History

Question 1

columbus

Answer 1

In 1492 columbus made the first of four trips to the carribian on 3 spanish ships named the nina the pinta and the santa maria.

Question 2

pilgrims

Answer 2

In 1620 the pilgrims sailed from plymouth england and signed the mayflower compact before found plymouth colony in north america

Question 3

bostom tea party

Answer 3

In 1773 colonists disguised with mohawks dumped tea from the british east india company into the bostom harbor

Question 4

declaration of independance

Answer 4

my version (the better one) in 1776 the continental congress signed the declaration of independence in philadelpha announcing americas intent to seperate from the Tea Drinking Company©

Question 5

peppas brother (george washington)

Answer 5

in 1789 in new york george washington was granted the full powers and responsibilities of the presidency by the us constitution

Question 6

louisiana purchase

Answer 6

in 1803 the purchase of lousiana from france prompted westward exploration by pioneers such as luis and clark and congressman, davy crocket

Question 7

war of 1812

Answer 7

After victory, in the war of 1812, the US wrote the monroe doctrine which warned europeans not to attempt to colanize the Americas

Question 8

missouri compromise

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

The compromise of 1850

Answer 9

The compromise of 1850, the fugitive slave act and the dred scott decision preceded the succession of the southern states

Question 10

manifest destiny

Answer 10

President Polk believed that the Mexican war and the gadsen purchase in the mid 1800 affirmed americas manifest destiy to spread across the continent

Question 11

Civil War

Answer 11

In 1861 the civil war began when president abarhalm lincoln went to war with the soutern states that had seceded from the Union.

Question 12

General robert E lee

Answer 12

In 1865 geberal robert e lee surrendered to general ulysses s grant at appomattox court house in virginia

Question 13

fourteenth amendment

Answer 13

In 1868 the fourteenth amendment made all former slaves US citizens and paved the way for the civil rights movement.

Question 14

Tycoons

Answer 14

During the late 1800s, tycoons like Vanderbilt, rockefeller, carnegie and swift fueled the nations industrial age by developing american resources.

Question 15

Immigrants coming to america

Answer 15

From 1820 to 1930 more thean 37 million immigrants came to america seeking freedom and the opportunity to increase their personal wealth

Question 16

US and WW1

Answer 16

in 1917 president wilson asked congress to enter WW1 against the center powers two years after the gernal u boats sank the lusitania, killing American citizens.

Question 17

Womens drama (‘suffrage’)

Answer 17

Elizabeth Cody Stanton and Susan B. Anthony led the women’s suffrage movement in the United States, resulting in the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920 that granted women the right to vote.

Question 18

Attack on Pearl Harbor

Answer 18

On december 7 1941 the japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii causing the US to join the allies in WW2.

Question 19

NATO!

Answer 19

In 1949 the US and its allies formed NATO to resist the spread of Soviet communism.

Question 20

Brown vs Board of Education

Answer 20

In 1954, in brown vs board of education, the US supreme court ruled that the segregation of public schools by race is unconstitutional.

Question 21

911

Answer 21

On 9/11/2001, terrorists hijacked four airplanes. They flew two into the world trade center in new york City and one into the pentagon in washington DC. The fourth plane crashed into a pennsylvania field.

Question 22

US astronauts

Answer 22

In 1969, us astronauts Neil Armstrong and edwin aldrin were the first men to walk on the moon.

Question 23

Preamble of the Constitution.

Answer 23

We the People of the US, 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 ouruselves and our Posteriry, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the USA.

Question 24

Bill of Rights

Answer 24

Bill of Rights
1. Freedoms
2. Own guns
3. Quartering Soldiers
4. Warrents
5. No testifying against self
6. Right to a speedy trial
7. Right to a jury
8. Cruel, unusual punishment
9. People’s rights
10. State’s Rights