Presidents
Who was the second president of the United States of America?
Who is John Adams.
What is the largest state in the U.S.?
What is Alaska.
This event changed the course of American National security after a series of attacks against the U.S. were made the terrorist group, al-Qaeda.
What is September 11th, 2001.
Who were the original peoples of America?
Who are the Native Americans.
What is the capitol of the United States?
What is Washington, D.C.
Who was Abraham Lincoln.
Which state is a leading producer of cotton, as of today?
What is Texas.
American colonists, frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing “taxation without representation,” dumped 342 chests of British tea into the harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party.
Lewis and Clark met _________________ who was a valuable asset to their expedition. She was familiar with the land and was an expert food gatherer. She knew which plants, roots, and berries were edible and which were poisonous.
Who was Sacagawea.
There were 13 original states. Name three.
What is New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, or Georgia.
This Republican President had no Vice President.
Who was the 21rst president of the United States, Chester A. Arthur.
What are the three (3) major rivers within the United States?
What is the Mississippi River, the Missouri River, and the Colorado River.
In 1605, settlers landed on the coast of Virginia. What did the settlers name their settlement?
What is Jamestown?
American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the civil rights movement from 1954 until his death in 1968.
Who was Martin Luther King Jr.
This is considered to be one of the greatest movies in American cinematography and is most notable from the line, "Life was like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get."
What is Forrest Gump.
The 27th president of the United States who was also the heaviest president, topping at a whopping 340 pounds!
Who was William Howard Taft.
The mouth of the Mississippi River?
What is the Gulf of Mexico.
The United States' _____________ was the first manned mission to land on the moon on July 20th, 1969.
HINT*: This is NOT a person, but the name of the mission.
What is Apollo 11 or Project Apollo.
This president announced in a nationally televised address that the United States had discovered the Soviet Union was building “offensive missile sites” on the island of Cuba.
Who was John F. Kennedy.
Name three Native American tribes that were indigenous of the Southeast Woodlands.
HINT*: The Southeast Woodlands consist of the area around the Gulf of Mexico, including Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, and the Carolinas.
What is the Creek, Choctaw, Seminole, Cherokee, Chicksaw, and Wichita tribes.
Who became the first U.S. President to command a military unit during his term of office during the War of 1812?
Who was the fifth president, James Monroe.
What is the name of the largest mountains within North America?
What is the Rocky Mountains.
A written agreement composed by a consensus of the new Settlers, or Pilgrims, arriving at New Plymouth in November of 1620.
Whats the Mayflower Compact.
Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II?
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Name the U.S. war that occurred between the Northern states and the Southern states.
What is the Civil War.