History
Presidents
Speeches
The American Dream
the Flag
100
The Declaration of Independence was signed this year
What is 1776
100
This President was the first president of the USA
What is George Washington
100
"Four score and seven years ago..."
What is the beginning of the Gettysburg Address?
100
"The pursuit of happiness" appears in this text for the first time in US history
What is The Declaration of Independence
100
This is the name of the American flag
What is the Star-Spangled Banner
200
President Kennedy was assassinated this year
What is 1963
200
This President was committed to individual responsibility
What is President Herbert Clark Hoover
200
The end of segregation - and equal rights for "All of God's children"
What is Martin Luther King's "I have a dream"-speech about?
200
This President embodies the American Dream
What is President Lincoln
200
This is the number of stars and the number of stripes on the flag
What is 50 stars and 13 stripes
300
The Great Depression began this year
What is 1929
300
This president was assassinated in a theatre
What is Abraham Lincoln
300
In this speech the speaker repeats the words "Together" and "We, the people" many times.
What is Obama's inaugural address?
300
this person is a symbol of the American Dream for the African-Americans
What is President Barack Obama
300
This man wrote "the Star-Spangled Banner" about the flag in 1814
What is Francis Scott Key
400
President Barack Obama was elected first time this year
What is 2008
400
This president is famous for having said "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country"
What is President John F Kennedy
400
This speech begins almost like the Gettysburg Address.
What is Martin Luther King's "I have a dream"
400
This person says that his idea of the American Dream might just be a Hollywood image
What is Carey Edwards
400
The stripes and the stars on the flag are a symbol of this
What is the original 13 British colonies and the 50 states
500
The Statue of Liberty is a welcoming symbol to these people
What is immigrants from abroad
500
This president was born in Kentucky
What is President Lincoln
500
This speech was not held in Washington DC
What is "The Gettysburg Address"
500
During this period of time the American Dream seemed impossible to many Americans
What is The Great Depression
500
These three rituals reinforce feelings of patriotism
What is flying the flag, pledging allegiance and singing the national Anthem?
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