US Events Quiz

1) English colonists arrive in the Virginia colony and establish this settlement

1607

2) Colonists arrive in Massachusetts on this famous ship and establish Plymouth

1620

3) New England colonists fight against the indigenous Northeastern Woodlands tribes

1675-1678

4) Women accused of sorcery and Devil connection are tried and hung amidst hysteria in Massachusetts

1692

5) France and Great Britain fight each other along side their indigenous allies

1754-1763

6) Colonists fight for independence against the mighty British empire

1775-1783

7) This document is signed proclaiming American separation from Great Britain

1776

8) Jefferson acquires this massive land area from France, doubling the size of the US

1803

9) Great Britain returns to fight against the newly formed US for control of its land

1812-1815

10) Forced removal of indigenous tribes to a concentration of land in the Oklahoma territory

1831-1850

11) The US invade Mexican territory for land use and control in Texas

1846-1848

12) The Southern states under the Confederacy fight against the Northern Union over the issue of slavery

1861-1865

13) Period of rebuilding and readmitting the Southern states to the Union

1865-77

14) Spanish control and upheaval in Cuba sparks a war between Spain and the US

1898

15) US bans the production, sale, and transportation of alcohol, leading to hidden speakeasies and illegal smuggling

1920-1933

16) Period of art, literature, music and Black culture sprouting from the northern area of Manhattan, NYC

1910s-1920s

17) Period of economic severity stemming from the crash of the stock market, with high unemployment and poverty rates

1929-39

18) Series of economic reforms and federal programs initiated by the Roosevelt administration during the above

1933-38

19) This US naval base in Hawaii is bombed by Japanese forces, causing the US to enter WW2

Dec 7, 1941

20) This president is assassinated in a Dallas motorcade

Nov 23, 1963