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
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
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?
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?
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
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
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
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