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100

This woman refused to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama.

Rosa Parks

100

The tallest President in US History

Abraham Lincoln
(6 feet, 4 inches)

100

This river forms part of the border between Texas and Mexico.

Rio Grande

100

This state is nicknamed the “Badger State.”

Wisconsin

100

This inventor and Founding Father created the lightning rod and bifocal glasses.

Benjamin Franklin

200

This athlete was known as “The Great Bambino” and played baseball for the Yankees.

Babe Ruth

200

This President was elected to the office four times. 

Franklin Roosevelt

200

This mountain in South Dakota features the faces of four U.S. presidents.

Mount Rushmore

200

This state has the largest population in the United States.

California

200

These brothers invented and flew the first successful airplane in 1903.

Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright

300

This American became famous for leading the Underground Railroad and helping enslaved people escape to freedom.

Harriet Tubman

300

The only president to never be elected as Vice President, or President. 

Gerald Ford

300

This mountain range stretches along the eastern United States.

Appalachian Mountains

300

This state is home to the city of New Orleans.

Louisiana

300

This inventor is known for improving the electric light bulb and creating the phonograph.

Thomas Edison

400

This American aviator became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.

Amelia Earhart

400

This President was a part owner of a Major League Baseball team (Texas Rangers) before being elected. 

George W. Bush

400

This national park in Wyoming is famous for Old Faithful geyser.

Yellowstone National Park

400

You can visit Elvis Pressley's home, Graceland, in this state.

Tennessee

400

This inventor created the telephone in 1876.

Alexander Graham Bell

500

This famous American wrote “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

Francis Scott Key

500

This President was famous for his collection of pets at the White House; including snakes, dogs, cats, a badger, birds, guinea pigs, and a pony. 

Theodore Roosevelt

500

This island in California was once home to a famous federal prison.

Alcatraz Island

500

The "Mother of Presidents", this state has produced 8 Presidents, more than any other state

Virginia 

500

This inventor created the cotton gin in 1793.

Eli Whitney