History
The United States bought Alaska from which country?
Russia
Who was president during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
JFK
During World War II, Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy. Which country is this in?
France
What U.S. government department was created in the wake of the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001?
Answer: The Department of Homeland Security
What was the name of the landmark Supreme Court case that ruled the racial segregation of schools unconstitutional?
Answer: Brown v. Board of Education
What was the name of the series of programs and projects President Franklin D. Roosevelt enacted during the Great Depression?
Answer: The New Deal
Who was the first ruler of the Mongol Empire?
Genghis Khan
Who fought in the Hundred Years’ War?
Britain and France
Who was the fourth president of the United States?
James Madison
When was the Battle of Gettysburg fought during the Civil War?
Answer: July 1 through July 3, 1863
Who was the first Black Supreme Court justice in the United States?
Thurgood Marshall
What year did Google launch?
1998
The 19th Amendment guarantees.
The women rights to vote
Who was the first American to win a Nobel Peace Prize?
Answer: Theodore Roosevelt
What country did the U.S. men’s Olympic hockey team defeat in the semifinals of the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, a game commonly known as the Miracle on Ice?
Answer: The Soviet Union
In what year did child labor laws start in the United States?
1938
Who was the first woman to make a million dollars in the United States?
Madam CJ Walker
How old was Queen Elizabeth II when she became the queen of England?
25
Where did Albert Einstein live before moving to the United States?
Answer: Germany
Which two city-states fought in the Peloponnesian War?
Athens and Sparta
Which two Native American leaders led Lakota Sioux and Cheyenne warriors in the fight against Lt. Col. George Custer’s troops in the Battle of Little Bighorn?
Answer: Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull
Finish the line President Franklin D. Roosevelt said during his speech addressing the attack on Pearl Harbor: “Yesterday, December 7, 1941…”
Answer: “A date which will live in infamy”
During which war was the Christmas Truce called?
Answer: World War I
The “shot heard round the world” describes the beginning of which battles in the American Revolution?
Answer: The Battles of Lexington and Concord
The Great Pyramid of Giza was built as a tomb for which pharaoh?
Khufu