Christopher Columbus
In which year did Christopher Columbus "discover" America?
What is 1492
What is one of the ways the Indian reservations make money?
What is Gambling
In what year did the US declare its independence from Britain?
What is 1776
When did the Civil war begin?
What is 1861
Which country was the United States free from in 1783?
What did Christopher Columbus call the Native Americans?
Who were the Indians
What did the Dutch buy from the Native Americans?
What is Manhattan
What did a group of Americans throw in the Boston harbor?
What is a cargo of tea
What two parts of the US fought against each other in The Civil War?
What are The Northern and Southern states
What document created the federal government?
What is The United States Constitution
What did Christopher Columbus think he discovered when he arrived in America?
What is India
What was the French allowed to keep after the defeat against Canada?
What are two islands?
What was "The shot heard around the world" the start of?
What is The American Revolution
What smart machine was invented in 1793?
What is a cotton picking machine
How many chambers does the Congress have?
What are two chambers
What materials and crop did Christopher Columbus and his people find in America?
(name two)
Silver, Gold, Emeralds, Corn, Potatoes, Tomatoes, Cacao and Tabacco
What leaves were used as Money?
What are Tobacco leaves
Who were most Americans loyal to under The American Revolution?
Who is The British King
Who was president during The Civil War?
Who was Abraham Lincoln
The people who created the Constitution were afraid of any one person or group of people getting too much power, so they split up power and created what?
What is a system of checks and balances
This northern European group reached Canada centuries before Columbus, but their discovery “had been forgotten” by the time he arrived. Who were they?
Who were the Vikings
What part of New York was named after a Dane?
What is The Bronx
(name two)
The people whom wanted to abolish slavery, helped the slaves runaway and beat up slave owners too.
What were they called?
What were Abolitionists
Even if a law is passed by Congress and approved by the by the President, it can be declared unconstitutional by whom?
What is The US Supreme Court