1600's
The group of people who sailed to America on the Mayflower in 1620
This famous American made a midnight ride in 1775 to warn that "the British are coming!"
Who is Paul Revere?
In 1803, the U.S. bought a huge area of land from France in this famous purchase.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This war started in 1939 and involved countries around the world, including the U.S., Germany, and Japan.
World War II
This event involved attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City. BONUS POINTS FOR EXACT DATE.
What are the 9/11 attacks? Date: 09/11/2001
In 1607, this became the first permanent English settlement in North America.
What is Jamestown?
This war, also known as the Seven Years' War, involved Britain and France fighting in North America in the 1750s.
What is the French and Indian War or the Seven Years War?
This woman helped enslaved people escape to freedom using the Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
In 1969, this person became the first person to walk on the moon.
Who is Neil Armstrong?
This U.S. president was elected as the first African American president in 2008.
Who is Barack Obama?
This famous playwriter died in 1616 and wrote "Romeo and Juliet" and "Hamlet".
Who is William Shakespeare?
This man was chosen as the commander of the Continental Army during the American Revolution.
Who was General George Washington?
The Southern states that broke away from the U.S. were called this.
What is the Confederacy?
This was torn down in 1989, symbolizing the end of the Cold War and dividing East and West Berlin.
What is the Berlin Wall?
This worldwide health crisis began in 2020 and caused many people to stay home to stop the spread.
What is the COVID-19 pandemic?
In the 1600s, this scientific thinker improved the telescope and supported the idea that the Earth orbits the Sun.
Who is Galileo?
In 1787, this important document was written to set up the U.S. government and laws.
What is the U.S. Constitution?
This famous speech by Abraham Lincoln begins with the words “Four score and seven years ago…”
What is the Gettysburg Address?
The Great Depression began after this major event in 1929.
What is the Stock Market Crash?
This social media platform, launched in 2004, changed how people connect online.
What is Facebook?
This group of English Protestants wanted to "purify" the Church of England and later settled in New England.
Who are the Puritans?
This French queen was married to King Louis XVI and was famously unpopular during the French Revolution.
Who is Marie Antoinette?
He was the commanding general of the Confederate Army.
Who was Robert E. Lee?
This natural disaster in the 1930s damaged farmland and caused many families to leave the Great Plains.
What is the Dust Bowl?
In 2007, Apple introduced this popular device that changed how people use phones and the internet.
What is the iPhone?