History Back In the Day
This President was only elected to four terms in office.
Who was Fraklin D. Roosevelt
Who was Little Richard?
Before digital clocks became common, people woke up to one of these noisy mechanical devices.
What is an alarm clock!
This document, signed in 1776, announced that the American colonies considered themselves independent from Great Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This 1787 agreement created the basic framework for governing territories north of the Ohio River and prohibited slavery in that territory.
What was the Northwest Ordinance?
in 1969, this spacecraft carried humans to the first successful landing on the Moon.
What was Apollo 11?
This young rock-and-roll star from Lubbock, texas, died in a plane crash in 1959.
Who is Buddy Holly?
This household appliance was often called the Ice Box by older generations.
What is a refrigerator?
These women famously saved a portrait of George Washington from the White House before British troops burned the building in 1814.
Who is Dolly Madison.
This American military fort in South Carolina became the site of the first major battle of the Civil War in April 1861.
What is Fort Sumter?
This famous speech by Marton Luther King Jr. was delivered in Washington, D.C, in 1963.
What is "I Have a Dream"
This singer known as the "Queen of Soul" recorded the powerful song " Respect."
Who was Aretha Franklin?
What was Brown V. Board of Education.
This 1846-1848 war resulted in the United States acquiring California, New Mexico and other western territories.
What was the Mexican American War?
This 1920 constitutional amendment gave American women the right to vote nationwide.
What was the 19th Amendment?
This 1944 Allied invasion began with the largest amphibious assault in history and helped liberate Western Europe.
What was D-Day?
This singer and songwriter wrote and recorded "Blue Suede Shoes," a song that became a rock-and-roll classic.
Who was Carl Perkins
This American general commanded Allied forces in Europe during World War II and later became the 34th U.S. president.
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
Known as the "Great Compromiser," this Kentucky senator played a major role in crafting the Missouri Compromiser and several other major agreements before the Civil War.
Who is Henry Clay?
What is Social Security?
in 1803, the United States nearly doubled its size by purchasing this enormous territory from France.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This Singer was nicknamed "The Killer" and was known for songs such as "Great Balls of Fire."
Who is Jerry Lee Lewis?
In 1804, this explorer and his companion began their famous expedition from the Missouri River toward the Pacific Ocean.
Who were Lewis and Clark?
This 1898 event in New York Harbor involved the mysterious exploration of a U.S. battleship and helped push the United States toward war with Spain.
What was the sinking explosion of the USS Maine?
Before Washington, D.C., became the permanent capital, this Pennsylvania city temporarily served as the nation's capital from 1790 to 1800.
What is Philadelphia?