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This is the war where we fought the British for our Independence?
What is the Revolutionary War?
100

In ____, Columbus sailed the ocean blue

What is 1492?

100
Taking place in Salem, Massachusetts this span of time was prominent with accusations of others dealing in witch craft therefore forced to death.
What is the Salem Witch Trials
100

He was the first black major league baseball player. 

Who is Jackie Robinson?

100
The war that occurred in the year 1812
What is the War of 1812?
200
The main author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
200

The first European settlement in what is now the United States

What is St. Augustine, FL?

200

An incident where British redcoats killed five civilian colonists

What is the Boston Massacre?

200
She was the first woman to fly a plane solo across the Atlantic.
Who is Amelia Earhart?
200

The war where the Union fought the Confederacy

What is the Civil War?

300

This was the year of the "first" 4th of July

What is 1776?

300

America comes from the name of this explorer and navigator

Who is Amerigo Vespucci?

300

The removal of Native Americans from the southeast United States to territories in Oklahoma

What is the Trail of Tears?

300

Credited with inventing the incandescent light bulb

Who is Thomas Edison?

300

Name the two sides of World War II. 

Who were the Axis and Allies?

400

He was King of Britain when the US declared Independence

Who is King George III?

400

The Native American tribe said to have taught the Pilgrims how to survive in America

Who are the Wampanoag?

400
This was the year the stock market crashed and started the Great Depression.
What is 1929?
400

First woman Supreme Court justice

Who is Sandra Day O'Connor?

400

The Vietnam War ended after the fall of this city.

What is Saigon?

500
The city where Congress met to draft and adopt the Declaration of Independence.
What is Philadelphia, Pennsylvania?
500
An explorer for the Vikings that was said to have discovered North America before Columbus.
Who is Leif Ericson?
500

The name of the camps that held Japanese-Americans after the attack on Pearl Harbor

What are Internment Camps?

500

First European child born in what is now the United States

Who is Virginia Dare?

500

The longest war in US history, taking place from 2001-2021

What is the war in Afghanistan?