History

Question 1

Tell me about Christopher Columbus (week 1)

Answer 1

In 1492, Columbus made the first of four trips to the Caribbean on three Spanish ships named the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria.

Question 2

Tell me about the Pilgrims (week 2)

Answer 2

In 1620 the Pilgrims from Plymouth, England, signed the Mayflower Compact before landing in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Question 3

Tell me about the Boston Tea Party (week 3)

Answer 3

In 1773 colonists dressed as Mohawks dumped tea from the British East India Company into Boston Harbor.

Question 4

Tell me about the Declaration of Independence (week 4)

Answer 4

In 1776 the Continental Congress published the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia, announcing the colonists intent to form a new nation.

Question 5

Tell me about George Washington (week 5)

Answer 5

In 1789 in New York, George Washington was granted the full powers and responsibilities of the presidency by the U.S. Constitution.

Question 6

Tell me about the Louisiana Purchase (week 6)

Answer 6

In 1803, the purchase of Louisiana from France prompted westward exploration by pioneers such as Lewis and Clark and Congressman Davy Crockett.

Question 7

Tell me about the war of 1812 (week 7)

Answer 7

The war of 1812 gave confidence to the U.S. to write the Monroe Doctrine, warning Europeans not to attempt to colonize the Americas.

Question 8

Tell me about the Missouri Compromise (week 8)

Answer 8

In 1820 Henry Clay worked out the Missouri Compromise, allowing Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state.

Question 9

Tell me about the Compromise of 1850 (week 9)

Answer 9

The compromise of 1850, the Fugitive Slave Act, and the Dred Scott decision preceded the secession of the Southern States.

Question 10

Tell me about President Polk (week 10)

Answer 10

In 1853 after the Mexican War and the Gadsden Purchase, President Polk’s belief in the doctrine of Manifest Destiny was realized.

Question 11

Tell me about the Civil War (week 11)

Answer 11

In 1861 the Civil War began when President Abraham Lincoln went to war with the Southern States that had seceded from the Union.

Question 12

Tell me about Robert E. Lee (week 12)

Answer 12

In 1865 General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House in Virginia.

Question 13

Tell me about the Fourteenth Amendment (week 13)

Answer 13

In 1868, the Fourteenth Amendment made all former slaves U.S. citizens and paved the way for the Civil Rights Movement.

Question 14

Tell me about Tycoons (week 14)

Answer 14

During the late 1800’s, tycoons like Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, Carnegie, and Swift fueled the nation’s Industrial Age by developing American resources.

Question 15

Tell me about Theodore Roosevelt (week 15)

Answer 15

In 1898 Theodore Roosevelt and his Rough Riders defeated the Spanish at the Battle of San Juan Hill while trying to help the Cubans win the independence.

Question 16

Tell me about Immigrants Coming to America (week 16)

Answer 16

From 1820 to 1930 more than 37 million immigrants came to America seeking freedom and the opportunity to increase their personal wealth.

Question 17

Tell me about President Wilson (week 17)

Answer 17

In 1917, President Wilson asked congress to declare war on the Central Powers two years after German U-boats sank the Lusitania, killing American citizens.

Question 18

Tell me about Pearl Harbor (week 18)

Answer 18

On December 7th, 1941, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, causing the U.S. to join the Allies in World War II.

Question 19

Tell me about the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (week 19)

Answer 19

In 1949, the U.S. and its allies formed NATO to resist the spread of Soviet communism.

Question 20

Tell me about Brown vs. Board of Education (week 20)

Answer 20

In 1954, in Brown vs. Board of Education, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the segregation of public schools by race is unconstitutional.

Question 21

Tell me about U.S. Astronauts (week 21)

Answer 21

In 1969 U.S. Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin were the first men to walk on the moon.

Question 22

Tell me about September 11, 2001 (week 22)

Answer 22

On September 11, 2001, the World Trade Center in New York City was destroyed b Muslim terrorists, beginning America’s War on Terrorism.

Question 23

Recite the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution

Answer 23

“We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish the constitution for the United States of America.”

Question 24

What are the Bill of Rights?

Answer 24

1. Freedoms
2. Own Guns
3. Quartering Soldiers
4. Warrants
5. Cannot testify against self.
6. Right to speedy trial.
7. Right to a Jury
8. Cruel, unusual punishment
9. People’s rights
10. State’s rights