Wars
This war broke America away from Britain.
What is the revolutionary war?
This branch of government, led by the President, is responsible for carrying out and enforcing laws.
What is the Executive Branch?
Clues historically define it as a celebration of the Jewish victory over the Syrians in 165 BC.
What is Hanukkah?
A major Cold War event that occurred in 1989, signaling the end of the division between East and West Germany.
What is The Fall of the Berlin Wall?
This person created the incandescent light bulb
Who is Thomas Edison?
What is World War l?
These are the first ten amendments to the Constitution, which protect individual liberties like freedom of speech and religion.
se: What is the Bill of Rights?
Clues often note its 1866 origin to honor Civil War dead and its 1971 declaration as a federal holiday.
What is Memorial Day?
A famous landmark gifted by France to the U.S. in 1886.
What is The Statue of Liberty?
These brothers created the first airplane.
Who are the Wright Brothers?
What is civil war?
Occurring on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, this is the day Americans cast their ballots.
What is Election Day?
A "Firsts" category once noted that an 1868 parade in Mobile, Alabama was the first to feature floats.
what is Mardi Gras?
The famous "unsinkable" ship that struck an iceberg and sank on its maiden voyage in 1912.
What is the RMS Titanic?
A invention originally called the “clasp-locker” that was created in 1893.
What is the zipper?
He was in charge during the Vietnam war of 1963.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
This term describes a President’s refusal to sign a bill into law, sending it back to Congress.
What is a veto?
In 1966, Dr. Maulana Karenga created this weeklong cultural holiday to unite the African-American community.
What is Kwanzaa?
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin’s 1969 mission aboard Apollo 11.
What is The First Moon Landing?
Created with his former student, Leo Szilard, Einstein co-created this invention.
What is The Einstein Refrigerator?
This famous Civil War photographer hired a staff of 20 to create a complete visual record of the conflict.
Who is Matthew Brady?
This specific amendment, ratified in 1920, guaranteed women the right to vote
What is the 19th Amendment?
In 1924, this department store organized the first version of its famous Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City.
What is Macy's?
A massive blaze in 1666 that destroyed much of the city.
What is The Great London Fire?
This theory explained that gravity is actually the warping of space and time.
What is Einsteins’s theory of General Relativity?