Round 2: U.S. History Flashcards

1776 - DUH!!!

4. Daniel Day-Lewis – He portrayed real U.S. President Abraham Lincoln in Lincoln (2012)

2. Hawaii

The last U.S. state to join the Union was Hawaii. It became the 50th state on August 21, 1959.

4. Thomas Edison

Thomas Edison emerged as a prominent American inventor. Holding over 1,000 patents in his name, Edison's inventions include the phonograph and the long-lasting light bulb. He also was one of the first inventors to apply the principles of mass production to the invention process.

2. Illinois to California

U.S. Route 66, also known as the "Main Street of America," begins in Illinois and ends in California. Specifically, it starts in Chicago, Illinois, and ends in Santa Monica, California.

1) It marked the boundary between free states and slave states before the Civil War

It first took on this meaning in 1780 when Pennsylvania abolished slavery. Over time, more northern states would do the same until all the states north of the line did not allow slavery. This made it the border between slave states and free states.

Perhaps the biggest reason this is significant has to do with the underground resistance to slavery that took place almost from the institution’s inception. Slaves who managed to escape from their plantations would try to make their way north, past the Mason-Dixon Line.

1. ARPANET

ARPANET, short for the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network, was the precursor to the modern internet. It was developed in the late 1960s by the United States Department of Defense's ARPA (now DARPA) to enable secure and efficient communication among military and research institutions during the Cold War.

Key reasons why ARPANET was pivotal:

• First Network of Its Kind: ARPANET was the first packet-switching network, which allowed data to be broken into packets and transmitted between computers. This innovation made communication faster and more reliable compared to traditional methods.

1. Araminta Ross

Harriet Tubman was born Araminta Ross around 1822 in Maryland. She later adopted the name "Harriet" after her mother and took her husband's surname, "Tubman," when she married. This name became iconic as she rose to prominence as a leader of the Underground Railroad and a symbol of freedom.

3. 27 times

The American flag has undergone 27 official changes since its adoption in 1777. Each redesign reflected the admission of new states to the Union, resulting in changes to the number of stars on the flag. The current 50-star version, representing the 50 states, was established in 1960 after Hawaii became the 50th state.

2. John F. Kennedy

The U.S. half-dollar coin introduced in 1964 features John F. Kennedy, commemorating the recently assassinated president. The coin was quickly produced as a tribute to Kennedy's legacy and has remained a symbol of his leadership and the optimism of his presidency.