Hoosier History
Indiana became the 19th state in this year.
What is 1816?
This U.S. president was in office during 1957
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
This state is called the “Crossroads of America.”
What is Indiana
This was the name of the movement when people traveled west for land and opportunity.
What is westward expansion?
This president famously enjoyed jelly beans, keeping jars of them in the Oval Office.
Who is Ronald Reagan?
Indiana supplied more than this many soldiers to the Union Army.
What is over 200,000?
This hit Elvis song and movie were both released in 1957.
What is Jailhouse Rock?
This state produced the first professional football team.
What is Pennsylvania?
The Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the United States in this year.
What is 1803?
This president preferred a simple diet and was known for his love of cheeseburgers.
Who is Bill Clinton?
This sporting event has become one of Indiana’s most famous traditions since 1911.
What is the Indianapolis 500?
This was the first artificial satellite launched into space in 1957.
What is Sputnik 1?
This state was the first to grant women the right to vote in the U.S.
What is Wyoming?
Prospectors during the Gold Rush were commonly called this.
What are forty-niners?
This president received a live raccoon intended for Thanksgiving dinner but kept it as a pet instead.
Who is Calvin Coolidge?
Gary, Indiana developed as part of this major industrial region.
What is the steel industry?
This important law passed in 1957 helped protect voting rights in the United States.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1957?
A famous festival celebrating a deceased person frozen in ice occurs in this state.
What is Colorado?
The forced march of the Cherokee is known by this name.
What is the Trail of Tears?
This president enjoyed playing poker late into the night with friends.
Who is Harry S. Truman?
This 20th-century Indiana senator later became vice president of the United States.
Who is Dan Quayle?
This major world conflict was happening in 1957 between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.
What is the Cold War?
Known as the Rubber Capital of the World.
What is Ohio?
This 1862 law offered settlers land in exchange for farming it.
What is the Homestead Act?
This president’s favorite drink was coffee, which he reportedly drank by the gallon.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?