History Part 1
Who was the 2nd US president?
John Adams
Who went down the street saying "the British are coming, the British are coming"
Paul Revere
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
What year was the Declaration of Independence signed?
1776
What country gave us the Statue of Liberty?
Paris
Who was the first president of the United States?
George Washington
True or False: George Washington had wooden teeth.
False: this is myth but he did have ivory dentures and other peoples teeth in his dentures.
How many amendments make of the Bill of Rights?
10
What was the primary reasons for the U.S. civil war?
Slavery and state rights
What nation sent the first person into space.
The Soviet Union
What was the first U.S. city to host the modern Olympics?
St. Louis 1904
What state is the largest state in the U.S. and what number out of 50 was it declared a state?
Alaska and the 49th U.S. State
What was the name the project that worked and developed the first atomic bomb?
The Manhattan Project
What president was assassinated in a theater and the name of that theater?
Abe Lincoln and Ford Theatre'
What was it called when the U.S. purchase a very large piece of property from France in the early 1800's?
The Louisiana Purchase
What year did the U.S. enter the World War II?
1941
What was the names of the Christopher Columbus ships.
Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria
What were the last wars that happened from 1940 to 1980 that involved the U.S.
World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam
What battle during the civil war was considered the turning point.
The Battle of Gettysburg 1863
What U.S. war occurred between 1812 and 1815?
The War of 1812
What was the first fourth of July celebration to use fireworks.
1777
What document did Abe Lincoln create that declared all slaves in the Confederate states free?
The Emancipation of Proclamation
What is the only president every to be a prisoner of War?
Andrew Jackson
Who Assassinated John F. Kennedy
Lee Harvey Oswald
What disease was also called "the black death"
The bubonic plague