Colonial Period and Independence
Recent American History
System of Government 1
System of Government 2
Important Historical Information
100

Benjamin Franklin is famous for many things. Name one.

  • Founded the first free public libraries
  • First Postmaster General of the United States
  • Helped write the Declaration of Independence
  • Inventor
  • U.S. diplomat
100

Why did the United States enter World War I?

  • Because Germany attacked U.S. (civilian) ships
  • To support the Allied Powers (England, France, Italy, and Russia)
  • To oppose the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria)
100

How many senators does each state have?

  • Two (2)
100

What is the highest court in the United States?

  • Supreme Court
100

Name one American Indian tribe in the United States.

  • Apache
  • Blackfeet
  • Cayuga
  • Cherokee
  • Cheyenne
  • Chippewa
  • Choctaw
  • Creek
  • Crow
  • Hopi
  • Huron
  • Inupiat
  • Lakota
  • Mohawk
  • Mohegan
  • Navajo
  • Oneida
  • Onondaga
  • Pueblo
  • Seminole
  • Seneca
  • Shawnee
  • Sioux
  • Teton
  • Tuscarora
200

When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?

  • July 4, 1776
200

When did all women get the right to vote?

  • 1920
  • After World War I
  • (With the) 19th Amendment
200

Who is one of your state’s U.S. senators now?

(Thom) Tillis 

(Ted) Budd

200

What is the capital of your state?

Raleigh

200

Name one example of an American innovation.

  • Light bulb
  • Automobile (cars, internal combustion engine)
  • Skyscrapers
  • Airplane
  • Assembly line
  • Landing on the moon
  • Integrated circuit (IC)
300

Name one reason why the Americans declared independence from Britain.

  • High taxes
  • Taxation without representation
  • British soldiers stayed in Americans’ houses (boarding, quartering)
  • They did not have self-government
  • Boston Massacre
  • Boston Tea Party (Tea Act)
  • Stamp Act
  • Sugar Act
  • Townshend Acts
  • Intolerable (Coercive) Acts
300

Dwight Eisenhower is famous for many things. Name one.

  • General during World War II
  • President at the end of (during) the Korean War
  • 34th president of the United States
  • Signed the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 (Created the Interstate System)
300

The President of the United States is elected for how many years?

  • Four (4) years
300

How long is a term for a member of the House of Representatives?

  • Two (2) years
300

What was the Great Depression?

  • Longest economic recession in modern history
400

Alexander Hamilton is famous for many things. Name one.

  • First Secretary of the Treasury
  • One of the writers of the Federalist Papers
  • Helped establish the First Bank of the United States
  • Aide to General George Washington
  • Member of the Continental Congress
400

Why did the United States enter the Korean War?

  • To stop the spread of communism
400

If the president can no longer serve, who becomes president?

  • The Vice President (of the United States)
400

What does the President’s Cabinet do?

  • Advises the President (of the United States)
400

Why did the United States enter the Vietnam War?

  • To stop the spread of communism
500

Thomas Jefferson is famous for many things. Name one.

  • Writer of the Declaration of Independence
  • Third president of the United States
  • Doubled the size of the United States (Louisiana Purchase)
  • First Secretary of State
  • Founded the University of Virginia
  • Writer of the Virginia Statute on Religious Freedom
500

Name one U.S. military conflict after the September 11, 2001 attacks.

  • (Global) War on Terror
  • War in Afghanistan
  • War in Iraq
500

The executive branch has many parts. Name one.

  • President (of the United States)
  • Cabinet
  • Federal departments and agencies
500

Why is the Electoral College important?

  • It decides who is elected president.
  • It provides a compromise between the popular election of the president and congressional selection.
500

When did the Great Depression start?

  • The Great Crash (1929)
  • Stock market crash of 1929
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