Colonial Period & Independence
▪ freedom ▪ political liberty ▪ religious freedom ▪ economic opportunity ▪ practice their religion ▪ escape persecution
What is one reason colonists came to America?
▪ the Louisiana Territory ▪ Louisiana
What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?
▪ World War I ▪ World War II ▪ Korean War ▪ Vietnam War ▪ (Persian) Gulf War
Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s.*
▪ Communism
During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States?
▪ U.S. diplomat ▪ oldest member of the Constitutional Convention ▪ first Postmaster General of the United States ▪ writer of “Poor Richard’s Almanac” ▪ started the first free libraries
What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?
American Indians ▪ Native Americans
Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?▪ American Indians ▪ Native Americans
▪ Mexican-American War ▪ Civil War ▪ Spanish-American ▪ War of 1812
Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s.
▪ (Woodrow) Wilson
Who was President during World War I?
▪ civil rights (movement)
What movement tried to end racial discrimination?
▪ (George) Washington
Who is the “Father of Our Country”?
▪Africans ▪ people from Africa
What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?
▪ the Civil War ▪ the War between the States
Name the U.S. war between the North and the South.▪
▪ (Franklin) Roosevelt
Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II?
▪ fought for civil rights ▪ worked for equality for all Americans
What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do?*
▪ (George) Washington
Who was the first President?*
▪ because of high taxes (taxation without representation) ▪ because the British army stayed in their houses (boarding, quartering) ▪ because they didn’t have self-government
Why did the colonists fight the British?
▪ slavery ▪ economic reasons ▪ states’ rights
Name one problem that led to the Civil War.
▪ Japan, Germany, and Italy
Who did the United States fight in World War II?▪
▪ Terrorists attacked the United States
What major event happened on September 11, 2001, in the United States?
▪ fought for women’s rights ▪ fought for civil rights
What did Susan B. Anthony do?
▪ New Hampshire ▪ Massachusetts ▪ Rhode Island ▪ Connecticut ▪ New York ▪ New Jersey ▪ Pennsylvania ▪ Delaware ▪ Maryland ▪ Virginia ▪ North Carolina ▪ South Carolina ▪ Georgia
There were 13 original states. Name three.
▪ freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation) ▪ saved (or preserved) the Union ▪ led the United States during the Civil War
What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did?*
▪ World War 2 General
Dwight D. Eisenhower