One Event for Each Year in American History (2024)

Year

Hint

Answer

1776

Thomas Paine publishes Common____

Sense

1777

The Continental Congress adopts the stars and

Stripes

1778

Oliver Pollack creates this symbol "$" (type what the symbol is)

Dollar

1779

John Adams negotiates Revolutionary War peace terms with Great____

Britain

1780

______ Arnold betrays America

Benedict

1781

Previous burns the capital of Virginia (type the capital)

Richmond

1782

John Adams secures recognition from the

Dutch

1783

Great Britain recognizes U.S_________

Independence

1784

Benjamin Franklin expresses unhappiness about the eagle being America's____

Symbol

1785

Congress votes to change the U.S _______to the dollar

Currency

1786

Shay's _________ starts

Rebellion

1787

Delaware become the first offical U.S___

State

1788

Georgia becomes the fourth state to ratify the _____

Constitution

1789

George Washington becomes the first_____

President

1790

George Washington gives the first state of the _____ adress

Union

1791

The First US _______ Meeting

Cabinet

1792

The first Columbus Day is celebrated in New

York

1793

Eli Whitney invents the Cotton____

Gin

1794

U.S establishes a permanent____

Navy

1795

U.S and Great Britain sign the Jay_____

Treaty

1796

George Washington declines a third____

Term

1797

Nathaniel Briggs patents the washing___

Machine

1798

The Marine_____ is established

Corps

1799

George Washington's body is buried at Mount____

Vernon

1800

John Adams become the first president to ____ in the White House

Live

1801

John Marshall is appointed Chief_____

Justice

1802

Martha Washington ______ away

Passes

1803

America expands due to the Louisiana______

Purchase

1804

Lewis and Clark go out ____

West

1805

Lewis and Clark reach the Pacific

Ocean

1806

Yale Literary Government publishes its first_____

Issue

1807

Aaron____ was arrested for treason

Burr

1808

The importation of _____ into the U.S was banned

Slaves

1809

the first U.S______ was published by William Maclure

Geology

1810

The temperature in New Hampshire dropped from 54°F to -12°F in one____

Day

1811

William Henry Harrison defeats Tec*mseh's army in the Battle of________

Tippecanoe

1812

The war of____ begins

1812

1813

Pride and ______ was pubslihed

Prejudice

1814

The British burn down the

White House

1815

The Library of Congress is reestablished after being _____

burnt

1816

James Monroe beats Rufus king, a member of the______ party in the presidential race

Federalist

1817

John Adams' song John _____ Adams becomes Secretary of State

Quincy

1818

Andrew Jackson conquers Spanish Fort San Marcos in which became the First ________War

Seminole

1819

Thomas Jefferson and others founded the University of________

Virginia

1820

Joseph Smith has is first_____

Vision

1821

James Boyd patents the rubber fire_____

Hose

1822

2 men betray a slave revolt, resulting in 35 slaves being_____

Hung

1823

James Monroe creates a doctrine bearing his name (type the doctrines name)

Monroe Doctrine

1824

An election deadlock between John Quincy Adams and Andrew_______

Jackson

1825

One of the previous men gets elected president (type the name)

John Quincy Adams

1826

John Adams and Thomas _____die the same day

Jefferson

1827

Brown v________

Maryland

1828

The_________party is founded

Democratic

1829

Andre Jackson gets _______ as the 7th president

Inaugurated

1830

The beginning of the Trail of _____

Tears

1831

William Lloyd Garrison publishes the first issue of an abolitionist newspaper called______

The Liberator

1832

The source of the Mississippi_____ is discovered

River

1833

A ____ derails at Hightstown New Jersey

Train

1834

Stephen F. Austin is imprisoned in Mexico_____

City

1835

Richard Lawrence becomes the first person to attempt to _________ a president

Assassinate

1836

Davy Crockett arrives in Texas to aid the ________

Revolution

1837

Michigan becomes the ____ U.S state

26th

1838

The Great Western docks in New York_____

City

1839

Henry Clay states "I had rather be______ than president"

Right

1840

Alexander Wolcott and John Johnson open the Daguerreian______

Parlor

1841

William Henry Harrison dies only one _____ into office

Month

1842

Charles______ comes to America

Dickens

1843

An alligator fell out of the____

Sky

1844

John C. Frémont discover ____ Tahoe

Lake

1845

The first Dark _____ president, Jame K. Polk gets elected

Horse

1846

Congress votes for a war against _______

Mexico

1847

The Battle of Buena____

Vista

1848

Phineas Gage has a tamping rod go through his Frontal____

Lobe

1849

Elizabeth Blackwell becomes the first ____ to earn a medical degree in the US

Woman

1850

A compromise was made with the name of its year, it was the Compromise of___

1850

1851

The first black women's _____ convention

Rights

1852

Uncle Tom's _____ gets published

Cabin

1853

Franklin Pierce's child dies in a _____-wreck

Train

1854

The ______ party is founded

Republican

1855

Walt Whitman's book Leaves of ______is published

Grass

1856

The American Party nominates their presidential candidate Millard________

Fillmore

1857

The Dred _____ Decision

Scott

1858

Abolitionists create Crispus ______ Day

Attackus

1859

Joshua Abraham Norton proclaims himself ________ Norton

Emperor

1860

South Carolina _______from the Union

Secedes

1861

Beginning of the_____

Civil War

1862

A confederate general (his name is the next question) moves north of ________

Virginia

1863

Stonewall ______ is killed

Jackson

1864

Grant is named commander of the ____ army

U.S

1865

Abaraham Lincoln is shot by______

John Wilkes Booth

1866

Jesse James steals $ __,000

15

1867

The Alaska_____

Purchase

1868

Andrew Johnson becomes the first president to be _______

Impeached

1869

Elizabeth Stanton becomes the first woman to ________ in congress

Testify

1870

The Brooklyn________ is completed

Bridge

1871

Brigham Young arrested for______

Bigamy

1872

Louis Riel is exiled to St,____ Minnesota

Paul

1873

the first U.S ______ card is issued

Postal

1874

Jesse James robs a ______ in Missouri

Train

1975

Jesse James robs another previous answer in__________

Missouri

1876

The Kentucky Meat_______

Shower

1877

Battle of _____ Mountain

Wolf

1878

Congress overrides Rutherford Hayes' veto on the Bland-________Act

Allison

1879

______ patents the electric lamp

Edison

1880

James A. ________ is inaugurated as president

Garfield

1881

Previous is shot by Charles ________

Guiteau

1882

The senate ratifies the first ______ Convention

Geneva

1883

The first electric lighting ______

System

1884

The Statue of Liberty is presented to the U.S in______

Paris

1885

Mark Twain publishes The Adventures of Huckleberry _____

Finn

1886

The Statue of________ is given to the United States

Liberty

1887

Lincoln was re______

Burried

1888

Francis Tumblety flees to the U.S after being accused of the Jack the______ murders

Ripper

1889

The first non-segregated U.S ________

Hospital

1890

the first U.S edition of Sherlock _________

Holmes

1891

Benjamin _________ visits San Fransisco

Harrison

1892

A mine explosion kills ___ people

100

1893

Grover Cleveland gets elected to a second nonconsecutive____

Term

1894

the 1st _____ epidemic breaks out

Polio

1895

The Red Badge of _________ is pubslihed

Courage

1896

The first modern _____________

Olympics

1897

William McKinley is inaugurated to his _____ term

First

1898

The _______-American war begins

Spanish

1899

The previous war ____

Ends

1900

Next answer gets his _______ term

Second

Year

Hint

Answer

1901

Leon Czolgosz Shoots President William _____

McKinley

1902

It became criminal for ___ to "looking at a woman in that way"

Men

1903

Theodore and Edith _________ renovate the White House

Roosevelt

1904

Previous commissions the Panama ______

Canal

1905

Elihu Root becomes ________ of State

Secretary

1906

San Fransisco suffers a 7.9____

Earthquake

1907

Teddy shakes 8,513 hands in _ day

1

1908

The first _________ motion picture, Fantasmagorie is made

Animated

1909

William Taft becomes the 27th president during a __" snowstorm

10

1910

Taft throws the first_____

Pitch

1911

The next answer sets sail for New York _____

City

1912

The unsinkable ship sinks

Titanic

1913

Roosevelt ran for another term splitting the vote making Woodrow ______ president despite getting 42% in the popular vote

Wilson

1914

Hery For announces his $_ minimum per day wage

5

1915

Wilson refuses to allow immigration of _______

Illiterates

1916

Wilson states the U.S will abide by ______ warfare

Maritime

1917

Uncle ___ was popularized

Sam

1918

the __th amendment

18

1919

Henry Ford's ___succeeds Henry

Son

1920

The beginning of ______ outlawing alcohol

Prohibition

1921

Warren G. Harding becomes the __th president

29

1922

Warren G. Harding becomes the first president to _____ over radio

Speak

1923

Warren G. Harding suddenly dies of a heart_____

Attack

1924

The follow the bouncing ___ technique for music was invented by Max Fleischer

Ball

1925

The Great _____ is pubslihed

Gatsby

1926

Disney Brothers Studios becomes known as _____ Disney Studios

Walt

1927

The ________ premiers in NYC

General

1928

Steamboat _______ is made

Willie

1929

The stock market ______

Crash

1930

Taft resigns as Chief _______

Justice

1931

Edison makes his _____ pattent

Last

1932

Charles Lindbergh's son was_____________

Kidnapped

1933

Someone attempted to ____________ FDR

Assassinate

1934

Babe ____ gets a pay cut

Ruth

1935

A man enters a hotel and mysteriously dies his name was stated to be Roland T. Owen. But his real name is Artemis_________

Ogletree

1936

The first baseball hall of _____

Fame

1937

Howard Hughes sets the transcontinental air ______ with 7h 28m 25s

Record

1938

A statue of Henry _________ is erected

Hudson

1939

The Wizard of __ releases

Oz

1940

Franklin D. Roosevelt gets elected to a third term making him the person with the longest ____

Presidency

1941

Pearl Harbor is bombed marking the U.S involvement into______

World War 2

1942

Winston ________ flies to Florida

Churchill

1943

Josh Gibson suffers a nervous ______

Breakdown

1944

Flying Ace, Pappy Boyington was shot_____ by Japanese forces

Down

1945

The United States drops nuclear bombs on ______ and Nagasaki effectively ending WW2

Hiroshima

1946

Bikini ____ is evacuated

Atol

1947

A doctrine was made titled with the current president, the ____ Doctrine

Truman

1948

Truman raises _____ for the Marshall Plan

Taxes

1949

Truman coins the term ____ Deal

Fair

1950

The U.S enters the Korean____

War

1951

The 22nd amendment was ratified, limiting a president to only ___ terms

Two

1952

African _____ is released in the U.S

Queen

1953

Truman announces the ________ Bomb

Hydrogen

1954

Segregation in______ was labeled unconstitutional

Schools

1955

The first presidential TV news__________

Confrence

1956

Elvis records Heartbreak_______

Hotel

1957

Eisenhower asks Congress to send troops to the Middle_____

East

1958

The __________ Karamazov premiers

Brothers

1959

Alaska become the __ state

49th

1960

John F. ________ announces he's running for president (big mistake)

Kennedy

1961

The first episode of the Dick Van _____ Show is filmed

Dyke

1962

The Cuban ______Crisis

Missile

1963

John F. Kennedy is Assassinated by

Lee Harvey Oswald

1964

Johnson declares a war on _________

Poverty

1965

The U.S enters the Vietnam___

War

1966

The original ______ show starring Adam West releases

Batman

1967

Wilt Chamberlain makes all 15 field _____ attempts

Goal

1968

Martin Luther King Jr. is shot by

James Earl Ray

1969

The moon______

Landing

1970

The Zapurder ____ is publically released

Film

1971

Charles Liston is found ____ by his wife

Dead

1972

Aretha _______ sings at Mahalia Jackson's funeral

Franklin

1973

Michael Burke buys the ________

Yankees

1974

Richard Nixon resigns because of the ________ Scandal

Watergate

1975

Phyllis Diller gets a ____ on the Walk of Fame

Star

1976

The ______ Bell is moved

Liberty

1977

Star _____ releases in theaters

Wars

1978

Harbey Milk becomes the first openly ___person elected to public office in CA

Gay

1979

Carter proposes to make MLK's __________ a federal holiday

Birthday

1980

Frank Sinatra plays in Rio de_______

Janeiro

1981

Muhammad Ali talks a person out of committing _________

Suicide

1982

John Carpenter's The _____ is released

Thing

1983

Reagan ends U.S arms in _________

Guatemala

1984

Van Halen releases an album (same name as the year it came out)

1984

1985

Ronald Reagan goes to _____, Germany sparking the controversy of the same name

Bitburg

1986

New York Islander, Mike Bossy scores his ___th career goals

500

1987

Reagan signs a secret order permitting covert arms sale to ____

Iran

1988

_______-U.S trade agreement

Canada

1989

(My sister made me put this one) Taylor_______ is born

Swift

1990

First________ American NY Mayor

African

1991

The ________ ends

Cold War

1992

Robert Parish registers______ career blocks

2,000

1993

Start II is ______

Signed

1994

Malcom _'s daughter is arrested

X

1996

The last The ___ Side comic

Far

1996

38th ______ 500

Daytona

1997

Frank ______ has a heart attack

Sinatra

1998

Clinton gets________

Impeached

1999

Clinton Impeachment _____

Trial

2000

Dan ______ wins his last game

Marino

2001

The ________ are hit by terrorist planes

Twin Towers

2002

No Child Left ______ act

Behind

2003

Jimmy _____ Live! premiers

Kimmel

2004

Casey Kasem gives up hosting American Top __

40

2005

The first African- American woman to become Secretary of _____

State

2006

Kobe Bryant scores __ points in a game

81

2007

Steve Jobs introduces the_____

iPhone

2008

the Financial_____

Crash

2009

Michael Jackson dies of an

Overdose

2010

Simon Cowell leaves American ____

Idol

2011

The killing of Osama ________

Bin Laden

2012

LeBron James becomes the______ player to score 20,00 career points

Youngest

2013

Mike Pence becomes governor of ________

Indiana

2014

First drummer for the band Ramones, _____ Ramone/Erdelyi dies of Bile Duct Cancer

Tommy

2015

Schitt's _____ is created

Creek

2016

LA ______ gas leak

Methane

2017

Obama gives Biden Presidential Medal of _______

Freedom

2018

Lawyers of Trump attempt to stop publication of Fire and ____

Fury

2019

Trump's ____ Office Address

Oval

2020

The COVID-19 ________ takes over the world

Pandemic

2021

Elon Musk becomes the worlds ________ Person

Richest

2022

Russia invades________

Ukraine

2023

Hamas attacks ______

Israel

2024

Donald Trump gets convicted of __ charges

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