US HISTORY
He was the commander of the Continental Army during the American Revolution and is often referred to as the “Father of his Country.”
Who is George Washington?
This chamber of Congress has 435 voting members.
What is the House of Representatives?
This U.S. landmark in South Dakota features the faces of four presidents carved into granite.
What is Mount Rushmore?
This state is both the westernmost and the southernmost in the United States.
What is Hawaii?
Though his opponent won the popular vote, the Supreme Court eventually declared this president the victor of the Electoral College in 2000.
Who is George W Bush?
This foundational document beings with the phrase, “We the People”
What is the United States Constitution?
Who is US Senator Alex Padilla?
This famous bell in Philadelphia is cracked, but it still symbolizes American independence.
What is the Liberty Bell?
Texans come from Texas, New Yorkers from New York— Hoosiers hail from this Midwestern state.
Where is Indiana?
This U.S. president, born into a family of peanut farmers, lived past 100 and continued building homes with Habitat for Humanity well into his 90s.
Who is Jimmy Carter?
The Emancipation Proclamation was issued during this war.
What is the Civil War?
This legislative member becomes President if the current President and Vice President cannot serve.
Who is the Speaker of the House?
This song, written by Francis Scott Key, became the U.S. national anthem in 1931.
What is "The Star Spangled Banner"?
This state is known for it’s impressive population of both people and barrels of a certain amber liquid.
Where is Kentucky?
This president, whose Secret Service code name was “Rawhide,” was matched by a First Lady known as “Rainbow.”
Who is Ronald Regan?
This landmark 1954 Supreme Court case declared racial segregation in schools unconstitutional.
What is Brown vs the Board of Education?
Providing schools, approving land use, providing for public safety and issuing drivers licenses.
What are the powers belonging to the States?
The Pledge of Allegiance originally omitted these two words, which were added during the Eisenhower administration.
What are "under God"?
There are 35 towns called Springfield in the US. Only one of them is a state capital.
What is Illinois?
Counted as one of the founding fathers, this future US President did NOT sign the Constitution,because he was overseas at the time.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This early colonial settlement, founded in 1607, was the first permanent English colony in North America.
What is Jamestown?
This Senate procedure allows a minority of senators to delay or block a vote on a bill unless 60 members vote to end debate.
What is a fillabuster?
This figure, created by James Montgomery Flagg during World War I, became a long-standing symbol of U.S. recruitment and patriotism.
Who is Uncle Sam?
The only state in the continental United States to share its border with only one other state.
What is Maine?
This US President served the shortest term, dying just 31 days after taking office in 1841.
Who is William Henry Harrison?