US History
Emblems
Inventors and Inventions
Bills of Sale
States and Capitols
100
This protest by American colonists happened when the British signed the Tea Act of 1773.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
100
This building is the President’s official residence and workplace.
What is the White House?
100
This American inventor is widely known for inventing the cotton gin in 1793 during the Industrial Revolution.
Who was Eli Whitney?
100
This Founding Father, featured on the $1 bill, was appointed as the first president of the United States.
Who was George Washington?
100
This flag belongs to the state known for the dogwood flower.
What is North Carolina?
200
This document, signed in 1776, marked the colonies' independence from British rule.
What is The Declaration of Independence?
200
This New York monument was a gift from France to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the American Revolution.
What is the Statue of Liberty?
200
This inventor of the Model T automobile changed the auto industry forever by introducing the moving assembly line to car production.
Who was Henry Ford?
200
This president on the $5 bill addressed our nation entering the Civil War, and emancipated slaves from their owners.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
200
This flag belongs to one of the original 13 colonies.
What is South Carolina?
400
The stock market collapse led to this period of unemployment and business failure in the US and the world.
What was The Great Depression?
400
This flag of stars and stripes became the official flag of the United States in 1794.
What is the Star Spangled Banner?
400
These North Carolina natives are credited with inventing, building, and flying the world's first airplane.
Who were the Wright Brothers?
400
This president on the $50 bill led the Union Army to victory during the American Civil War.
Who was Ulysses S. Grant?
400
This Southern State is known as the Sunshine State.
What is Florida?
600
These are the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
What is The Bill of Rights?
600
This skyscraper in New York was completed in 1931 and is 102 stories tall! (Hint to the PJO fans, Olympus is located on the 600th floor)
What is the Empire State Building?
600
These two computer whizzes co-founded the largest tech company in a garage.
Who were Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak?
600
This person on the $10 bill was one of the founding fathers of the United States, and has a two-act musical based on his life.
Who was Alexander Hamilton?
600
This US territory is also known as "The Island of Enchantment."
What is Puerto Rico?
800
This explorer was the first European to discover the Americas (hint: it's not Columbus)
Who was Leif Erikson?
800
This massive structure opened on May 27, 1937, in San Francisco, California. It looks more orange than its name suggests!
What is the Golden Gate Bridge?
800
This Scottish-born scientist patented the technology for the telephone by modifying the telegraph to send multiple messages through one wire.
Who was Alexander Graham Bell?
800
These two materials are what U.S. Dollar bills are composed of. (Hint: It’s not paper.)
What are cotton and linen?
800
This state is the finish line for settlers during the Westward Expansion.
What is Oregon?
1000
This beverage company once owned the 6th largest navy fleet in the world.
Who is PepsiCo?
Back in the 80s, Pepsi halted its imports to the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union traded 17 submarines, a cruiser, a frigate, and a destroyer in exchange for Pepsi to continue importing their goods. PepsiCo afterwards sold the fleet as scrap metal.
1000
This free-spirited animal is the national animal of the United States.
What is the American Bison or the Bald Eagle?
1000
This physicist oversaw the development of nuclear weapons, often called "the father of the atomic bomb."
Who was J. Robert Oppenheimer?
1000
This Native American on the dollar coin guided Lewis and Clark through the American West.
Who was Sacagawea?
1000
This state is home to 35 state parks, including the Petrified Forest and the Grand Canyon.
What is Arizona?