The goal is to identify the single most important event in American history. Fill out the brackets as you would for a sports tournament. At the end “play off” the winner from the first page with winner of the second page to identify your tournament champion
13th amendment
(slavery)
vs ________________
Spanish/American war
vs _______________
Opening of
vs ------------------------
vs _________
Declaration of
vs. --------------------------
War of 1812
vs _________________
vs ---------------------------
New Deal
vs __________
16th amendment
(income tax)
vs ________________
Baby Boom of the 1950’s
vs ___________________
G I Bill (post WWII)
vs ________________
JFK Assassination
vs _________
Apollo 11
vs _________________
vs ____________________
Watergate
vs. __________________
Cuban Missile Crisis
vs _________
19th amendment
(women’s suffrage)
vs __________
Mexican American War
vs ___________
settlement
of
vs ___________
ratification
of Bill of Rights
vs _____________
Articles of Confederation
approved
vs ____________
vs ______________
Founding of
vs ____________
D-Day,
vs __________
Constitution ratified
vs ___________
vs __________________
vs. ____________
Civil Rights Act Passed
vs ______________
Skirmish at
vs ____________
End of Cold War
vs ______________________
Lewis and
vs _____________
Civil War/War Between the States