The American Revolution
How many original colonies were there?
Thirteen
Which state was the first to secede from the Union?
South Carolina
Who did the United States place in internment camps during the war?
Japanese-Americans
Who is the famous leader of the Civil Rights Movement?
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Why was the Cold War "Cold"?
Because there was tension and threats, but no direct fighting between the U.S. and the Soviet Union
What document declared spoke of "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness"
The Declaration of Independence
What happened to President Lincoln 5 days after the Civil War ended?
He was assassinated by a Confederate actor named John Wilkes Booth
What were the two sides called?
The Axis and the Allies
What is Rosa Parks famous for?
What mountain range runs along the East Coast of the United States?
The Appalachian Mountains
What was the Boston Tea Party?
Bostonians, angry about taxes and the British monopoly on tea, dumped three shiploads of tea into the Boston Harbor.
What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
President Lincoln declared that all slaves in Confederate states were free, effective immediately. This did not extend to slaves in Union states.
In what cities did the U.S. drop atomic bombs to end the war?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan
What types of peaceful protests were used in the Civil Rights Movement?
Boycotts, marches, and sit-ins
What was Manifest Destiny?
The idea that the people of the United States had a divine right and destiny to expand across the whole continent.
What is the purpose of each of the three branches of the U.S. government and what are they called?
The legislature, which creates the law, the judiciary, which upholds the law, and the executive branch, which carries out the law
What was the name for the Union's (the North's) strategy during the war?
The Anaconda Plan
Who was the President of the United States for most of the war? (He was also President during part of the Great Depression)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
What happened in Brown v. Board of Eduction?
The Supreme Court ruled that "separate but equal" was not actually equal in schools and ordered schools to desegregate. They did not give a deadline for accomplishing this.
What did Jim Crow laws do?
They furthered segregation in the South under the guise of "separate but equal"
Who was the leader of the United States' army?
George Washington
What issue was at the core of the Civil War? (Hint: It's not slavery)
Tension between state and the federal government and who had ultimate power
At what conference did the Allies decide to divide Germany into Zone of Occupation when the war ended?
The Yalta Conference
How did President Eisenhower ultimately ensure the Little Rock 9 were able to go to school?
He send federal troops to escort the students
What was the Treaty of Versailles?
The treaty ending WWI. It punished Germany severely for the war, setting up a German climate that made it easy for Hitler to rise to power.