U.S. Presidents
He was the first President of the United States.
Who is George Washington?
This document declared the American colonies' independence from Great Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This Portuguese explorer is credited with being the first European to reach India by sea, sailing around the Cape of Good Hope.
Who is Vasco da Gama?
This event triggered the start of World War I in 1914.
What is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
This battle, fought in 1066, saw William the Conqueror defeat King Harold Il of England, leading to the Norman conquest.
What is the Battle of Hastings?
The document that President Abraham Lincoln issued in 1863 to abolish slavery in the Confederate states.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This battle, fought in 1781, effectively ended the American Revolution.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
This Spanish explorer is known for leading the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe, although he was killed in the Philippines before completing the journey.
Who is Ferdinand Magellan?
The U.S. entered World War I in 1917 after this event occurred, involving the sinking of American ships by Germany.
What is the Zimmermann Telegram?
This religious movement, begun in the 16th century, sought to reform the Catholic Church and led to the creation of Protestant churches.
What is the Reformation?
He is the only US president to have been a former prisoner of war.
Who is President Andrew Jackson?
This man is known as the "Father of the American Revolution" for his influential writings, including "Common Sense."
Who is Thomas Paine?
This English explorer was the first to map the coastline of New Zealand and Australia's eastern coast in the 18th century.
Who is Captain James Cook?
This battle in 1940 was a significant turning point in World War II, where the British Royal Air Force defeated the German Luftwaffe.
What is the Battle of Britain?
This was the term used to describe the series of military campaigns between 1096 and 1291, where Christians sought to reclaim the Holy Land from Muslims.
What are the Crusades?
This number of US vice presidents have gone on to become the president.
This was the year the Treaty of Paris, which ended the American Revolution, was signed.
What is 1783?
The Treaty of Tordesillas in 1494 divided the New World between Spain and Portugal further along this imaginary line.
What is the Line of Demarcation?
This event on December 7, 1941, led to the United States entering World War II.
What is the attack on Pearl Harbor?
This French peasant girl claimed to have been visited by saints and led French forces to victory at Orleans during the Hundred Years' War.
Who is Joan of Arc?
This U.S. president, who served from 1841 to 1841, holds the distinction of having the shortest presidency in history, dying just 31 days after taking office. He also delivered the longest inaugural address ever given, at nearly two hours.
Who is the 9th President William Henry Harrison?
This woman is often credited with supporting the Continental Army by serving as a nurse and delivering water to soldiers during the Revolution.
Who is Molly Pitcher?
This conquistador led the expedition that overthrew the Aztec Empire in the early 16th century.
Who is Hernán Cortés?
This document, signed in 1919, officially ended World War I and placed heavy reparations on Germany.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
This 1215 document, forced upon King John of England by his barons, is considered one of the first steps toward constitutional governance.
What is the Magna Carta?