Misc.
Colonial and Independence
Wars
Misc. 2
Geography
100
What are two Cabinet-level positions?
Secretary of: Agriculture, commerce, defense, education, energy, health and human services, homeland security, housing and urban development, interior, labor, state, transportation, treasure, veterans affairs
Attorney general
Vice president
100
What is one reason colonists came to America?
freedom
political liberty
religious freedom
economic opportunity
practice their religion
escape persecution
100
Name 1 war fought by the US in the 1800's?
War of 1812
Mexican-American War
Civil War
Spanish-American War
100
What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do?
fought for civil rights
worked for equality for all Americans
100
Name one of the two longest rivers in the US?
Missouri
Mississippi
200
What does the judicial branch do?
review laws
explain laws
resolves disputes
decides if a law goes against the Constitution
200
Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?
American Indians
Native Americans
200
Name the U.S. war between the North and the South?
The Civil War
The War Between the States
200
What movement tried to end racial discrimination?
civil rights (movement)
200
What ocean is on the West Coast of the US?
Pacific
300
What is the highest court in the United States?
The Supreme Court
300
What group of people were taken to America and sold as slaves?
Africans
300
Name one problem that led to the Civil War?
Slavery
Economic reason
States rights
300
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
freed the slaves
freed slaves in the Confederacy
freed slaves in the Confederate states
freed slaves in the most Southern states
300
What ocean is on the East Coast of the US?
Atlantic
400
How many justices are on the Supreme Court?
9
400
Why did the colonists fight the British? Name 1 reason.
High taxes (taxes without representation)
British army stayed in their houses (boarding, quartering)
They didn't have self-government
400
Name 1 war fought by the US in the 1900's?
WWI
WWII
Korean War
Vietnam War
Gulf War (Persian)
400
What did Susan B. Anthony do?
fought for women's rights
fought for civil rights
400
Name one US territory?
Puerto Rico
US Virgin Islands
American Samoa
Northern Mariana Islands
Guam
500
Who is the Chief Justice of the United States now?
John Roberts
500
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
500
Who was President during WWI?
Woodrow Wilson
500
What major event happened on September 11, 2001, in the US?
Terrorists attacked the US
Terrorists drove planes into the Twin Towers
500
Name one state that borders Canada?
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Washington and Alaska
600
Who is ND current governor?
Doug Bergum
600
When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
July 4, 1776
600
Who was President during WWII and the Great Depression?
Franklin Roosevelt
600
When do we celebrate Independence Day?
July 4
600
Name one state that borders Mexico?
California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas
700
What is the capital of ND?
Bismarck
700
There were 13 original states. Name 3.
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
700
Who did the US fight in WWII
Japan, Germany and Italy
700
What is the name of the national anthem?
The Star-Spangled Banner
700
What is the capital of the US?
Washington, D.C.
800
Who is the "Father of Our Country"?
George Washington
800
What happened at the Constitutional Convention?
The Constitution was written
Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution
800
Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general in what war?
WWII
800
Name 2 national US holidays?
New Years Day
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Presidents Day
Memorial Day
Independence Day
Labor Day
Columbus Day
Veterans Day
Thanksgiving Day
Christmas
800
Where is the Statue of Liberty?
New York
Liberty Island
New Jersey, near New York City, or on the Hudson River
900
Who was the first President of the US?
George Washington
900
When was the Constitution written?
1787
900
During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the US?
Communism
900
Name one American Indian tribe in the US?
Cherokee, Navajo, Sioux, Chippewa, Choctaw, Pueblo, Apache, Iroquois, Creek, Blackfeet, Seminole, Cheyenne, Arawak, Shawnee, Mohegan, Huron, Oneida, Lakota, Crow, Teton, Hopi, Inuit
900
Why does the flag have 13 stripes?
Because there were 13 original colonies
1000
What territory did the US buy from France in 1803?
The Louisiana Territory (Louisiana)
1000
The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers.
James Madison
Alexander Hamilton
John Jay
Publius (pseudonym)
1000
What is one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did?
freed the slaved (emancipation proclamation)
saved (preserved) the union
led the US during the Civil War
1000
What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?
US diplomat
oldest member of the Constitutional Convention
first Postmaster General of the US
writer of "Poor Richard's Almanac
started the first free libraries