Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Virginia.
What are the thirteen original colonies?
100
This island was purchased from native Americans for $24 worth of kettles, cloth, and axes.
What is Manhattan Island?
100
This important time period is named for the change in the economy from a manual means to a mechanical one.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
100
JFK was the first President to practice this religion.
What is Catholicism?
100
This president was first vice president for Ronald Reagan.
Who is George Bush?
200
The witch trials of 1692 depicted in the play and movie THE CRUCIBLE made this place infamous.
What is Salem, Massachusetts?
200
This emotionally loaded term was used to explain America's westward expansion to the Pacific Coast.
What is "Manifest Destiny"?
200
This French word describes a government policy of noninterference in the affairs of business made infamous by President Hoover right before the Crash of 1929.
What is laissez-faire?
200
President Johnson made history in 1964 when he passed this important act.
What is the Civil Rights Act?
200
Bill Clinton was the first president elected from this generation.
Who are the baby boomers?
300
This document signed famously by John Hancock and others declared to King George our intention to go it alone.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
300
She guided explorers Lewis and Clark from St. Louis to the Pacific Ocean (and had a minor part in the NIGHT at the MUSEUM movies).
Who is Sacajewea?
300
Since Hoover's deal wasn't working, FDR proposed this "alphabet soup" of agencies to help Americans out of the Depression.
What is the "New Deal"?
300
This could have marked the beginning of a war with the Soviet Union, rather than just an embarrassing week in JFK's presidency.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
300
This Texas billionaire ran against presidential candidate Clinton and incumbent Bush in 1992.
Who is Ross Perot?
400
The Proclamation Line of 1763..
What is the dividing line between French and British territory in the New World?
400
This document forbade foreign intervention by the US in the western hemisphere (1823).
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
400
The sinking of the Lusitania by a German submarine helped propel the US into this war.
What is World War I?
400
Although it was not a victory, the fall of this city marked the end of the Vietnam War for the US military.
What is Saigon?
400
This military operation helped earned Bush the nickname "the foreign relations president".
What is Operation Desert Storm?
500
"Redcoats" is a term that refers to this army of this important war.
What are the British and the Revolutionary War?
500
This General supported President Lincoln's freeing of the slaves in this document.
What are General Grant and the Emancipation Proclomation?
500
The bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima was okayed by this president.
Who is Harry Truman?
500
The rise of neoconservatism is seen by many as a negative response to this president's policies.
Who is President Carter?
500
His balanced budget was a rarity in presidential history.