1700s: Revolution & Independence
How many original colonies were there?
13
Who led the first expedition to the Pacific Coast?
Lewis & Clark
What was the name of the series of programs Franklin D. Roosevelt enacted during the Great Depression?
The New Deal
Who was the first man to walk on the moon?
Neil Armstrong
Who was elected as the first black president of the United States?
Barack Obama
Who invented bifocals?
Benjamin Franklin
What was discovered at Sutter's Mill in 1848?
Gold, sparking the California Gold Rush
What landmark Supreme Court case ruled racial segregation of public schools unconstitutional?
Brown v. Board of Education
Who was Dwight D. Eisenhower's vice president?
Richard Nixon
Which hurricane devastated New Orleans in 2005?
Hurricane Katrina
What was the first battle of the American Revolution?
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
What is the forced migration of American Indian tribes from the South and Southeast called?
The Trail of Tears
Which amendment prohibited the sale of alcoholic beverages?
The 18th Amendment, passed in 1919 and repealed by the 21st Amendment in 1933.
In the 1968 presidential election, which Democratic candidate did Richard Nixon defeat?
Hubert Humphrey
Which Supreme Court case stopped the Florida recount and settled the 2000 election?
Bush v Gore
In what year was the U.S. Constitution ratified?
1788
Which president signed the Indian Removal Act?
Andrew Jackson
What was the first U.S. national monument?
Devil's Tower in Wyoming, designated in 1906
What law ended the "separate but equal" doctrine in the United States?
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
This pandemic viral disease was first reported in Guangdong, China in 2002 and reached its peak in 2003.Which was it?
SARS
What 1794 rebellion tested the authority of the new federal government over taxation?
The Whiskey Rebellion
Who founded the American Red Cross?
Clara Barton
Who was the first woman elected to the U.S. Congress?
Jeannette Rankin of Montana, elected in 1916
What was the name of the period marked by a surge of creative expression within the Black community beginning in the 1920s?
The Harlem Renaissance
In January 2001, the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal demanded that Serbia hand over Slobodan Milosevic, who was charged with genocide, crimes against humanity and other war crimes. Milosevic had recently resigned as the president of which country?
Yugoslavia