You, Say what?
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, an American poet famously penned these words, "Listen my children and you shall hear of the midnight ride.......
The poem described this man's story of spreading the news that the British were coming.
Who is Paul Revere?
This is who General Robert E Lee surrendered to.
Who is General Ulysses S Grant
The first section of the Constitution.
What is the Preamble?
200 point Bonus - Can you recite it? or sing it?
July, 20 1969 - "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind"
What is Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the surface of the moon?
Name two of the protections guaranteed by the 1st Amendment
What is religion, speech, assembly, and petition?
"Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country"
Who is President John F Kennedy?
The call sign of any United States Marine Corp aircraft carrying the President oif the United States.
What is Marine One?
The reason many different religious groups came to the colonies from Europe.
What is to escape religious persecution?
This holiday is observed on November 11th. It was originally called Armistice Day to mark the cease fire between the Allied Nations and Germany ending WWI. Fighting ended on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.
What is Veteran's Day?
Name the Document:
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
"Give me liberty or give me death"
Who is Patrick Henry?
We honor this particular day from an event in 2001 as a day we will "never forget"
What is 9/11?
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof is from this Amendment.
What is the First Amendment?
In 1803, The United States government bought 500,000,000 acres of land from Napoleon that was claimed by France. This acquisition nearly doubled the size of the United States.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
If something happens to the President and the Vice President of the United States, the powers and duties of the President pass to the person holding this position.
Who is the Speaker of the House?
Who spoke these words, "Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal"
Bonus 100 if you know where they were spoken.
Who is President Abraham Lincoln
What is Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. November 19, 1863.
This Executive order issued by President Lincoln on Jan 1, 1963 declared the freedom for all persons held as slaves.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
December, 7 1941 - " A day that will live in infamy"
What is the attack on Pearl Harbour?
200 point bonus - Name who said that quote.
There are this many stripes on the US Flag and they represent this.
What is 13 and the 13 colonies?
This amendment states: A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed".
What is the Second Amendment?
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness. Only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate. Only love can do that. - 1957 - Montgomery, Alabama
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr?
This Officer in the Continental Army who rose to the rank of Major General before defecting to the British. His name is in infamously associated as a traitor.
Who is Benedict Arnold?
This song came from a poem written by Francis Scott Key, as he witnessed the bombardment of Fort McHenry in 1814 during the War of 1812 against England and awoke in the morning to see the US flag still standing. The first 5 words are:
What is "Oh, say can you see"/
Mount Rushmore is found in this mid western state.
What is South Dakota?
Which of these is NOT required of a US citizen:
a. Voting
b. Serving on a jury (if summoned)
c. Paying taxes
d. Selective Service
What is voting?