Boats
An explosion of unknown cause on this boat was blamed on Spain and led to war(hint - it rhymes).
What was the USS Maine?
In the 1860's this project was completed and linked California to the rest of the United States.
What is the transcontinental railroad?
While Henry Ford did not invent the automobile, he did use this technique to make them quickly, and thus, more affordable.
What is the assembly line?
These two men flew the first airplane at Kittyhawk North Carolina in 1903.
Who are the Wright Brothers?
In addition to the arms race of the Cold War,the USA and USSR also engaged in this type of cosmic competition.
What is a space race?
When the USS Maddox was fired upon in the Gulf of Tonkin, President Lyndon Johnson sent troops to this country.
What is Vietnam?
This "robber baron" or "titan of industry" ran a huge railroad monopoly in the 1860' and 1870's.
Who was Cornelius Vanderbilt?
These 1920's alcohol smugglers often led police on high speed chases and have also been credited with being the beginnings of NASCAR.
What were "bootleggers."
America's Eddie Rickenbacker and Germany's "Red Baron" were 2 of the most well known flying "aces" of this first "modern war."
What was WWI?
The Soviet Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin was the first man in this place.
What is space?
Although Japan sank many ships in the attack on Pearl Harbor, these ships were not hit and proved to be the most important in the war in the Pacific?
What are aircraft carriers? (the USA sank 4 of Japan's at the battle of Midway)
Many descendants of these railroad building immigrants still reside in the San Francisco area.
What are Chinese?
This 1950's bald Republican president and WW2 general expanded the interstate highway system.
Who is Eisenhower?
On September 11th, 2001 Al Queda terroists flew planes into the World Trade Center towers and this US military headquarters in Washington DC.
What is the Pentagon?
This man challenge the US to put a man on the moon by the end ofthe 1960's, stating, "We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard."
Who is John F Kennedy?
The US entered WWI when the Lusitania was sunk by one of these types of sneaky German ships.
What is a German "UBoat" or submarine?
The railroads were given this for every mile of track they laid.
What is land?
Shot while riding in a convertible through downtown Dallas.
Who is John F Kennedy?
Colonel Paul Tibbets in his plane the Enola Gay dropped a bomb known as "Little Boy" on this city in on August 6th, 1945
What is Hiroshima?
This American was the first man on the Moon.
Who is Neil Armstrong?
In 1989 the Exxon Valdez crashed, spilled oil, and caused a major environmental crisis on the shores of this oil rich state(not Texas).
What is Alaska?
The railroads were a vital link for the Great Plains settlers who rushed to get free land under this government act.
What is the Homestead Act?
The shooting of Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary in his car by a Serbian rebel led to this "Great War."
What is World War I?
This dark colored Reagan era plane used radar deflecting technology to give the USA a military advantage in the air.
What is the "Stealth Bomber?"
In January 28, 1986, this NASA rocket broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, killing all seven crew members, which consisted of five NASA astronauts, one payload specialist and a civilian school teacher.
What was the Space Shuttle Challenger?