Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?
Native Americans
(American Indians)
200
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
200
Name two states that border Canada.
1. Maine 7. Michigan
2. New Hampshire 8. Minnesota
3. Vermont 9. North Dakota
4. New York 10. Montana
5. Pennsylvania 11. Idaho
6. Ohio 12. Washington
13. Alaska
200
What is the Political party of the President now?
Democrat
200
We elect a president for how many years?
four (4)
200
There were 13 original states. Name three.
1. New Hampshire 8. Delaware
2. Massachusetts 9. Maryland
3. Rhode Island 10. Virginia
4. Connecticut 11. North Carolina
5. New York 12. South Carolina
6. New Jersey 13. Georgia
7. Pennsylvania
300
What did the Declaration of Independence do?
1. Announced independence from Great Britain
2. declared independence from Great Britain
3. said that the United States is free from Great Britain
300
What is the capital of the United States?
Washington D.C.
300
Who was President during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
300
HIf the President can no longer serve, who becomes President?
the Vice President
300
What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?
1. U.S. Diplomat
2. oldest member of the Constitutional Convention
3. first Postmaster General of the United States
4. writer of "Poor Richard's Almanac"
5. started the first free libraries
6. inventor
400
What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?
1. life
2. liberty
3. pursuit of happiness
400
Where is the Statue of Liberty?
New York (Harbor)
Liberty Island
400
Who was President during World War I?
Woodrow Wilson
400
How old do citizens have to be to vote for President?
18 (and older)
400
When was the Constitution written?
1787
500
Why did the colonists fight the British?
1. taxation without representation (high/unfair taxes)
2. boarding, quartering (British soldiers staying in their homes)
3. They did not have self government
500
Name one U.S. territory.
1. Puerto Rico
2. U.S. Virgin Islands
3. American Samoa
4. Northern Mariana Islands
5. Guam
500
Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
500
If both the President and Vice President can no longer serve, who becomes President?
the Speaker of the House
500
The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers.
1. James Madison
2. Alexander Hamilton
3. John Jay
4. Publius (authors' pseudonym)