Presidents
The first president of the United States.
Who is GEORGE WASHINGTON?
The Revolutionary War was fought between the colonies and this country.
What is Great Britain?
There were this many original colonies.
What is 13?
“Yesterday, December 7, 1941—a date which will live in infamy..." is a quote about this event.
What is Pearl Harbor?
The three branches of government.
What are the Legislative, Judicial, and Executive Branches?
The president when the terrorist attacks occurred on 9/11.
Who was GEORGE W. BUSH?
This "proxy" war was started after Winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain" comment about the Soviet Union.
What is the Cold War?
These were known as the "REDCOATS".
Who were the British (English) soldiers?
Ratified on August 18, 1920, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution did this.
What is allowing women the right to vote?
The first 10 amendments to the Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
He famously freed the slaves with the Emancipation Proclamation.
Who is ABRAHAM LINCOLN?
This war's battles included the Battle of Gettysburg and the Battle of Fort Sumter.
What is the Civil War?
The Colonist dressed up and dumped products into the harbour during this act of resistance...after yet another tax.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
This war lasted from 1914 to 1918.
What was World War I?
This is the number of Senators the United States has.
What is 100 (2 per state)?
He is the longest-serving president, serving more than 2 consecutive terms.
Who is FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT?
Other than the US, of the "BIG FOUR", name TWO countries that were Allied Powers during World War II.
What are Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and China?
This Bostonian made his midnight ride from Boston to Concord saying, "The British (Regulars) are coming!"
Who is Paul Revere?
This document asserted the right of the colonies to be independent and free states.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
(July 4, 1776)
This is the AGE a person must be to be President of the United States, according to Article II of the Constitution.
What is 35?
He is the president who announced the atomic bomb had been dropped on Japan.
Who is Harry Truman?
This "Forgotten War" ended in a stalemate at the 38th parallel.
What is the Korean War?
This treaty officially ended the American Revolutionary War.
What is the Treaty of Paris (1783)?
This purchase in 1803 was a major event that doubled the size of the United States.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
The beginning of the Constitution: "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America." is referred to as......
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