1700s
His name is this & he teamed up with James Madison & John Jay to write the Federalist Papers
Who is Alexander Hamilton
Born John Chapman, he spread religion as well as fruit trees throughout the Midwest
Who is Johnny Appleseed
In the early 1900s, long before anyone wondered about a Tesla's range, GE introduced a network of these called electrants
What is charging stations
In an address to Congress in the 1950's, he said, "I now close my military career & just fade away"
Who is MacArthur
The National Museum of African American History & Culture opened in 2016 as part of this museum complex
What is the Smithsonian
Founded as the Collegiate School in Saybrook, Connecticut, it would soon move & acquire a new name
What is Yale
In 1814, Francis Scott Key penned "The Star-Spangled Banner" after watching the bombardment of this location
What is Fort McHenry
In 1920, the same year this number amendment was ratified, the National League of Women Voters was organized
What is the 19th amendment
On Jan. 15, 1967 the vast L.A. Memorial Coliseum had 35,000 empty seats for the first of these game
What is the Super Bowl
This 2005 event is the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history
What is Hurricane Katrina
In 1793, in the century's worst epidemic to hit a U.S. city, 5,000 died of this insect-borne virus in Philadelphia
What is yellow fever
This influential 19th-century abolitionist & author co-founded the newspaper The North Star
Who is Frederick Douglass
The Soil Conservation Service was created to counter this disaster that struck the Great Plains in the 1930s
What is the Dust Bowl
In 1976, for the 1st time in a decade, the U.S. issued money in this denomination
What is $2 Bill
In 2001 she became the first first lady to win elective office, becoming a senator from N.Y
Who is Hilary Clinton
Until the early 1790s, this was Monticello's main cash crop, the cultivation of which Jefferson called "productive of infinite wretchedness"
What is tobacco
Philly pharmacist Charles Hires claimed to have invented this beverage
What is Root Beer
These 2 colorful health insurance plans, 1 from Texas & 1 from the northwest, began to unify in the 1940s
What is Blue Cross/Shield
In early 1981 assassination attempts were made on these 2 men, a U.S. president & a religious leader
Who are Ronald Reagan & Pope John Paul II
In 2015, scientists displayed remains of four leaders of this Virginia colony, buried under America's first Protestant church
What is Jamestown
William Emerson has been called the U.S. Army's first of these; his grandson Ralph Waldo went into a similar field
What is chaplain
2-word term for the statement saying U.S. policy is "to leave the parties to themselves, in the hope... other powers will (do) the same"
What is the Monroe Doctrine
This Protestant movement got its name from an early 20th century text that listed 5 basic elements
What is Fundamentalism
African Americans, 13% of the U.S., were nearly twice that percentage of U.S. troops in this 1990-91 war
What is the First Gulf War
In 2020 a former U.S. ambassador to Ireland, the last of 9 siblings in this dynastic family, died at 92
What is Kennedy