are Freedom Riders?
This event involved diplomats from America and France to start negotiations to stop attacking American Ships
What is the XYZ Affair?
The treaty that ended the War of 1812?
What is the Treaty of Ghent?
What is McCarthyism/Red Scare?
Created the Bull-Moose Party in 1912
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
Signed by LBJ, this act desegregated African Americans in public spaces
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
Led by farmers, they protested high taxes and debt under the Articles of Confederation
What is Shay’s Rebellion?
The place where general Robert E. Lee surrendered during the Civil War
JFK’s plan to overthrow Fidel Castro and destroy the communist regime in Cuba
What is the Bay of Pigs invasion?
This presidents campaign slogan is “Return to Normalcy”
Who is Warren G. Harding?
They founded the Black Panther Party
Who are Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale?