Colonial Period and Independence
Name one reason colonists came to America
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This person wrote the Declaration of Independence
Jefferson
This territory did the United States buy from France in 1803
the Louisiana Territory
Louisiana
Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s
World War I
World War II
Korean War
Vietnam War
(Persian) Gulf War
What did Martin Luther King, Jr. do?
fought for civil rights
worked for equality for all Americans
Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived
American Indians
Native Americans
The Declaration of Independence adopted
July 4, 1776
Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s
War of 1812
Mexican-American War
Civil War
Spanish-American War
Name the president during World War I?
(Woodrow) Wilson
What major event happened on September 11, 2001, in the United States?
Terrorists attacked the United States.
Name the group of people who were taken to America and sold as slaves
Africans
people from Africa
This happened at the Constitutional Convention
The Constitution was written.
The Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution
Name the U.S. war between the North and the South.
the Civil War
the War between the States
Name the President during the Great Depression and World War II
(Franklin) Roosevelt
Name one American Indian tribe in the United States.
Cherokee
Navajo
Sioux
Chippewa
Choctaw
Pueblo
Apache
Iroquois
Creek
Blackfeet
Seminole
Cheyenne
Arawak
Shawnee
Mohegan
Huron
Oneida
Lakota
Crow
Teton
Hopi
Inuit
Why did the colonists fight the British?
because of high taxes (taxation without representation)
because the British army stayed in their houses (boarding, quartering)
because they didn't have self-government
The constitution was written in
1787
Name one problem that led to the Civil War.
slavery
economic reasons
states' rights
Who did the United States fight in World War II?
Japan, Germany, and Italy
During the Cold War, what was the main concern of the United States?
Communism
Name three of the 13 original states
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Name one of the writers of the Federalist Papers who supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution
(James) Madison
(Alexander) Hamilton
(John) Jay
Publius
Name one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did
freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation)
saved (or preserved) the Union
led the United States during the Civil War
Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in?
World War II
What movement tried to end racial discrimination?
civil rights (movement)
Who is the "Father of Our Country"?
Washington
Who was the first President?
Washington
The Emancipation Proclamation did this
freed the slaves
freed slaves in the Confederacy
freed slaves in the Confederate states
freed slaves in most Southern states
Name one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for
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
Susan B. Anthony did this
fought for women's rights
fought for civil rights