Wars/Battles
What Battle/War was nicknamed the Battle of Sharpsburg?
Battle of Antietam
Who created the Telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
What president was assasinated in the Ford's theatre?
Abraham Lincoln
What treaty did Abraham Lincoln issue that freed enslaved African Americans?
Emancipation Proclamation
In what state did the Gold Rush of 1849 occur?
California
What year did the Civil War end?
1865
Who created the lightbulb?
Thomas Edison
Who was the president during the War of 1812?
James Madison
What Act declared that the United States would not interfere with foreign countires affairs?
Monroe Doctrine
What piece of land that was bought doubled the size of the United States?
The Louisianna Purchase
In what war was the White House burned down?
The War of 1812
Who created Interchangebale Parts and the Cotton Gin?
Eli Whitney
Who was elected president in the 1824 election?
John Quincey Adams
What Act was passed by South Carolina that declared the Tariff of 1832 was unconstitutional?
Nullification Act
What was Texas before it became a state?
A republic
What war changed the way goods were produced and where many people worked and lived?
Industrial Revolution
Who invented the lightweight steel plow in 1837?
John Deere
Who served the shortest term as president?
William Henry Harrison
What act did Mexico have to give it's territories of California to the United States?
Mexican Cession
What was the last state admitted to the Union?
Hawaii
What war was fought by European governments and colonists against Native Americans?
American-Indian War
Who invented the telegraph?
Samuel Morse
Who was the only president ellected to 4 terms?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
What treaty ended the American Revolution and formally recognized the United States as an independent nation?
Treaty of Paris
What state does the Mississippi River start in?
Minnesota