Symbols
How many stars & stripes are there on the flag?
50 stars, 13 stripes
We elect a President for how many years? In what month do we vote for President?
4 years; November
Name one of the two longest rivers in the United States.
Missouri; Mississippi
Why is the 4th of July celebrated?
The Declaration of Independence was adopted
Who was President during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln (Jefferson Davis of Confederacy)
What do the stars on the flag mean?
50 states
What is the Constitution?
The supreme law of the land
Name one U.S. territory.
Puerto Rico; US Virgin Islands; American Samoa; Northern Mariana Islands; Guam
What country did we fight against in the Revolutionary War?
Great Britain
Name two wars fought by the United States in the 1800s.
War of 1812; Mexican-American War; Civil War; Spanish-American War
What do the stripes on the flag represent?
the original 13 colonies
What is the introduction to the Constitution called?
The Preamble
What was the 49th state added to our union? What was the 50th?
49th - Alaska (1959); 50th - Hawaii (1959)
Who was the main writer of the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
Who were the first, second and third Presidents of the United States?
George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson
What is the national anthem of the United States?
The Star-Spangled Banner
What do we call changes to the Constitution? How many “changes” are there to the Constitution?
Amendments; twenty-seven
Name two states that border Canada.
Alaska; Washington; Idaho; Montana; North Dakota; Minnesota; Michigan; Ohio; Pennsylvania; New York; Vermont; New Hampshire; Maine
What holiday was celebrated for the first time by American colonists?
Thanksgiving
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
Freed enslaved people in the Southern States
Who wrote the national anthem?
Francis Scott Key
Name ALL of the rights guaranteed by the 1st Amendment?
Speech, religion, peaceful assembly, press, petition the government
What were the original 13 states? Name three.
New Hampshire ▪ Massachusetts ▪ Rhode Island ▪ Connecticut ▪ New York ▪ New Jersey ▪ Pennsylvania ▪ Delaware ▪ Maryland ▪ Virginia ▪ North Carolina ▪ South Carolina ▪ Georgia
Who said, “Give me liberty or give me death”?
Patrick Henry
The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the United States Constitution. Name ALL of the writers.
Alexander Hamilton; James Madison; John Jay