Transcript Date Mnemonics Event Words Date Words Pictures of Both First Moon Landing • Neil Armstrong moon • 1969 Push-Up • An astronaut knelt and did a.

Date Mnemonics
Event Words
Date Words
Pictures of Both
First Moon Landing
• Neil Armstrong moon
• 1969 Push-Up
• An astronaut knelt and did a push-up to make
his arms strong on the moon.
Marco Polo’s Travels East
• Marker Polo
• Nicked 1271
• The marker nicked the polo ball.
Completion of the Intercontinental
Railroad
• Golden Spike
• Have a Chip 1869
• You can have a chip from the golden spike
Beginning of World War I
• Imperialist policies start WWI
• Butter 1914
• The imperialist made butter.
Beginning of World War II
• WWII for US began with the attack Pearl
Harbor
• Party 1941
• The party where everyone wore pearls began
WWII.
Beginning of the Civil War
• The Civil War began at Fort Sumter
• Fished 1861
• He fished some tar from the lake.
•When the Pilgrims landed in Massechusetts the wrote
and signed the Mayflower Compact
•Chains 1620
•Chains made the Mayflower (ship) Compact (smaller)
Lewis and Clark’s Journey
• Lewis and Clark go to the Pacific Ocean
• Phaser 1804
• Lewis and Clark would have liked a phaser to
fight unfriendly Indians.
Ponce de Leon and Balboa Explore
• Ponce de Leon looked for the fountain of
youth in FL and Balboa crossed Panama
• Let Him 1513
• The lion pounced in the water
stirring up snakes. The boa constrictor
tightened around the lion
then let him breath.
Mexican American War
• The Mexican American War begins and Fort
Texas is reinforced by Taylor and the flying
artillery.
• Fresh 1846
• Fresh horses were needed
to pull the flying artillery.
Coronado
• Coronado explores New Mexico while looking
for the Seven Cities of Gold
(Cibola) (See-bowl-of).
• Layers 1540
• The coronet sees bowl of gold layers.
French Revolution
• The French Revolted against their king.
• Cave Boy 1789
• The cave boy revolved
a frenchman above his head.
The Declaration of Independence
• The Colonies Declare Independence from Britain.
• 1776 cake shoe
• The cake wore an independent
cake shoe.
The Constitution is Ratified
• The Constitution is Ratified
• Calf ache 1787
• The morning constitutional
made her calf ache.
(A walk taken regularly for one's health)
The Panama Canal & Monroe Doctrine
• The Panama Canal was finished and The
Monroe Doctrine was signed.
• 1904 Pass a Ray
• Pass a Ray over the cannel so Dr. Monroe can
see.
The Cotton Gin
• Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin to clean
cotton.
• 1793 Keep Him
• A cotton coat will keep him warm.
Fall of the Berlin Wall
• Germany was reunited with the fall of the
Berlin Wall.
• 1989 Beef Pie
• They all ate beef pie on the wall
before it fell.
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
• The Viet Nam war began in earnest for the US
with the Tonkin Gulf Resolution.
• Peach Ore 1964
• He beat the
Tonka truck with a
peach ore.
First Nuclear Bomb
• The First Nuclear Bomb is Used on Japan
• Barrel 1945
• The bomb made a
barrel cloud instead of a
Mushroom cloud.