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Spirit of '76 Test Flashcards

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How much money did it cost to restore Union Station?

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Hundreds of millions of dollars

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Who painted “The Apotheosis of Washington” inside the capitol?

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Constantino Brumidi

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What is the name of the headquarters for the national armed forces?

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Pentagon

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Where is Pierce Charles L’Enfant buried?

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Arlington Cemetary

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How many names are inscribed on the Vietnam Memorial Wall?

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58,280

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What war memorial depicts soldiers on patrol along a wall that depicts veterans from that war?

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Korean War Memorial

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What is the name of the statue on top of the capitol building?

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Statue of freedom

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What is the headquarters for Amtrak?

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Union Station

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9
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How many acres make up Arlington Cemetery?

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624

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In what order on the Vietnam Memorial are the names inscribed?

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By the year they were killed

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Once the US government confiscated Arlington, what did they use it for?

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Cemetary

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12
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What war memorial is in honor of the thousands of marines who lost their lives to take the South Pacific Islands from the Japanese?

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Iwojima

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13
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Writings from this document can be found engraved in the walls of the Jefferson Memorial.

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Declaration of Independence

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14
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Which word means building? Capital or Capitol?

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Capitol

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15
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Why does the Capitol city lie in a diamond shape?

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Each point is facing a cardinal direction

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16
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Whose great grandson was the owner of present day Arlington?

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Martha Washington’s

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17
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How tall is the Jefferson Memorial from floor to head?

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25 feet

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18
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Where would one find George Washington’s false teeth on display?

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American History Museum

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19
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How tall is the Statue of Freedom?

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19.5 feet

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20
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Sixty-five thousand visitors pass through the doors of this place daily.

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Union Station

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21
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George Custis inherited Arlington from his father. Who did the daughter of Mr. Custis marry?

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Robert E. Lee

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Hat Fort was being bombed when the Star Spangled Banner was being written? Also, what war was this in?

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Fort McHenry, Maryland, War of 1812

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23
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What body of water does the Jefferson Memorial overlook?

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Tidal basin

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24
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In Arlington, who has a simple white cross to his memory?

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Bobby Kennedy

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25
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Where would one find the Hope Diamond on display?

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Natural History Museum

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26
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Hat drama was Lincoln watching when he was shot?

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“My American Cousin”

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27
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What are the original dimensions of the Capitol city?

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10 miles by 10 miles

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28
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Over what issue did the government confiscate Arlington?

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Civil War

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29
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What portrait was saved from the White House by Dolly Madison during the War of 1812?

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George Washington

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30
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What ship’s anchor and mast can be seen at Arlington?

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USS Maine

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31
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What type of tree was given by the Japanese to Washington, D.C.?

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Cherry Blossom

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What river runs through the Capitol city?

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Potomac River

33
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Who shot Lincoln?

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John Wilkes Booth

34
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How many sides is the building of the U.S. Pentagon?

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5 sides

35
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What is the Lee Custis Mansion in the Arlington called today?

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Arlington Mansion

36
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How many steps do the guards at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier take?

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21

37
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What is the name of the elephant found in the middle of the Natural History Museum?

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Jumbo

38
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Where would one find the dinosaur fossils displayed?

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Natural History Museum

39
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He was the chief engineer to design the capital city.

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Pierre Charles L’Efant

40
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What is the name of the theater where Lincoln was shot?

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Ford’s Theater

41
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Which two presidents are buried in Arlington?

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Taft and Kennedy

42
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What wars are represented at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier?

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World War 1, World War 2, and Korea

43
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Which Smithsonian Museum is the most heavily attended?

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Air and Space Museum

44
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Who sold his personal library to congress to restart the Library of Congress?

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Thomas Jefferson

45
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During what World War was the Pentagon built?

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World War 2

46
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How many flags surround the Washington Monument?

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50 flags

47
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What is the name of the dome on capitol building? How tall is it?

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Rotunda, 180ft

48
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What is the name of the house where Lincoln died?

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Petersen House

49
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This Presidential Memorial is 5 acres long and is divided into sections according to his four terms as U.S. President

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FDR

50
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He laid the cornerstone of the capitol building

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George Washington

51
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How tall is the Washington Monument?

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555.5ft tall

52
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Where would one go to see the origins clothing and personal possessions that Lincoln was carrying the day he was shot?

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Ford’s Theater Museum

53
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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.

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Lincoln Memorial

54
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What year did Congress move to Washington, DC?

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1800

55
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Prior to moving to D.C., what city was the temporary capital city?

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Philadelphia

56
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Where would one find the Gutenberg Bible, famous speeches, and the copyright office of Washington, D.C.?

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Library of Congress

57
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Who wrote the Star Spangled Banner?

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Francis Scott Key

58
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Where will one find the history of man’s flight on display?

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Air and Space Museum

59
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What states have land to form D.C.?

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Virginia and Maryland

60
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What was going on in our country that stopped the construction of the Washington Monument?

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Civil War

61
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How many statues is each state allowed to have in Statuary Hall?

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2

62
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Where would one go to see the original Star Spangled Banner flag?

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US History Museum

63
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What street will one not find in Washington, D.C.?

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J Street

64
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The construction of the Washington Monument stopped at this point for 25 years.

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150ft

65
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In what wing of the capitol building do the House of Representatives meet?

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Left wing

66
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How many seconds does it take for the elevator to get to the top of the Washington Monument?

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70 seconds

67
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The capitol building was torched during which war?

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War of 1812

68
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Whose memorial is a 30 foot sculpture made from white granite and opened in 2011?

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

69
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The World War II Memorial is most well known for what feature found in its center?

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Water fountains

70
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Where are the locations where we enter and exit the Metro?

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Get on at Arlington and at the 10th stop we get off at Capital South

71
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Name things you are looking to see at the National Portrait Gallery.

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Pocahontas, John Brown, all presidents

72
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What Museum is dedicated to the memory of six million Jews who were systematically killed during World War II?

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The Holocaust Museum

73
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Who was the first Postmaster General and has a statue in front of the Old Post Office Pavilion?

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Ben Franklin

74
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In what Museum can you see the exhibits dedicated to the American Presidents, all American Wars, the History of Transportation, and Pop Culture?

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American History Museum

75
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What grace in Arlington Cemetery is noted by an eternal flame?

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JFK

76
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What two teams are playing in the baseball game we are planning to attend?

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Orioles vs. Royals

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