Colonial Period and Independence
Colonial Period and Independence con.
1800's
Recent History
Mix-Up
100
What is one reason colonists came to America?
What is freedom
100
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence and when was it written?
What is Thomas Jefferson and July 4, 1776
100
What did Susan B. Anthony do?
What is fought for women's rights
100
What major event happened on September 11, 2001 in the US?
What is terrorists attacked the US
100
What movement tried to end racial discrimination?
What is civil rights movement
200
Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?
What is Native Americans
200
What happened at the constitutional convention and in what year?
What is the constitution was written by the founding fathers in 1787
200
What was one important thing Abraham Lincoln did?
What is freed slaves (Emancipation Proclamation)
200
What did Martin Luther King Jr. do?
What is fought for equality/civil rights
200
Before he was President, Eisenhower was a general. What war was he in?
What is World War ll
300
Why did the colonists fight the British?
What is because of high taxes (taxation without representation)
300
Who was the first president and founding father of the US?
What is George Washington
300
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
What is freed the slaves from the southern states
300
Name one American Indian tribe in the US?
What is Sioux, Crow, or Cherokee
300
Who was President during the Great Depression?
What is Franklin Roosevelt
400
Name three original colonies
What is Virginia, New York, and Pennsylvania
400
What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?
What is Africans
400
What territory did the US buy from France in 1803?
What is Louisiana
400
During the Cold War, what was the main concern f te United States?
What is communism
400
Who was President during World War l?
What is Woodrow Wilson
500
The Federalist papers supported the passage of the US constitution. Name one of the writers
What is James Madison or Alexander Hamilton
500
What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?
What is US diplomat or started first free libraries
500
Name one was fought by the US in the 1800s?
What is Civil War
500
Who did the US fight in World War ll?
What is Japan, Germany and Italy
500
Name one war fought by the US in the 1900's?
What is World War l or World War ll
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