1800's
what territory did the US buy from France in 1803
Louisiana territory
Name one thing George Washington was famous for
first president
father of our country
general of the continental
president of the constitutional convention
When did the Great Depression start?
The Great Crash (1929)
Stock market crash of 1929
Why did the United States enter World War II?
(Bombing of) Pearl Harbor
Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor
To support the Allied Powers (England, France, and Russia)
To oppose the Axis Powers (Germany, Italy, and Japan)
Abraham Lincoln is famous for many things. Name one.*
Freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation)
Saved (or preserved) the Union
Led the United States during the Civil War
16th president of the United States
Delivered the Gettysburg Address
Name the US war that was between the north and the south
civil war
name one thing Thomas Jefferson is famous for
Writer of the Declaration of Independence
Third president of the United States
Doubled the size of the United States (Louisiana Purchase)
First Secretary of State
Founded the University of Virginia
Writer of the Virginia Statute on Religious Freedom
Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s.*
World War I
World War II
Korean War
Vietnam War
(Persian) Gulf War
Dwight Eisenhower is famous for many things. Name one.
General during World War II
President at the end of (during) the Korean War
34th president of the United States
Signed the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 (Created the Interstate System)
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
Freed the slaves
Freed slaves in the Confederacy
Freed slaves in the Confederate states
Freed slaves in most Southern states
What US war ended slavery
the civil war
James Madison is famous for many things. Name one.
“Father of the Constitution”
Fourth president of the United States
President during the War of 1812
One of the writers of the Federalist Papers
Why did the United States enter World War I?
Because Germany attacked U.S. (civilian) ships
To support the Allied Powers (England, France, Italy, and Russia)
To oppose the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria)
Who was president during the Great Depression and World War II?*
(Franklin) Roosevelt
Name one leader of the women’s rights movement in the 1800s.
Susan B. Anthony
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Sojourner Truth
Harriet Tubman
Lucretia Mott
Lucy Stone
What amendment gives citizenship to all persons born in the United States?
14th amendment
Alexander Hamilton is famous for many things. Name one.
First Secretary of the Treasury
One of the writers of the Federalist Papers
Helped establish the First Bank of the United States
Aide to General George Washington
Member of the Continental Congress
When did all women get the right to vote?
1920
After World War I
(With the) 19th Amendment
Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s.*
War of 1812
Mexican-American War
Civil War
Spanish-American War
When did all men get the right to vote?
During reconstruction
after civil war
15th amendment
1870
What was the Great Depression?
Longest economic recession in modern history
The Civil War had many important events. Name one.
(Battle of) Fort Sumter Emancipation Proclamation
(Battle of) Vicksburg
(Battle of) Gettysburg Sherman’s March
(Surrender at) Appomattox
(Battle of) Antietam/Sharpsburg Lincoln was assassinated.