THE FIRST 100 YEARS
In the first census, 1790, New York was America's largest city & this was the most populous state
What is Virginia?
At Madison's request, Congress declared war on the U.K. on June 18 of this year
What is 1812?
The 2012 film Red Tails tells the story of the WWII African-American flyers known as these airmen
What is Tuskegee?
February 18, 1930: self-taught astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovers this distant heavenly body
What is Pluto?
On March 6, 1836 Jim Bowie, weak from illness, was killed by Mexican troops while lying in his cot there
What is the Alamo?
The A.M.A. fought against these 2 federal programs, 1 for the elderly & 1 for the poor, before they were enacted in 1965
What are Medicare and Medicaid?
In 1804 a newspaper reported that Alexander Hamilton called him "a dangerous man"
Who is Aaron Burr?
Completed in 1825, this New York waterway cost more than $7 million to build
What is the Erie Canal?
William Penn created Pennsylvania as a refuge for religious minorities, like this faith of his
Who are Quakers?
October 8, 1871: this disaster started in a barn on DeKoven Street & left nearly 100,000 people homeless
What is the Great Chicago Fire?
This 3-word Virginia village, site of a surrender, was made a National Historic Park in 1954
What is Appomattox Court House?
On August 25, 1921 the U.S. signed a treaty restoring friendly relations with this country
What is Germany?
In 1823 the U.S. finally paid off its 20-year loans for the money to buy this at less than 5 cents an acre
What is the Louisiana Territory?
Denmark Vesey, brought to Charleston in 1783, planned one of the USA's first of these types of revolt in 1822
What is a slave revolt?
This Wild West frontiersman got his name on a state capital in 1864
Who is Kit Carson?
May 21, 1927: Charles Lindbergh & this airplane complete the first nonstop, solo flight across the Atlantic ocean
What is The Spirit of St. Louis?
On New Year's Day 1801, she opened the executive mansion to visitors for the first time
Who is Abigail Adams?
Ratified in 1933 the Twentieth (or "Lame Duck") Amendment moved up the date of this event
What is the presidential inauguration?
Feeling he had been called by God to lead his people out of bondage, he led an 1831 slave rebellion
Who is Nat Turner?
This fort that successfully defended Baltimore in 1814 was built in the shape of a 5-pointed star
What is Fort McHenry?
The public was intrigued when this man's November 1963 8mm film footage was shown on TV in 1975
Who is Zapruder?
August 30, 1967: this civil rights lawyer is confirmed as the first African-American Supreme Court justice
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
In 1942 Japanese forces captured Attu in this Alaskan island group & relocated its inhabitants
What are the Aleutians?
The ACLU secured this attorney to defend John Scopes in 1925
Who is Clarence Darrow?
In 1873 this Tammany Hall boss was convicted of 204 criminal charges & sentenced to 12 years in prison
Who is Boss Tweed?
In 1805 Lewis & Clark named a Mussellshell River tributary "Bird Woman's River" in her honor
Who is Sacagawea?
"Message from Mrs. Madison. She sends her love to Mrs. Wethered" was Dolley's follow-up to this inventor's 1844 message
Who is Morse?
November 11, 1620: before going ashore, Pilgrim leaders sign this agreement outlining self-rule in the New World
What is The Mayflower Compact?
Secretary of State under Truman, he negotiated the treaty that led to the formation of NATO in 1949
Who is Dean Acheson?
In 1948 the U.S. was one of the 21 western hemisphere nations that banded together as the OAS, this
What is the Organization of American States?