Native Americans
The Iroquois Confederacy was made up of how many nations?
Five nations? (later six)
He sailed in 1492 and landed in the Caribbean, though he thought he reached Asia.
Christopher Columbus
The first president of the United States.
George Washington
The first ten amendments to the Constitution are called this.
Bill of Rights
In 1776, the colonies declared independence from this country.
Great Britain
This war was fought between the North and South from 1861 to 1865.
Civil War
She was the very first First Lady of the United States.
Martha Washington
Native Americans of the Great Plains relied on this animal for food, clothing, and shelter.
The buffalo
This explorer circumnavigated the globe (well, his crew did).
Ferdinand Magellan
He issued the Emancipation Proclamation during the Civil War.
Abraham Lincoln
The legislative branch of government is made up of these two houses.
Senate and House of Representatives
The Boston Tea Party was a protest against this tax.
Tea Act
The attack on this harbor brought the U.S. into World War II.
Pearl Harbor
She was married to Abraham Lincoln and lived in the White House during the Civil War.
Mary Todd Lincoln
This group built cliff dwellings in the Southwest.
The Ancestral Puebloans (Anasazi)?
This Spanish explorer conquered the Aztec Empire.
Hernán Cortés
This president purchased the Louisiana Territory.
Thomas Jefferson
The system that prevents one branch of government from becoming too powerful.
Checks and Balances
The U.S. stock market crash that began the Great Depression happened in this year.
1929
This was the name for the “war” between the U.S. and the Soviet Union where no direct fighting occurred.
What is the Cold War?
She worked to restore and redecorate the White House in the 1960s.
Jacqueline Kennedy
The Cherokee were forced to move west along this tragic route.
The Trail of Tears?
This Viking is believed to have reached North America around the year 1000.
Leif Erikson
The only U.S. president to resign from office.
Richard Nixon
This Supreme Court case established “separate but equal” in 1896.
Plessy v. Ferguson?
This event in 1803 doubled the size of the United States.
Louisiana Purchase
This 19th-century war between the U.S. and Mexico led to the U.S. gaining California, Arizona, New Mexico, and more.
Mexican-American War?
This First Lady became a champion for children’s health and launched the “Let’s Move!” program.
Michelle Obama
Native peoples of the Northwest carved these wooden monuments to honor family lineage.
Totem poles
This conquistador conquered the Inca Empire in present-day Peru.
Francisco Pizarro
He created the “Fourteen Points” plan after World War I.
Woodrow Wilson
The president is elected for this many years per term.
4 years
Which U.S. president signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
Lyndon B. Johnson
This war was fought between the U.S. and Britain from 1812 to 1815.
War of 1812
She was the first First Lady to live in the White House.
Abigail Adams
Which Native American woman helped Lewis and Clark on their expedition?
Sacagawea
This explorer gave his name to the Americas.
Amerigo Vespucci
This president was the general of the Union Army during the Civil War.
Ulysses S. Grant
How many justices serve on the U.S. Supreme Court?
9
The first successful English colony in America was founded in 1607 in this location.
Jamestown Virginia
During World War I, soldiers fought in long, muddy ditches called these.
Trenches
She was married to Franklin D. Roosevelt and became famous for her own speeches and activism.
Eleanor Roosevelt
The Powhatan people first encountered these English settlers in Virginia in 1607.
Jamestown colonists
This Spanish explorer searched for the “Fountain of Youth” in Florida.
Ponce De Leon
This president gave the famous “Fireside Chats” during the Great Depression and WWII.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
This document was signed in 1776 to declare America free from British rule.
Declaration of Independence
This 1804–1806 expedition explored the Louisiana Territory.
The Lewis & Clark Expedition
This was the longest war the United States fought in the 20th century, lasting from the 1950s to the 1970s.
Vietnam War
She was married to President James Madison and is remembered for being one of the most popular First Ladies in history.
Dolley Madison
This powerful leader of the Shawnee tribe fought to protect Native lands and later joined forces with the British in the War of 1812.
Tecumseh
This Spanish explorer traveled through Florida and the southeastern U.S. looking for gold.
Hernando de Soto
Called the “Father of the Constitution,” this Founding Father later became the 4th president.
James Madison
He was the main writer of the Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Jefferson
In 1849, thousands of people rushed to California in search of this.
Gold. The California Gold Rush
This foreign country became an important ally to the United States after the Battle of Saratoga.
France
She became the first First Lady to also run for president herself.
Hillary Clinton
Native Americans of the Arctic built homes made of ice called these.
Igloos
He searched the American Southwest for the fabled “Seven Cities of Gold.”
Francisco Coronado
This president warned against political parties in his farewell address.
George Washington
This branch of government makes the laws.
Legislative
In 1969, American astronauts first walked here.
The Moon
The U.S. entered which war in 1917?
World War I
This First Lady was married to the nation’s 3rd president and died before he took office, so her daughter often filled the role.
Martha Jefferson
This Native American woman was married to John Rolfe and later visited England.
Pocahontas
This French explorer mapped the St. Lawrence River and gave Canada its name.
Jacques Cartier
This president wrote the Monroe Doctrine, warning Europe not to interfere in the Americas.
James Monroe
This document created America’s first government before the Constitution.
Articles of Confederation
In 1920, this amendment gave women the right to vote in the United States.
The 19th Amendment?
This 19th-century conflict was fought over Texas and land in the Southwest.
Mexican-American War
She was the First Lady during World War I and was so influential that some called her “the secret president” after her husband had a stroke.
Edith Wilson
Plains tribes used these portable homes made of poles and animal hides.
tipis (teepees)
This Portuguese prince never sailed far himself but started a famous school for navigation that trained many explorers.
Prince Henry the Navigator
He was the first president to live in the White House.
John Adams
The White House wasn’t always called the White House. What was it originally called?
The President’s House or the Executive Mansion.
In 1804, this duel between shocked the nation.
The Hamilton–Burr duel?
This battle in 1863 was the turning point of the Civil War and is the war’s most famous battle.
The Battle of Gettysburg
Lady-Bird Johnson