US States/Capitals
What year was Wisconsin added as a state into the Union?
1848
Who was the oldest living US president prior to his death?
Jimmy Carter passed at the age of 100 years old
What event(s) resulted in America going WWI after a period of isolation?
Zimmerman Telegram and Sinking of the Lusitania
What year was the Constitution adopted?
1789
What was commonly used as medicine in during the Victorian era?
Ground up mummies from Egypt
What is the first grocery store chain to be created?
Piggly Wiggly in Memphis, TN
List the presidents that are father/son duos. (There are two sets)
John Quincy Adams and John Adams
George H. W. Bush and George W Bush
What type of warfare was used in both the Civil War and World War I?
Trench warfare
What is it called when a president denies a bill that has passed through Congress?
Veto
What two foods owe their existence to World War II?
Spam and Instant Ramen
In what US state is the geographical center of the United States?
Lebanon, Kansas
What US president was the only one to not be married?
James Buchanan
List three groups that had Civil Rights Movements in the 1900s.
Options: Native American, Disabled Americans, LBGT, African American, Women, Asian Americans
What Supreme Court case integrated schools (no racial separation)?
Brown vs. Board of Education
What creature was the first to be sent into space before humans?
Gnats
Which US state is the only state to have the only non rectangular flag?
Ohio
What US president was almost assassinated in Milwaukee?
Theodore Roosevelt
Who was the first female millionaire in the United States? (hint: she has a pretty fancy name)
Madam CJ Walker - African American hair and makeup products
List your current Wisconsin Senators
Ron Johnson, Tammy Baldwin
What was Project A119? (Hint: Cold War era)
Plan to nuke the moon and show American might to the Soviets
List the four US capitals named after presidents. *Clues to help you figure out states only*
Clue #1: Located in the state that has a shared name with the longest river in the US.
Clue #2: Midwest state known for rhyming with a Maroon 5 song.
Clue #3: "Honest"ly this state is pretty flat.
Clue #4: Within driving distance of where we are now.
Jackson, Mississippi
Jefferson City, Missouri
Lincoln, Nebraska
Madison, Wisconsin
Put the following Presidents in order:
A. Ulysses S Grant
B. Dwight Eisenhower
C. John Adams
D. Barack Obama
E. Jimmy Carter
C, A, B, E, D
Adams, Grant, Eisenhower, Carter, Obama
Put the following conflicts in historical order:
A. Battle of Bull Run
B. Battle of Yorktown
C. D-Day invasion
D. Bay of Pigs Invasion
E. Battle of the Bulge
B, A, C, E, D
Yorktown- American Revolution
Bull Run- Civil War
D-Day- WWII
Bulge- WWII
Bay of Pigs Invasion- Cold War
List all current Supreme Court justices.
Roberts, Kagan, Brown, Thomas, Kavanaugh, Barrett, Sotomayor, Alito, Gorsuch
In WWII a cat was given a name after surviving THREE naval ship sinkings. What was the cat's name?
Unsinkable Sam