Special Days
1. What birthday is America celebrating this summer?
Answer: America’s 250th birthday
4. Who helped write the Declaration of Independence?
Answer: Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, etc.
6. What animal is the symbol of the United States?
Answer: The bald eagle
11. What is the capital city of the United States?
Answer: Washington, D.C.
2. What special day is America’s birthday?
Answer: July 4th
5. What country did America separate from in 1776?
Answer: Great Britain/ England
7. What do the stars on the flag represent?
Answer: The 50 states
14. Who lived in Wisconsin long before it became a state?
Answer: Native American tribes
3. What important paper was signed in 1776?
Answer: The Declaration of Independence
10. Who was the first president of the United States?
Answer: George Washington
8. What do the 13 stripes on the American flag represent?
Answer: The original 13 colonies
15. Name at least two Native American tribes connected to Wisconsin history?
Answer: Ho-Chunk, Ojibwe, Menominee, Oneida, Potawatomi, etc.
17. What do some do on the Fourth of July to celebrate America’s birthday?
Answer: parades, picnics, fireworks, music, festivals, etc.
12. What famous ride did Paul Revere make during the American Revolution?
Answer: He warned the British were coming
9. What is our nations song?
Answer: The Star-Spangled Banner
16. What is the capitol of Wisconsin?
Answer: Madison
What holiday is Monday next week?
Memorial Day
13. In what year did Wisconsin become a state?
Answer: 1848
What animal is hidden around the capitol in Madison?
Badgers
18. What can we do to help make America a kind and strong country?
Answer: be kind, help other, work together, be forgiving, follow rules, etc.