Famous Discoveries
Who discovered gravity
Issac Newton
What did suffragettes fight for
Women's right to vote
What two explorers were the first to make a overland expedition to the Pacific Coast and Back
Lewis and Clark
What did early settlers in Nebraska use to build their homes
Sod
Which war was Uncle Sam first introduced
War of 1812
What was discovered at Sutter's Mill, California in 1848
Gold
Who were nicknamed Angels of the Battlefield during the Civil War
Nurses
What river did Jolliet and Marquette explore and map during the 1600s
Mississippi River
What was the purchase called that was made in 1803
Louisiana Purchase
When were Americans of Japan ancestry sent to interment camps
World War 2
In 1752, what inventor and politician used a kite to prove that lightning was electrical
Ben Franklin
During the prohibition era what was sold as speakeasies
Alcohol
What did Robert Peary attempt to reach in 1909
The North Pole
What was completed in 1869 in Promontory, Utah
The first transcontinental railway
Income tax was first used during which war
The civil war
American doctor Jonas Salk discovered a vaccine for what disease?
Polio
What did abolitionists oppose
Slavery
Who was the first European explorer to discover the Mississippi River
Hernando de Soto
What did the pony express deliver to California
Which president declared war on Germany during WW1
President Woodrow Wilson
Who discovered over 300 uses for peanuts
George W. Carver
The term antebellum refers to the time period before what war
Civil War
What explorer was killed in Hawaii in 1779
Captain James Cook
In 1959, Two territories became states what are the two states
Alaska and Hawaii
Who led the US Army during WW1
General John J. Pershing