Presidents
Who was the first elected African American President in US history?
Barack Obama
This island near New York City was the main entry point for European immigrants from 1892 to 1954.
Ellis Island
This amendment, ratified in 1865, officially ended slavery in the United States.
13th
This global conflict lasted from 1939 to 1945 led the US to join the Allies in their fight against Germany and Japan
New York
Albany
He was President of the United States during the Civil War.
Abraham Lincoln
The stock market crashed in this year, marking the beginning of the Great Depression.
1929
Ratified in 1920, this amendment gave women the right to vote.
19th Amendment
This war was fought between the Northern and Southern states from 1861 to 1865.
Civil War
Massachusetts
Boston
He served four terms, led the U.S. through most of the Great Depression and World War II, and created the New Deal.
FDR
This surprise attack brought the U.S. into World War II.
The bombing of Pearl Harbor
Ratified in 1870, this amendment gave African American men the right to vote.
15th Amendment
What event sparked World War I?
Assassination of Archduke FF
New Jersey
Trenton
He was President during World War I and proposed the League of Nations.
Woodrow Wilson
This ship was sunk by a German U-boat in 1915, helping push the U.S. toward entering World War I.
Lusitania
This amendment, ratified in 1868, gave citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the U.S., including formerly enslaved people.
14th Amendment
This war began in 1914, and the U.S. joined in 1917 after events like the sinking of the Lusitania and the Zimmerman Telegram.
World War I
Maryland
Baltimore
This President struggled to respond to the Great Depression and lost to FDR in 1932.
Herbert Hoover
This 1896 Supreme Court case upheld segregation under the idea of “separate but equal.”
Plessy v Ferguson
This amendment, ratified in 1919, started Prohibition by banning the sale, production, and transportation of alcohol in the United States.
18th Amendment
This 1898 conflict between the United States and Spain resulted in the U.S. gaining territories like Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines.
Spanish American War
Georgia
Atlanta