Spirit of '76 Test Flashcards
How much money did it cost to restore Union Station?
Hundreds of millions of dollars
Who painted “The Apotheosis of Washington” inside the capitol?
Constantino Brumidi
What is the name of the headquarters for the national armed forces?
Pentagon
Where is Pierce Charles L’Enfant buried?
Arlington Cemetary
How many names are inscribed on the Vietnam Memorial Wall?
58,280
What war memorial depicts soldiers on patrol along a wall that depicts veterans from that war?
Korean War Memorial
What is the name of the statue on top of the capitol building?
Statue of freedom
What is the headquarters for Amtrak?
Union Station
How many acres make up Arlington Cemetery?
624
In what order on the Vietnam Memorial are the names inscribed?
By the year they were killed
Once the US government confiscated Arlington, what did they use it for?
Cemetary
What war memorial is in honor of the thousands of marines who lost their lives to take the South Pacific Islands from the Japanese?
Iwojima
Writings from this document can be found engraved in the walls of the Jefferson Memorial.
Declaration of Independence
Which word means building? Capital or Capitol?
Capitol
Why does the Capitol city lie in a diamond shape?
Each point is facing a cardinal direction
Whose great grandson was the owner of present day Arlington?
Martha Washington’s
How tall is the Jefferson Memorial from floor to head?
25 feet
Where would one find George Washington’s false teeth on display?
American History Museum
How tall is the Statue of Freedom?
19.5 feet
Sixty-five thousand visitors pass through the doors of this place daily.
Union Station
George Custis inherited Arlington from his father. Who did the daughter of Mr. Custis marry?
Robert E. Lee
Hat Fort was being bombed when the Star Spangled Banner was being written? Also, what war was this in?
Fort McHenry, Maryland, War of 1812
What body of water does the Jefferson Memorial overlook?
Tidal basin
In Arlington, who has a simple white cross to his memory?
Bobby Kennedy
Where would one find the Hope Diamond on display?
Natural History Museum
Hat drama was Lincoln watching when he was shot?
“My American Cousin”
What are the original dimensions of the Capitol city?
10 miles by 10 miles
Over what issue did the government confiscate Arlington?
Civil War
What portrait was saved from the White House by Dolly Madison during the War of 1812?
George Washington
What ship’s anchor and mast can be seen at Arlington?
USS Maine
What type of tree was given by the Japanese to Washington, D.C.?
Cherry Blossom
What river runs through the Capitol city?
Potomac River
Who shot Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
How many sides is the building of the U.S. Pentagon?
5 sides
What is the Lee Custis Mansion in the Arlington called today?
Arlington Mansion
How many steps do the guards at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier take?
21
What is the name of the elephant found in the middle of the Natural History Museum?
Jumbo
Where would one find the dinosaur fossils displayed?
Natural History Museum
He was the chief engineer to design the capital city.
Pierre Charles L’Efant
What is the name of the theater where Lincoln was shot?
Ford’s Theater
Which two presidents are buried in Arlington?
Taft and Kennedy
What wars are represented at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier?
World War 1, World War 2, and Korea
Which Smithsonian Museum is the most heavily attended?
Air and Space Museum
Who sold his personal library to congress to restart the Library of Congress?
Thomas Jefferson
During what World War was the Pentagon built?
World War 2
How many flags surround the Washington Monument?
50 flags
What is the name of the dome on capitol building? How tall is it?
Rotunda, 180ft
What is the name of the house where Lincoln died?
Petersen House
This Presidential Memorial is 5 acres long and is divided into sections according to his four terms as U.S. President
FDR
He laid the cornerstone of the capitol building
George Washington
How tall is the Washington Monument?
555.5ft tall
Where would one go to see the origins clothing and personal possessions that Lincoln was carrying the day he was shot?
Ford’s Theater Museum
This memorial consists of 36 columns, one for each state that was preserved in the Union and a statue of the president who preserved the Union.
Lincoln Memorial
What year did Congress move to Washington, DC?
1800
Prior to moving to D.C., what city was the temporary capital city?
Philadelphia
Where would one find the Gutenberg Bible, famous speeches, and the copyright office of Washington, D.C.?
Library of Congress
Who wrote the Star Spangled Banner?
Francis Scott Key
Where will one find the history of man’s flight on display?
Air and Space Museum
What states have land to form D.C.?
Virginia and Maryland
What was going on in our country that stopped the construction of the Washington Monument?
Civil War
How many statues is each state allowed to have in Statuary Hall?
2
Where would one go to see the original Star Spangled Banner flag?
US History Museum
What street will one not find in Washington, D.C.?
J Street
The construction of the Washington Monument stopped at this point for 25 years.
150ft
In what wing of the capitol building do the House of Representatives meet?
Left wing
How many seconds does it take for the elevator to get to the top of the Washington Monument?
70 seconds
The capitol building was torched during which war?
War of 1812
Whose memorial is a 30 foot sculpture made from white granite and opened in 2011?
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
The World War II Memorial is most well known for what feature found in its center?
Water fountains
Where are the locations where we enter and exit the Metro?
Get on at Arlington and at the 10th stop we get off at Capital South
Name things you are looking to see at the National Portrait Gallery.
Pocahontas, John Brown, all presidents
What Museum is dedicated to the memory of six million Jews who were systematically killed during World War II?
The Holocaust Museum
Who was the first Postmaster General and has a statue in front of the Old Post Office Pavilion?
Ben Franklin
In what Museum can you see the exhibits dedicated to the American Presidents, all American Wars, the History of Transportation, and Pop Culture?
American History Museum
What grace in Arlington Cemetery is noted by an eternal flame?
JFK
What two teams are playing in the baseball game we are planning to attend?
Orioles vs. Royals
