Happy Birthday, USA!
This is the name of the war in which the colonies fought the British for Independence.
What is the Revolutionary War?
This was the year in which Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue.
What is 1492?
Taking place in Salem, Massachusetts, this span of time was prominent with accusations of others dealing in witchcraft. Those found guilty were forced to death.
What is the Salem Witch Trials?
He was the first black major league baseball player.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
This was the war that occurred in the year 1812.
What is the War of 1812?
He was the main author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This was the name of the first colony established by the Pilgrims.
What is Plymouth or Plymouth Rock?
This was an incident during which British redcoats killed five civilian colonists in Boston.
What is the Boston Massacre?
She was the first woman to fly a plane solo across the Atlantic.
Who is Amelia Earhart?
This was the war in which northern states fought the southern states over the issues of slavery and states' rights.
What is the Civil War?
This was the year of the first 4th of July.
1786
1676
1776
What is 1776?
Although Columbus sailed for Spain, he was actually from this country.
What is Italy?
This term has come to represent the deadly removal of Native Americans from the southeast United States.
Trail of Tears
Trail of Blood
Trail of Sadness
What is Trail of Tears?
He was the first person to discover electricity.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
These were the names of the two sides of World War II.
What is Axis and Allies?
He was King of Britain when we declared Independence.
King Henry VII
King George III
King John
Who is King George III?
This Native American group helped the Pilgrims in the first Thanksgiving.
Sioux
Wampanoag
Cherokee
Who are the Wampanoag?
This was the year the stock market crashed, resulting in the Great Depression.
What is 1929?
She was the first female Supreme Court justice?
Who is Sandra Day O'Connor?
This war resulted in the highest number of American deaths.
World War I
The Civil War
World War II
This is the city where Congress met to draft and adopt the Declaration of Independence.
What is Philadelphia?
He was the Viking explorer who is said to have discovered North America before Columbus.
Who is Leif Erikson?
This is the name of the camps that held Japanese-Americans that were considered a threat after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
What is Japanese-American Internment Camps?
The first Boys' Club (the beginning of Boys and Girls club ) started in this year.
1750
1860
1902
What is 1860?
The youngest person to serve in World War II was this number of years old.
What is 12 years old?